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1671388

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Good Law Project: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what was the total sum (a) paid to and (b) received from the Good Law Project by HM Government in respect of legal costs in each financial year since 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	2472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There were 52 cases against His Majesty’s Government in which the Good Law Project were involved as a party which concluded in the period since the start of the 2017-18 financial year. HM Government won 14 and lost 2 of those cases, 15 cases were settled, and 31 cases withdrawn by the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In total, the Good Law Project has paid £539,766.19 in legal costs to HM Government, while HM Government has paid £63,738.71 in legal costs to the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2017-2018, no payments were made or received.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2018-2019, £40,000.00 was paid to, and £4,753.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2019-2020, £0 was paid to, and £59,013.19 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2020-2021, £0 was paid to, and £10,000.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2021-2022, £0 was paid to, and £270,000.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2022-2023, £23,738.71 was paid to, and £196,000.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2023-2024 to date, no payments have been made or received.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There were 42 case files opened in respect of actual court proceedings between His Majesty’s Government and the Good Law Project during the period since the start of the 2017-18 financial year. HM Government won 19 and lost 6, 7 cases were settled, and 9 cases were withdrawn by the Good Law Project. One has yet to deliver an outcome.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In total, in regard to these 42 cases:</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Good Law Project has paid £984,098.45 in legal costs to HM Government, while HM Government has paid £160,925.71 in legal costs to the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2017-2018, no payments were made or received.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2018-2019, £40,000 was paid to, and £4,753 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2019-2020, £0 was paid to, and £59,013.19 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2020-2021, £85,000 was paid to, and £10,000 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2021-2022, £0 was paid to, and £286,000 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2022-2023, £35,925.71 was paid to, and £544,000 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2023-2024, £0 has been paid to, and £80,332.26 has been received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/11/2023 17:25:30 question first ministerially corrected 04/12/2023 15:24:45 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson previous answer version 3541 answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1056995

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what criminal convictions he has referred to the Court of Appeal as being unduly lenient in the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	218755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Annual data for the cases that have been referred to the Court of Appeal are publicly available for the years 2014-2016 on the gov.uk website at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=attorney-generals-office" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=attorney-generals-office</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, 173 cases were referred to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, 140 cases were referred to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient, although two of those cases are yet to be heard.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/02/2019 09:56:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1227475

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent sentences she has extended through the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	78506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>The Court of Appeal has recently increased the sentences upon a reference by the Law Officers in the following cases. In the first, the offender Habte stabbed a lone female who was a stranger to him: his sentence was increased to reflect a finding of dangerousness, to one of five years’ detention with a three year licence extension. In a case of manslaughter, the offender Taiwo’s sentence was increased to seven years’ two months imprisonment, building on another case the Law Officers referred which emphasises the seriousness of “one-punch” attacks, Coyle. Most recently, the sentence of a Manchester man who raped his 15 year old girlfriend when he was 19 was referred to the Court and increased to three years’ imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/09/2020 15:45:44 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1248949

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the extension to the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	111426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2020 answer text <p>The unduly lenient sentence scheme allows for sentences passed for the most serious criminal offences to be reviewed by the Court of Appeal, if referred by the Law Officers. The extension of the scheme added further serious offences to the list of those which can be referred.</p><p>In the course of this year, under the extended scheme, I have successfully referred sentences for offences of controlling and coercive behaviour, distributing indecent images of children and, most recently, stalking involving serious alarm or distress, one in which the sentence of the offender was more than doubled.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/11/2020 09:43:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1345726

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2021
	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, what assessment he has made of the (a) reasons for the reduction in rape prosecutions and (b) effect of that reduction on the reporting of rape.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	31293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>The CPS is determined to drive up the number of rape and serious sexual offence (‘RASSO’) cases going to court. Too few victims are seeing justice and reversing that is an absolute priority. The reasons for the decline in prosecutions are complex, with the Government rape review finding no single factor is to blame.</p><p>The CPS is working tirelessly in making improvements to the handling of these sensitive cases through its RASSO 2025 Strategy and the Joint National RASSO Action Plan with the police. This includes targeted work supporting victims in order to increase confidence in reporting. Following the impact of Covid-19 on prosecution volumes, it is encouraging to see increased volumes quarter on quarter – however, it is recognised that there is still work to be done.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/07/2021 14:47:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1607833

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Climate Change: Protest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision by some lawyers to not participate in the prosecution of climate activists on the functioning of the legal system.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	174192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The “cab rank rule” is an important principle which safeguards the rule of law and ensures fair access to justice. Action such as this undermines the independence of the legal profession and is fundamentally at odds with the idea that every person is entitled to a fair trial. The impact of this action on the Crown Prosecution Service will be negligible, not least because many of those “refusing” to prosecute are not in fact qualified to do so. The Crown Prosecution Service utilises a mix of in-house advocates and agent prosecutors alongside members of the self-employed Bar. This flexibility ensures access to a large pool of high-quality advocates and I am confident that these cases will be prosecuted without undue delay. Both the Bar Council and the Criminal Bar Association have issued robust responses here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.barcouncil.org.uk%2Fresource%2Fthe-cab-rank-rule-and-legal-representation.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpslawofficers%40attorneygeneral.gov.uk%7C528226fd35644c83ce3c08db30620a6f%7C00dd0d1dd7e64338ac51565339c7088c%7C0%7C0%7C638156969852821464%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4LFVLquxgF5PLHBgCi1VUZ5cat4ZazaEo7DCFRkelLU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The cab rank rule and legal representation (barcouncil.org.uk)</a> and here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.criminalbar.com%2Fresources%2Fnews%2Fcba-chairs-update-27-03-23%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpslawofficers%40attorneygeneral.gov.uk%7C528226fd35644c83ce3c08db30620a6f%7C00dd0d1dd7e64338ac51565339c7088c%7C0%7C0%7C638156969852821464%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YXZ2o%2BaX%2B3gPc5fBAgoSuIrdyWMct4uJZlRGi7lV%2BlE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Chair’s Monday Message – 27.03.23 – Criminal Bar Association</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 30/03/2023 15:25:06 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1625259

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Climate Change: Protest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 174192 on Climate Change: Protest, what information her Department holds on (a) disciplinary or (b) other consequences for advocates used by the Crown Prosecution Service who do not comply with the cab rank principle; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	183310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Non-compliance with the standards of conduct set out in the Bar Standards Board (BSB) Handbook is a matter for the BSB. The CPS does not hold any information on non-compliance with the cab rank principle by advocates it has sought to instruct. Furthermore, upon review, the CPS has confirmed that none of the signatories of the “Lawyers Are Responsible” declaration are current members of the CPS Advocate Panel or non-Panel advocates instructed by the CPS, such as King’s Counsel.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 09/05/2023 07:10:53 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1641062

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people were employed by her Department to work on matters relating to equality, diversity and inclusivity in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	187032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The Attorney General's Office (AGO) receive HR services from the Government Legal Department (GLD). This includes equality, diversity, and inclusivity roles and therefore the AGO does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 08/06/2023 10:17:59 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1653848

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	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: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Crown Prosecution Service spent on (a) training and (b) staff related to equality, diversity and inclusivity in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	194662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>(a) Training: the total spending on Equality, Diversity &amp; Inclusion (EDI) training for the financial year 2021/22 was £85,467.00. This includes Learning &amp; Development, HQ Diversity &amp; Inclusion, Staff Networks, and CPS areas. The total spending on Equality, Diversity &amp; Inclusion (EDI) training for the financial year 2022/23) was £77,975.77. This includes Learning &amp; Development, HQ Diversity &amp; Inclusion, Staff Networks, and CPS areas. (b) Staff: the total spending for salary costs for staff related to Equality, Diversity &amp; Inclusion (EDI) for the financial year 2021/22 was £241,927. This equates to 6 FTE staff in HQ D&amp;I team. The total spending for salary costs for staff related to Equality, Diversity &amp; Inclusion (EDI) for the financial year 2022/23 was £191,908. This equates to 5 FTE staff in HQ D&amp;I team.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/07/2023 17:00:15 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1660383

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	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: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service to work on matters relating to equality, diversity and inclusivity since 2020.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	199276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The total full time equivalent “FTE” staff employed by the Crown Prosecution Service to work on matters relating to equality, diversity and inclusivity since 2020 are listed below:</p><p>• 5.25 FTE staff as of December 2020<br>• 6.35 FTE staff as of December 2021<br>• 5.35 FTE staff as of December 2022<br>• 5.1 FTE staff as of 31 August 2023</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 21/09/2023 16:19:45 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes