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1728103

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for knife crime.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	4767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to halving knife crime in the next decade as set out in our Safer Streets Mission.</p><p>From Tuesday 24 September, it will be illegal to own zombie-style knives and machetes as they will be added to the list of dangerous prohibited items already banned, including zombie knives, butterfly knives, Samurai swords, and push daggers. The Government will also legislate to ban ninja swords and strengthen rules to prevent online sales of knives.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service and National Police Chiefs’ Council also work closely to prevent and tackle knife crime. Guidance setting out their joint approach to knife crime offending can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/offensive-weapons-knife-crime-practical-guidance" target="_blank">Offensive Weapons, Knife Crime Practical Guidance | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 12/09/2024 13:37:34 answering member 5204
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1727660

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Solicitor General, if she will publish the number of cases awaiting charging decisions by the Crown Prosecution Service, broken down by (a) whether they are (i) summary only, (ii) either way and (iii) indictable only offences and (b) by Crown Prosecution Service region.
	tabling member constituency	Telford
	tabling member printed	Shaun Davies
	uin	4455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>Management information is held showing the number of cases with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) which are awaiting a pre-charge decision.</p><p>The table below shows the overall number of cases which were awaiting a charging decision or administrative triage (completed on files sent by the police to the CPS for a charging decision) as of 25 March 2024. This data is provided in line with the last quarterly data release in March 2024.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>25/03/2024</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>1,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Of England</p></td><td><p>868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>833</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside and Cheshire</p></td><td><p>733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>912</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames &amp; Chiltern</p></td><td><p>759</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>631</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,571</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>1,019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,697</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Pre-Charge Decision Workload Report</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures do not include cases that have been referred to the CPS but that are currently with the police to action, having been sent back to them with a request for further information.</p><p>This count is of the number of cases, not suspects. A single case may cover one suspect or several.</p><p>No data is available in the report showing whether the alleged offences are summary, either-way or indictable only. To obtain this information would require a manual review at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 12/09/2024 13:51:00 answering member 5204
	tabling member	5041

1726819

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Private Education: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Solicitor General, whether he has made an assessment of the compatibility of the introduction of VAT on independent school fees with the Government's obligations under the Human Rights Act 1998.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bedford
	uin	3924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>Paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code states: ‘the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority’. This is known as the Law Officers’ Convention. Authority to make such disclosures is rarely given.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 10/09/2024 16:19:52 answering member 5204
	tabling member	5330

1725667

	registered interest
	date	30/08/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what the cost to her Department was of ministerial severance payments in each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment in that period; and how much each Minister received.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	3028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>Details of ministerial severance payments are published in the HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor Annual Report and Accounts. These can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/transparency-and-freedom-of-information-releases?parent=government-legal-department&amp;organisations%5B%5D=government-legal-department&amp;order=updated-newest" target="_blank">Transparency andfreedom of information releases - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>I confirm that over the period 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024, the following payments were made:</p><p>The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Cox KC MP – £23,612 (February 2020)</p><p>The Rt Hon Alex Chalk KC – £14,490 (August 2022)</p><p>Edward Timpson CBE KC – £14,490 (October 2022)</p><p>The Rt Hon Sir Michael Ellis KC – £23,612 (November 2022)</p><p>Information on any payments from 31 May 2024 will be released in due course.</p><p>All severance payments were made under the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, which provides for severance payments to ministers who cease to hold office and are not re-appointed to government within three weeks. This reflects the lack of any notice period when ministers leave government.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 09/09/2024 13:58:31 answering member 5204
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1724392

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Legal Opinion: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what the Government's policy is on the publication of its legal advice.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	2310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Convention, reflected in paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code, is a long-standing convention observed by successive governments. It exists to preserve the ability of the Government and ministers to seek the advice of the Law Officers and not to be disadvantaged by disclosing when they have done so, and what advice they received.</p><p>As you may know, on some occasions the Government has published summaries of its legal position on specific matters, for example, on military activity in the Red Sea (see here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/summary-of-the-uk-government-legal-position-the-legality-of-uk-military-action-to-target-houthi-facilities-in-yemen/summary-of-the-uk-government-legal-position-the-legality-of-uk-military-action-to-target-houthi-facilities-in-yemen" target="_blank">Summary of the UK Government Legal Position: The legality of UK military action to target Houthi facilities in Yemen on 12 January 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>).</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 06/09/2024 08:48:59 answering member 5204
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1724401

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Law Officers: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what the Government's policy is on the role of the law officers on (a) freedom of information requests, (b) appeals and (c) tribunals on decisions undertaken by the previous Government.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	2318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ role in respect of assessing exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI Act) for papers of a previous administration is set out at paragraph 11.24 of the Cabinet Manual:</p><p>“<em>When a decision is required on the application of sections 36 or 53 of the FOI Act to papers of a previous administration, the Attorney General will act, as appropriate, as the accountable person for all government departments under section 53 and a Law Officer will act as the qualified person under section 36.</em>”</p><p>Once an assessment is made it is returned to the relevant department who then apply the public interest test (where applicable). Any appeals or tribunal proceedings would be for the relevant department.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 06/09/2024 08:51:40 answering member 5204
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1724419

	registered interest
	date	30/07/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory direct ministerial appointments excluding special advisers she has made; and (i) who the appointee was and (ii) what the (A) remuneration, (B) title and (C) terms of reference was for each appointment.
	tabling member constituency	North West Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Kit Malthouse
	uin	2398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>As of this date, I can confirm that, excluding special advisers, the Attorney General and I have not made any direct statutory or non-statutory ministerial appointments.</p><p>Of course, the Law Officers and wider government legal teams for which they are responsible do make use of outside experts on the law, whether counsel, law firms or academic specialists. Arrangements for using counsel or academics are principally through the Attorney General’s panels and an off-panel nomination process or via their academic institution, whereas law firms are principally instructed through a panel firm procurement process.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 06/09/2024 10:32:05 answering member 5204
	tabling member	4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse

1724009

	registered interest
	date	29/07/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that there are sufficient counsel available to prosecute rape offences.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sandhurst
	uin	HL451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>Good quality prosecutorial advocacy underpins our ability to deliver timely justice. The criminal justice system needs a resilient supply of advocates – both prosecution and defence – and the Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”) recognises that this is currently proving challenging, particularly in rape cases. Addressing this shortfall is a priority for the CPS.</p><p>The CPS Advocate Panel is a time-limited quality-assured list of external junior advocates – self-employed barristers and solicitor agents – who undertake criminal prosecution advocacy for the CPS.</p><p>There are currently around 770 advocates on the CPS’ specialist Advocate Panel for Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (the “RASSO Panel”). Whilst there has been a decline in numbers over the past five years, there has been a notable increase of just under 100 RASSO Panel advocates during the last 12 months.</p><p>Notwithstanding this increase, with RASSO caseloads at record levels, further action is needed to drive up numbers to provide sufficient counsel. The CPS has taken steps to do so, which have included revising the entry requirements for the RASSO Panel, moving away from a written application for experienced advocates but still requiring them to have completed CPS-accredited RASSO training (or commit to do so within 3 months). A further change to support the progression of advocates into RASSO work and improving the pipeline will be announced later this month.</p><p>The CPS is also working with the Bar to improve the provision of RASSO training, to support wellbeing, and to promote the fact that – notwithstanding the challenges – RASSO work can be hugely fulfilling and support career progression.</p> answering member printed Lord Hermer question first answered 12/08/2024 15:54:49 answering member 5365 label Biography information for Lord Hermer
	tabling member	4920 label Biography information for Lord Sandhurst

1723633

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what steps her Department is taking to co-ordinate with other Departments on tackling fraud through the Serious Fraud Office.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Mr Luke Charters
	uin	1867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>I work closely with other government departments, including the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, to support the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) mission to tackle fraud. My department will continue to support this mission through our superintendence of the SFO. I visited the SFO earlier this month to learn about their important work to deliver justice for victims of economic crime and protect the UK’s reputation as a safe place to do business.</p><p>The SFO works effectively with other law enforcement agencies through the National Economic Crime Centre to collectively co-ordinate the UK’s response to fraud. Earlier this year this co-ordination led to the National Crime Agency arresting four individuals following an SFO search of three sites in relation to an investigation into an alleged £140m investment fraud.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 02/08/2024 10:59:17 answering member 5204
	tabling member	5199

1719076

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	People Smuggling: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for people smuggling in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
	tabling member printed	Bob Seely
	uin	26916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Immigration Act 1971 (the Act) sets out offences for illegal entry, illegal working, and assisting unlawful immigration into the United Kingdom.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information showing the number of offences charged by way of section 24 (illegal entry/arrival), section 25 (assisting unlawful immigration to member State or the UK), section 25A (helping an asylum-seeker to enter the UK), and section 25B (assisting entry to the UK in breach of deportation or exclusion order) of the Act in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing at a magistrates’ court.</p><p>The table attached shows the number of these offences from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.</p><p>The CPS does not hold data which shows the number of defendants charged with, prosecuted, and convicted for offences created by the Act. The figures in the table relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. An individual defendant may be charged with more than one offence against the same complainant. No data is held showing the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at completion of prosecution.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/05/2024 15:43:06 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts attachment 1 file name PQ 26916 - Table.pdf title Table
	tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1719077

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Homicide: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for murder in England and Wales in each quarter from 1 January 2005 to 30 September 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
	tabling member printed	Bob Seely
	uin	26917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Category of Homicide at completion of prosecution. Please note that homicide consists of a range of offences, including, among others:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Murder</li><li>Attempted murder</li><li>Conspiring or soliciting to commit murder</li><li>Manslaughter (corporate, gross negligence, unlawful act)</li><li>Infanticide</li><li>Child destruction</li><li>Aiding or assisting suicide</li><li>Causing or allowing the death of a child or vulnerable adult</li><li>Causing death by careless or dangerous driving</li><li>Manslaughter due to diminished responsibility</li><li>Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for homicide from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters.</p><p> </p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>338</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>267</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>337</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>335</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>414</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>274</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>305</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>317</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>253</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>212</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>283</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>317</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>217</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>239</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>261</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>325</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>296</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>328</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>347</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>301</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>344</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>313</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>378</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>249</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>234</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>269</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>234</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>288</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>246</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>329</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>358</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>292</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>312</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>305</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>251</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>276</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>289</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>209</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>246</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>204</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>269</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>208</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>225</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>253</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>289</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>283</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>212</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>187</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>207</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>204</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>223</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>201</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>226</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>263</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>206</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>208</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>195</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>214</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>172</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>195</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>259</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>180</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>161</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>196</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/05/2024 15:47:59 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1719084

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for violent crime in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Derbyshire Dales
	tabling member printed	Miss Sarah Dines
	uin	26924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a formal definition for ‘violent crime’, but it does hold management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Categories of either Homicide or Offences Against the Person at completion of prosecution. The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for Homicide and Offences Against the Person from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the tables is in financial quarters.</p><p> </p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Homicide</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>338</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>267</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>337</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>335</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>414</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>274</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>305</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>317</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>253</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>212</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>283</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>317</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>217</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>239</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>261</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>325</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>296</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>328</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>347</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>301</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>344</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>313</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>378</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>249</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>234</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>269</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>234</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>288</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>246</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>329</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>358</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>292</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>312</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>305</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>251</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>276</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>289</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>209</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>246</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>204</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>269</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>208</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>225</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>253</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>289</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>283</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>212</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>187</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>207</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>204</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>223</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>201</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>226</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>263</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>206</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>208</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>195</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>214</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>172</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>195</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>259</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>180</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>161</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>196</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Offences against the person</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33,884</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34,848</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,757</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,385</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39,213</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,029</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38,588</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,224</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,991</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,934</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,528</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,970</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,624</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,765</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,570</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39,017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,032</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39,795</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,899</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,650</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,648</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,579</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34,335</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,536</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,764</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,879</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,818</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,742</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,585</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,264</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,480</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,983</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34,530</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,246</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,301</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,877</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,759</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,161</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,635</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,383</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,664</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,799</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,843</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,390</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,771</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38,226</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,262</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,614</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,124</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,437</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,227</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34,349</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,342</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,556</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,742</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,283</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,205</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,245</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,482</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,744</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,205</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,634</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31,715</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33,797</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,525</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,004</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,762</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,737</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,226</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,889</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,355</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,432</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,049</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,427</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,373</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,482</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38,986</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38,984</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41,282</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,275</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,339</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31,239</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/05/2024 15:55:39 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines

1719097

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for all crimes in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	26847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for all crimes prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters and has been drawn from the CPS’ Case Management System.</p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>295,088</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>290,259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>300,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>272,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>296,790</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>264,447</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>282,732</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255,895</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>240,245</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>238,312</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245,023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222,887</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245,472</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220,338</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>235,011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>213,242</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>275,227</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>260,614</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>280,807</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255,669</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>267,104</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>257,252</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>271,022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245,976</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>232,051</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220,494</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>238,103</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>217,259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>230,107</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222,868</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>234,996</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>212,865</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>258,348</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244,268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>256,691</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236,971</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244,802</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>237,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>251,790</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>233,047</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>223,876</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>211,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>221,084</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>203,540</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>210,397</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>204,215</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>214,659</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>199,748</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236,142</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220,036</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236,042</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>216,311</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224,116</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>201,542</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>215,469</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>196,592</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>202,709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>189,566</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>202,547</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>185,534</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>193,010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>174,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>185,133</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167,079</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>192,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>186,541</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>189,668</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>176,437</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>184,050</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,574</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>170,234</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,541</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>159,634</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>161,268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>149,810</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>156,177</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>137,257</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>142,020</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,142</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167,540</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>159,605</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>163,656</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>135,909</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>139,596</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>132,942</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>135,324</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/05/2024 15:29:44 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1719098

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Burglary: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for burglary in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	26848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Category of Burglary at completion of prosecution. The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for burglary from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters.</p><p> </p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,199</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,545</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,874</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,456</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,502</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,481</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,254</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,903</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,978</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,741</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,222</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,542</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,276</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,211</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,434</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,088</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,062</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,179</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,303</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,185</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,886</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,123</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,321</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,089</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,930</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,170</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,322</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,294</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,855</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,185</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,889</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,545</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,339</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,899</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,729</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,905</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,841</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,312</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,002</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,682</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,341</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,931</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,746</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,972</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,716</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,283</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,091</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,883</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,980</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,163</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,386</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,742</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,330</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,889</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,883</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,037</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,417</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,628</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,313</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,829</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,632</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,025</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,826</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,692</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,269</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,560</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,891</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,805</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,205</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,884</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,499</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,694</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,311</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,363</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,633</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,807</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,499</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,521</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,065</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/05/2024 15:33:53 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1718849

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	War Crimes: Gaza
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2024 to Question 25822 on War Crimes: Gaza and with reference to paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code, updated on 22 December 2022, if she will hold discussions with the Prime Minister on the potential merits of using her authority to publish summaries of advice provided to him on alleged war crimes in Gaza since 1 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	26669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>As per my previous answer to UIN 25822 tabled on Thursday 16 May, and as reflected in the Ministerial Code, I do not confirm publicly whether I or any other Law Officer has advised on a particular issue or the content of any advice, save where I, as a Law Officer, explicitly consent. That consent is rarely given.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/05/2024 09:03:57 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1718899

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for sexual offences in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Derbyshire Dales
	tabling member printed	Miss Sarah Dines
	uin	26789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Category of Sexual Offences at completion of prosecution. The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for sexual offences from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters.</p><p> </p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,805</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,838</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,818</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,845</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,980</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,676</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,814</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,745</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,731</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,798</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,730</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,840</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,871</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,806</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,790</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,894</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,730</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,837</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,753</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,779</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,704</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,834</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,633</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,908</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,861</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,890</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,909</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,045</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,949</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,989</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,864</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,707</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,551</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,867</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,838</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,918</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,919</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,228</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,143</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,898</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,821</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,124</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,076</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,240</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,210</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,182</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,828</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,945</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,962</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,693</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,749</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,840</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,154</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,120</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,148</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,958</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,081</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,720</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,891</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,103</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,973</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,073</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,087</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,496</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,928</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,108</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,340</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,194</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,179</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,197</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,496</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong>Quarter</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,531</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,664</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,694</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,045</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,486</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,623</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,674</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,876</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 21/05/2024 15:49:00 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines

1718900

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for rape in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Derbyshire Dales
	tabling member printed	Miss Sarah Dines
	uin	26790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a Case Management System (CMS) which shows the number of defendants where a flag for rape has been added. This flag is applied at the onset of any case referred by the police to the CPS for a charge of rape and remains in place even if the charge is not proceeded with, is amended, or dropped. If a case is referred by the police for a charge other than rape, but subsequently a charge of rape is preferred, the flag is applied at that point.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number of completed prosecutions and convictions in cases where a flag for rape has been added, from 1 April 2006 to the end of September 2015 by quarter. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS’ CMS was introduced during 2004-2005. A national monitoring flag to manage cases where rape offences were referred or later charged was introduced from 1 April 2006. As with any new monitoring system, some variance is expected in the periods immediately following the introduction of a new flagging process.</p><p> </p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>660</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>833</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>869</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>340</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>457</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>469</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>902</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>920</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>910</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>840</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>833</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>849</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>871</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>512</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>524</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>502</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>483</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>512</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>526</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>506</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>494</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>875</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>854</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>927</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,024</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>956</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,096</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,052</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>492</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>504</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>526</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>618</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>622</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>552</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>637</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>623</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,107</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>955</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>959</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>965</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>985</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>939</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>917</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>938</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>655</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>610</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>577</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>590</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>637</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>625</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>574</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>593</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>898</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>991</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>957</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>938</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,050</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>541</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>604</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>599</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>556</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>589</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>606</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>644</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,202</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,165</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,167</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,219</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>666</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>666</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>688</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>691</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 21/05/2024 15:58:07 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines

1718312

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps their Department is taking to support the Disability Confident scheme; how many officials in their Department work directly on supporting that scheme; what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of that work in supporting the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of disabled people in their Department; and what further steps they are taking to support their Department’s recruitment and retention of disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	26440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) receives its human resources shared service from the Government Legal Department (GLD). The GLD are signed up as Disability Confident and have progressed through the levels, achieving Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) status.</p><p>Please note that, excluding the GLD, I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by myself and the Attorney General (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, and Serious Fraud Office).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/05/2024 08:14:01 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1717492

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Salvage: South Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Government of South Africa on (i) the Supreme Court judgment of 8 May 2024 in Argentum Exploration Ltd v Republic of South Africa [2024] UKSC 16 and (ii) the silver cargo in that case.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	25832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I have not had any discussions with the Government of South Africa on this legal case.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to discussions with Cabinet colleagues, the Law Officers’ Convention requires that it is not generally disclosed outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a long-standing principle of Cabinet collective agreement which enables the government of the day to obtain frank and full legal advice in confidence.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 20/05/2024 10:49:23 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1717495

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Online Safety Act 2023: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions have been made for new criminal offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	25892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I wrote to you on this important subject on Friday 17 May 2024. For completeness, I set out my full written response below.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling violence that disproportionately impacts women and girls remains one of this government’s top priorities. Women and girls should be able to go about their lives without being subjected to unwanted sexual images. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors are committed to tackling this unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>As you know, this government has recently enacted new offences designed to tackle online offending through the Online Safety Act 2023. This includes the offence of cyberflashing and other intimate image offences.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has welcomed the enactment of these new offences designed to target predatory behaviour and non-contact sexual offences. It has introduced comprehensive updates to prosecution guidance to support prosecutors to better recognise behaviour-driven and escalating offending. Additionally, it has published ‘Communications Offences’ legal guidance which includes online offences relating to violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this legislation is still new, the police are referring more cases to the CPS for charging decisions and I can confirm the CPS secured their first conviction for cyberflashing in February 2024, resulting in the offender being jailed for 66 weeks at Southend Crown Court. I am unable to provide detail on any other cases where there may be live criminal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Regrettably, I am unable to provide you with data on prosecutions under the Online Safety Act yet. However, in July the CPS will publish its next data summary covering the period January to March 2024 and after this summary release, more granular data may be shared publicly. This pause ahead of publishing data allows for quality assurance checks and internal scrutiny before publication.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 25893 question first answered 20/05/2024 10:57:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1717496

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Online Safety Act 2023: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been made under new criminal offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	25893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I wrote to you on this important subject on Friday 17 May 2024. For completeness, I set out my full written response below.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling violence that disproportionately impacts women and girls remains one of this government’s top priorities. Women and girls should be able to go about their lives without being subjected to unwanted sexual images. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors are committed to tackling this unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>As you know, this government has recently enacted new offences designed to tackle online offending through the Online Safety Act 2023. This includes the offence of cyberflashing and other intimate image offences.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has welcomed the enactment of these new offences designed to target predatory behaviour and non-contact sexual offences. It has introduced comprehensive updates to prosecution guidance to support prosecutors to better recognise behaviour-driven and escalating offending. Additionally, it has published ‘Communications Offences’ legal guidance which includes online offences relating to violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this legislation is still new, the police are referring more cases to the CPS for charging decisions and I can confirm the CPS secured their first conviction for cyberflashing in February 2024, resulting in the offender being jailed for 66 weeks at Southend Crown Court. I am unable to provide detail on any other cases where there may be live criminal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Regrettably, I am unable to provide you with data on prosecutions under the Online Safety Act yet. However, in July the CPS will publish its next data summary covering the period January to March 2024 and after this summary release, more granular data may be shared publicly. This pause ahead of publishing data allows for quality assurance checks and internal scrutiny before publication.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 25892 question first answered 20/05/2024 10:57:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1717584

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	War Crimes: Gaza
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she has written to the Prime Minister on Gaza and war crimes since 1 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	25822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>I cannot answer your question as to do so would be in breach of the Law Officers’ Convention.</p><p> </p><p>Paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code clearly states that the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/05/2024 09:28:36 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1716811

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Oil: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what prosecutions referred by HMRC are (a) ongoing, (b) pending and (c) complete into the illegal importation of Russian oil branded as (i) refined and (ii) from other countries.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	25586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>It would not be possible to determine the number of cases involving the illegal importation of Russian oil referred by HM Revenue &amp; Customs to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) without an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/05/2024 12:40:46 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1713036

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has spent on external consultancies in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	23096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Expenditure on consultancy by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is routinely published in their annual accounts, which are also laid before the House of Commons annually. These can be accessed on the SFO’s website at <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/publications/corporate-information/annual-reports-accounts/" target="_blank">Annual reports and accounts - Serious Fraud Office (sfo.gov.uk)</a> and the CPS’ website at <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/annual-reports-and-business-plans" target="_blank">Annual reports, business plans and strategies | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The accounts of the SFO and CPS for 2023/24 are expected to be published in July 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 23099 question first answered 01/05/2024 13:03:18 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1713119

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Crown Prosecution Service has spent on external consultants in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	23099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Expenditure on consultancy by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is routinely published in their annual accounts, which are also laid before the House of Commons annually. These can be accessed on the SFO’s website at <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/publications/corporate-information/annual-reports-accounts/" target="_blank">Annual reports and accounts - Serious Fraud Office (sfo.gov.uk)</a> and the CPS’ website at <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/annual-reports-and-business-plans" target="_blank">Annual reports, business plans and strategies | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The accounts of the SFO and CPS for 2023/24 are expected to be published in July 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 23096 question first answered 01/05/2024 13:03:18 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1712637

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	War Crimes: Rwanda
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when the Attorney General last received a briefing concerning suspected Rwandan war criminals living in England by the Crown Prosecution Service or the police.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL3998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General was last briefed on this matter by the Crown Prosecution Service on 30 April 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 07/05/2024 12:29:23 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1702395

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Confucius Institutes: Criminal Investigation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases have been forwarded to the Prosecution Service concerning people who are based in Confucius Institutes in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	22702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data on whether defendants are based in or members of Confucius Institutes or indeed any other similar organisations.</p><p>It would not be possible to determine whether a defendant in any specific case was based in or associated with a Confucius Institute without an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 25/04/2024 09:57:34 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1700875

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left his Department in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on leavers in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, Government Legal Department, Serious Fraud Office, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) for the financial year 2023/24 is expected to be published at the end of July 2024.</p><p>Data on leavers in the AGO and the Law Officers’ Departments for previous years is published by the Cabinet Office in data tables which accompany the annual Civil Service statistics bulletin. These can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics" target="_blank">Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 21690 21691 21692 21693 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:37:30 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1700879

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on leavers in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, Government Legal Department, Serious Fraud Office, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) for the financial year 2023/24 is expected to be published at the end of July 2024.</p><p>Data on leavers in the AGO and the Law Officers’ Departments for previous years is published by the Cabinet Office in data tables which accompany the annual Civil Service statistics bulletin. These can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics" target="_blank">Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 21686 21691 21692 21693 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:37:30 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1700880

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Government Legal Department: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left the Government Legal Department in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on leavers in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, Government Legal Department, Serious Fraud Office, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) for the financial year 2023/24 is expected to be published at the end of July 2024.</p><p>Data on leavers in the AGO and the Law Officers’ Departments for previous years is published by the Cabinet Office in data tables which accompany the annual Civil Service statistics bulletin. These can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics" target="_blank">Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 21686 21690 21692 21693 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:37:30 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1700881

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left the Serious Fraud Office in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on leavers in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, Government Legal Department, Serious Fraud Office, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) for the financial year 2023/24 is expected to be published at the end of July 2024.</p><p>Data on leavers in the AGO and the Law Officers’ Departments for previous years is published by the Cabinet Office in data tables which accompany the annual Civil Service statistics bulletin. These can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics" target="_blank">Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 21686 21690 21691 21693 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:37:30 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1700882

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on leavers in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, Government Legal Department, Serious Fraud Office, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) for the financial year 2023/24 is expected to be published at the end of July 2024.</p><p>Data on leavers in the AGO and the Law Officers’ Departments for previous years is published by the Cabinet Office in data tables which accompany the annual Civil Service statistics bulletin. These can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics" target="_blank">Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 21686 21690 21691 21692 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:37:30 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1697880

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Zane Gbangbola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will apply to the High Court to order a new investigation into the death of Zane Gbangbola during flooding in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	19925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The Surrey Senior Coroner has already carried out a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding Zane Gbangbola’s death, taking into account a considerable amount of evidence. The Coroner, as an independent judicial office holder, drew his own conclusions based on this evidence.</p><p><br> If there is a belief that the evidence was not considered properly during the original inquest, or that there is new evidence available, the correct process is for an application to be made to the Attorney General asking her to apply to the High Court to quash the inquest and order a fresh investigation. The High Court would take this course of action if it believed that it would be in the interests of justice.</p><p><br> If the Hon Member or the victim’s family would like to make such an application to the Attorney General, they are welcome to contact the Attorney General’s Office at correspondence@attorneygeneral.gov.uk for information and guidance on how to apply.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 02/04/2024 09:27:56 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1695241

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	International Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she has agreed with Cabinet colleagues on the circumstances in which international law may supersede domestic legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Stone
	tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
	uin	18032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Convention requires that it is not generally disclosed outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a longstanding principle of Cabinet collective agreement which enables the Government of the day to obtain frank and full legal advice in confidence.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 15/03/2024 11:43:40 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1694996

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Domestic Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the destinations were of domestic overnight visits undertaken by Ministers within their Department in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	17846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my response to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-03-07/17533" target="_blank">UIN 17533</a> tabled on Wednesday 13 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/03/2024 13:20:17 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1694531

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Legal Opinion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what guidance she has provided to Cabinet colleagues on when to publish (a) full and (b) summaries of legal advice.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	17531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Departments are responsible for procuring their own legal advice and may decide when and how to disclose that advice outside Government. However, advice provided by the Law Officers is subject to the Law Officers’ Convention and may not be disclosed outside Government without the Law Officers’ consent. This is a longstanding principle of Cabinet collective agreement.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2024 10:38:37 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1694541

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Domestic Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many domestic overnight visits were undertaken by Ministers within her Department in each of the last three financial years; and what the cost to the public purse was of these visits.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	17533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government publishes on GOV.UK details of the cost of overseas Ministerial travel, including costs of travel, and on other costs (visas, accommodation, meals).</p><p>But as has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers’ travel at home or abroad.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 13/03/2024 11:21:12 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1694549

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Ministers: Defamation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions the Law Officers have been informed that ministers in other Government departments are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official position and (c) both since 19 December 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	17537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>I cannot answer your question as to do so would be in breach of the Law Officers’ Convention.</p><p>Paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code clearly states that the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 12/03/2024 17:39:23 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1694550

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether any costs were incurred by the Government Legal Department in relation to the libel action pursued by Professor Kate Sang against the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, following her letter of 23 October 2023 to UK Research and Innovation on that organisation's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion board.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	17538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>In line with normal Government Legal Department charging arrangements, any costs in relation to this matter have been or will be borne by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2024 10:48:50 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1694142

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Fraud and Maladministration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate she has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by her Department in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	17321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>There have been no incidents of money lost to fraud and error by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in each of the last three financial years.</p><p>Information relating to detected fraud and error for the AGO is published in the HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor Annual Reports and Accounts (HMPGTS Accounts). The HMPGTS Accounts for the financial years 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 are available on GOV.UK at the following links: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gld-ago-and-hmcpsi-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">2020-21</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-procurator-general-and-treasury-solicitor-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-22" target="_blank">2021-22</a>, and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-procurator-general-treasury-solicitor-annual-report-2022-23" target="_blank">2022-23</a>. The HMPGTS Accounts contain information relating to the AGO, Government Legal Department, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</p><p>The Government is proud of its record in proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system. We have established the dedicated Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA). In its first year, it delivered £311 million in audited counter fraud benefits.</p><p>The PSFA produces a Fraud Landscape Report which is available on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022" target="_blank">Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Annual Report 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. This provides data on fraud and error detection, loss and recoveries in central government, outside of the tax and welfare system. The 2020-21 Report was published in March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2024 10:32:45 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1693767

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: WhatsApp
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what guidance her Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	17063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>All departments in central government, including arms lengths bodies apply the published guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business" target="_blank">Using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for government business</a> published by Cabinet Office in March 2023. It applies to all individuals in central government (ministers, special advisers, officials, contractors, non-executive board members and independent experts advising ministers). The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) uses the central guidance and has applied it since March 2023.</p><p>Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by myself and the Attorney General (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Government Legal Department, and Serious Fraud Office).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2024 10:43:59 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1693245

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Publishing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	16625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). Reports and guidance that the AGO has published can be found on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/all?organisations%5b%5d=attorney-generals-office&amp;order=updated-newest&amp;parent=attorney-generals-office" target="_blank">Search - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Government Legal Department, and Serious Fraud Office).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 07/03/2024 11:25:23 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1693430

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the document entitled Draft terms of reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, what updates her Department has provided on relevant developments in its area of work to that group since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	16846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over a range of issues. More broadly, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 1 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 16019 on tackling anti-Muslim hatred.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 11/03/2024 10:36:33 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1693041

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she had with her (a) Israeli and (b) Palestinian counterparts on compliance with international humanitarian law during her visit to the Middle East in February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	16545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>I visited Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories between 14 and 16 February 2024. In Israel, I met with the Israeli Attorney General, lawyers for the Israeli Defence Force, and the President of the Supreme Court. In the West Bank, I met with the Palestinian Attorney <br>General and the Prime Minister.</p><p>I held frank discussions in which I emphasised the importance of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) being respected, civilians protected, and detainees being held in compliance with the Geneva Conventions.</p><p>The UK Government continues to call for IHL to be respected and for civilians to be protected.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 06/03/2024 16:52:12 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1693042

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to increase prosecution rates for cases relating to violence against women and girls.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	16546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) remains one of this government’s top priorities. We continue to expand the number of VAWG offences to reflect the evolving criminal justice landscape.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is improving the way existing offences are prosecuted. It has produced a new operating model for the prosecution of rape and is now working in partnership with the police on a joint action plan to improve their collective handling of domestic abuse cases, applying the same principles from the work on rape which has driven marked improvement.</p><p>To address the increasing complexity of VAWG offending, and the holistic needs of victims, the CPS is also producing a new VAWG strategy which will be published by Autumn 2024.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 11/03/2024 10:01:18 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1692750

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much funding her Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	16303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) uses advertising to promote vacancies in the Department.</p><p>The table below sets out what, in the last three years, the AGO budgeted for all communication and marketing and what it spent on advertising.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Budget for communication and marketing</p></td><td><p>£26,500.00</p></td><td><p>£35,000.00</p></td><td><p>£40,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend on advertising</p></td><td><p>£714.00</p></td><td><p>£714.00</p></td><td><p>£714.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Government Legal Department, and Serious Fraud Office).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 05/03/2024 11:11:28 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1692900

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Low Emission Zones: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have issued guidance for prosecuting those who incite others to cover up cameras in the Ultra Low Emission Zone.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL2882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has not issued specific guidance on prosecuting those who incite others to cover up cameras in the Ultra Low Emission Zone.</p><p>These offences would be covered by existing guidance on inchoate offences, Theft Act offences, and offences during protests, demonstrations or campaigns. The existing guidance is available on the CPS website: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/inchoate-offences" target="_blank">Inchoate Offences</a>; <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/theft-act-offences" target="_blank">Theft Act Offences</a>; and <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/offences-during-protests-demonstrations-or-campaigns" target="_blank">Offences during Protests, Demonstrations or Campaigns</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 07/03/2024 14:37:09 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1692901

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Low Emission Zones: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what action is being taken by prosecuting authorities against those who incite others to cover up cameras in the Ultra Low Emission Zone.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL2883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is responsible for prosecuting cases which have been referred to them following an investigation by the police. The CPS will consider a prosecution for any case involving incitement to cause criminal damage or criminal damage to Ultra Low Emission Zone cameras under the Code for Crown Prosecutors.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 07/03/2024 14:37:30 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1692396

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Magazine Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much funding her Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	16086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office’s (AGO) paid subscriptions to magazines provide AGO officials with a valuable resource of public discourse on topics relevant to the Department.</p><p>The AGO’s allocated budget and spend on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years is set out in the table below.</p><p>Please note that figures for the allocated budget include magazine and other subscriptions (e.g., newspapers and online journals), whereas spend is for magazine subscriptions only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allocated budget</p></td><td><p>£8,000.00</p></td><td><p>£8,000.00</p></td><td><p>£8,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend on magazine subscriptions</p></td><td><p>£152.50</p></td><td><p>£145.00</p></td><td><p>£145.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Government Legal Department, and Serious Fraud Office).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 04/03/2024 15:38:50 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1692046

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals her Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
	uin	15857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office’s (AGO) paid subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, and online journals provide AGO officials with a valuable resource of public discourse on topics relevant to the Department.</p><p>The AGO’s paid subscriptions for the last three financial years are set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newspapers</p></td><td><p>Financial Times; Telegraph</p></td><td><p>Financial Times; Telegraph</p></td><td><p>Financial Times; Sunday Times; Telegraph</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Magazines</p></td><td><p>Critic Magazine; Counsel Magazine</p></td><td><p>Counsel Magazine</p></td><td><p>Counsel Magazine</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Online journals</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>Thomson Reuters; Joshua Rozenberg</p></td><td><p>Thomson Reuters; Joshua Rozenberg</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Government Legal Department, and Serious Fraud Office).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 04/03/2024 15:30:44 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith