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100080

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Judicial Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many judicial reviews there were involving Government departments according to records held by the (a) Treasury Solicitor and (b) Administrative Court Office in each of the last four years; and how many such reviews were upheld in whole or in part in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	211271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department holds records relating only to those cases in which it has acted. The Treasury Solicitor represents most, but not all, government departments in litigation. For example, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs normally conducts its own litigation. According to records held by the Treasury Solicitor, the number of judicial reviews involving government departments in which it has acted in each of the last four years is as follows:</p><p>2010 – 8,566</p><p>2011 – 9,603</p><p>2012 – 10,274</p><p>2013 – 16,449</p><p>Information relating to how many of those reviews were upheld in whole or in part in each year is not held centrally and could not be created without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p><del class="ministerial">The Administrative Court Office does not collate the information requested centrally and determining the number of reviews and how many such reviews were upheld in whole or in part would incur a disproportionate cost.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested in respect of the Administrative Court Office is published online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/267408/additional-court-tables-2012.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/267408/additional-court-tables-2012.xls</a> . The 2013 data is not currently available.</ins></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 28/10/2014 15:10:43 question first ministerially corrected 05/01/2015 17:35:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 24759 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

705510

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the procurement spend of the Law Officers' Departments was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	65676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The following figures, based on <del class="ministerial">published</del> accounts for <ins class="ministerial">the financial years from</ins> <ins class="ministerial">April</ins> 2010 to <ins class="ministerial">April</ins> 2016, show the procurement spend (all expenditure on goods, assets or services, not including expenditure relating to the remuneration of employees, non cash costs such as depreciation and local/national taxes such as rates and excluding any case settlement costs) for the Law Officers’ Departments. <ins class="ministerial">Figures for the financial year from April 2016- April 2017 are not yet available. </ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Value </ins> <ins class="ministerial">(£000s)</ins></p></td><td><p>2010<ins class="ministerial">-11</ins></p></td><td><p>2011<ins class="ministerial">-12</ins></p></td><td><p>2012<ins class="ministerial">-13</ins></p></td><td><p>2013<ins class="ministerial">-14</ins></p></td><td><p>2014<ins class="ministerial">-15</ins></p></td><td><p>2015<ins class="ministerial">-16</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2016</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD*</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">52,300</del> <ins class="ministerial">49,533</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">49,533</del> <ins class="ministerial">52,426</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">52,426</del> <ins class="ministerial">47,070</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">47,070</del> <ins class="ministerial">60,167</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">60,167</del> <ins class="ministerial">70,649</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">70,649</del> <ins class="ministerial">68,804</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">68,804</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,800</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,589</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,589</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,520</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,520</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,457</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,457</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,348</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,348</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,470</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,470</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,354</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,354</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">821</del> <ins class="ministerial">893</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">893</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,032</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,032</del> <ins class="ministerial">417</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">417</del> <ins class="ministerial">409</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">409</del> <ins class="ministerial">388</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">388</del> <ins class="ministerial">419</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">419</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">315,581</del> <ins class="ministerial">307,168</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">274,816</del> <ins class="ministerial">270,597</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">269,612</del> <ins class="ministerial">255,429</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">244,121</del> <ins class="ministerial">252,916</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">284,482</del> <ins class="ministerial">289,727</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">347,658</del> <ins class="ministerial">258,876</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">325,560</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFO</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21,696m</del> <ins class="ministerial">21,696</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18,968m</del> <ins class="ministerial">18,968</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17,884m</del> <ins class="ministerial">17,884</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31,689m</del> <ins class="ministerial">31,689</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26,887m</del> <ins class="ministerial">26,887</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22,358m</del> <ins class="ministerial">22,358</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21,904m</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The Treasury Solicitor’s Department until 31 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 06/03/2017 17:33:33 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2017 17:48:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 38730 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

706180

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	65977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>GLD expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT):</p><p> </p><p>2012: nil</p><p>2013: nil</p><p>2014: £12,252.00</p><p>2015: nil</p><p>2016: £24,933.12</p><p> </p><p>GLD has consistently consumed 13,960 boxes (69,800 reams) of paper per annum for the last 5 years. The cost for the period 2016-17 to date was £76,241. Accurate costs for earlier periods cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.</p><p> </p><p>HMCPSI Expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT):</p><p> </p><p>2012: nil</p><p>2013: nil</p><p>2014: nil</p><p>2015: nil</p><p>2016: nil</p><p> </p><p>Accurate costs for paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.</p><p> </p><p>CPS and AGO</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has not spent any money on iPads in the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS, including the Attorney General’s Office, spend on tablets over the last five years has been provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p>Year Cost of Tablet including VAT(£)</p><p>2012 75,412</p><p>2013 0</p><p>2014 0</p><p>2015 46,077</p><p>2016 25,885*</p><p>*costs are estimated for 2016</p><p> </p><p>(b) The CPS estimates that it has spent the following amounts on paper over the last 5 years:</p><p> </p><p>Year Cost (£)</p><p>2012* 1,120,904</p><p>2013* 926,609</p><p>2014** 983,802</p><p>2015** 847,431</p><p>2016** 445,717</p><p>* costs for 2012 and 2013 are based on historic data provided by CPS stationery suppliers</p><p>** costs for 2014, 2015 and 2016 are estimated and based on total stationery spend for the periods.</p><p>To identify all expenditure that relates solely and specifically to paper would involve the manual checking of thousands of invoices and would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Accurate costs for AGO paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">SFO </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The SFO does not separately record paper costs from overall stationery expenditure.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Stationery Year Cost (£) </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2012-13 64,094</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2013-14 69,657</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2014-15 74,750</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2015-16 52,721</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2016-17* 40,916 </em></ins><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>iPads &amp; Tablets <em>Year Cost (£)</em></em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2012-13 0</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2013-14 10,423</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2014-15 0</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2015-16 0</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>2016-17* 9,475</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>*</em><strong><em>Spend as at 31/01/2017</em></strong></ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/03/2017 16:25:26 question first ministerially corrected 09/03/2017 14:52:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 39303 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

824730

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many contracts his Department holds with government strategic suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	123531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD)<ins class="ministerial"> holds contracts with eight Government strategic suppliers</ins> and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hold six contracts <del class="ministerial">each</del> with Government strategic suppliers.</p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) holds three contracts with Government strategic suppliers.</p><p>HMCPSI holds two contracts with Government strategic suppliers; and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) holds <del class="ministerial">one</del> contract<ins class="ministerial">s with three suppliers</ins>.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/02/2018 17:39:32 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2018 14:34:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 38874 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843564

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2018 to Question 123531 on Attorney General: procurement, if he will list those contracts including the supplier name and value of those contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	127905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has the following contracts with the government’s strategic suppliers:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contract</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated Value*</strong> <strong> £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT Plc</p></td><td><p>Multiple landline phones, alarms and broadband service agreements</p></td><td><p><em>143,500</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>Contingent Labour ONE Call-Off</p></td><td><p>136,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CGI</p></td><td><p>Payroll Call-Off</p></td><td><p>1,300,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Finance and Resource Management System Call-Off</p></td><td><p>200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Managed ICT Services contract; and</p></td><td><p>300,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applications Support and Data Hosting Call-Off</p></td><td><p>19,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Microsoft</p></td><td><p>Multiple licencing agreements.</p></td><td><p><em>172,000</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oracle</p></td><td><p>Multiple licencing agreements</p></td><td><p><em>470,000</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>Videoconferencing service Call-Off</p></td><td><p>700,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* The Estimated Value is given as the value for the contract Term where the department has signed a Call-Off Contract and the annual spend to 31 January 2018 where the department has renewable licensing arrangements.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the contracts are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT plc</p></td><td><p>£15,897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>£704,697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>£75,905</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To identify overall contract values for the Government Legal Department (GLD), Attorney General Office (AGO) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) would require the identification and examination of all awards made to the Strategic Suppliers (as defined by the Crown Commercial Services) and this cannot be achieved without incurring disproportionate cost. However, our payments to Strategic Suppliers, for 2016-17 is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Strategic Supplier </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong> <strong>2016-17</strong> <strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong> <strong>2016-17</strong> <strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong> <strong>2016-17</strong> <strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amey</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£335,965</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT Plc</p></td><td><p>£1,699</p></td><td><p>£2,159</p></td><td><p>£1,308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capgemini</p></td><td><p>£88,914</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£424,655</del> <ins class="ministerial">£6,369,832 </ins></p></td><td><p>£847*</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fujitsu</p></td><td><p>£561,131</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Microsoft</p></td><td><p>£62,178</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mitie</p></td><td><p>£186,854</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oracle</p></td><td><p>£34,126</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>£226,794</p></td><td><p>£43,763</p></td><td><p>£8,779</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The payment for this amount piggy backed on the contract that SFO had with Capita.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland previous answer version 45402 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland 49436 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 23/03/2018 14:32:59 question first ministerially corrected 02/05/2018 16:36:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

990407

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Money Laundering: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have been made by the Crown Prosecution Service under (i) Section 330 and (ii) Sections 327-329 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	181274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office. Official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The number of prosecutions and convictions for offences under sections 327-330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 can be found <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/738814/HO-Code-Tool-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">here</a>.</ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Number of prosecutions and convictions for offences under sections 327-330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, 2013-2017</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2017</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Prosecutions</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 327</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">981</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">880</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,063</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">841</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">878</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 328</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">310</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">266</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">317</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">355</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">288</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 329</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,050</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">944</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">921</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">797</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">737</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 330</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Convictions</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 327</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">520</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">447</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">550</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">601</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">537</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 328</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">213</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">150</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">188</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">257</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">225</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 329</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">527</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">541</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">594</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">567</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">581</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 330</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(1) The figures given in the pivot table relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(3) A defendant who appears before both magistrates’ court and Crown Court may not do so within the same year, meaning for a given year convictions may exceed prosecutions or sentences may not equal convictions. Defendants who appear before both courts may be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court.</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">Data on prosecutions and convictions is published by the MoJ and can be found <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx%20" target="_blank">here</a>.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">A breakdown of prosecutions and convictions for money laundering is as follows:</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Table 1. Number of prosecutions and convictions for money laundering, 2007-2017 (1)(2)(3)</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Money Laundering</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Prosecutions</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,349</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,095</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,307</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,998</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,906</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Convictions</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,269</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,143</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,336</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,435</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,347</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">(1) The figures given in the pivot table relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">(3) A defendant who appears before both magistrates’ court and Crown Court may not do so within the same year, meaning for a given year convictions may exceed prosecutions or sentences may not equal convictions. Defendants who appear before both courts may be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court.</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/10/2018 10:41:57 question first ministerially corrected 24/10/2018 08:17:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 80104 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1002118

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in the (a) Serious Fraud Office, (b) Government Legal Department, (c) Crown Prosecution Service and (d) HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	188197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The contracted minimum hours (including meal breaks) for the highest paid member of staff from the Serious Fraud Office, the Government Legal Department, and Crown Prosecution Service are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>SFO</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This is in line with the terms and conditions of SCS appointments.</p><p> </p><p>The highest paid member of staff from HM Crown Prosecution service is contracted to work 36 hours a week, not including meal breaks, plus additional hours as may, from time to time, be reasonable and necessary.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 12/11/2018 17:03:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

100236

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged to date under sections (a) 2A and (b) 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 who could not have been charged using sections (i) 2 and (ii) 4.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
	uin	211307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a separate record of the number of people charged and prosecuted for stalking under sections (a) 2A and (b) 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 who could not have been charged for harassment using sections (i) 2 and (ii) 4.</p><p> </p><p>The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 does not provide a definitive list of behaviors that would allow for a prosecution for either harassment or stalking and CPS prosecutors determine the most appropriate charges in any given prosecution based on the facts of the case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 27/10/2014 17:09:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

1002569

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) the Attorney General's Office, (ii) the Crown Prosecution Service, (iii) the Government Legal Department and (iv) the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	188845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The quantity of electricity and natural gas used by the Attorney General’s Office and the Law Officers Departments (CPS, SFO, GLD and HMCPSI) is published in the CPS annual report (page 12) and can be found <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/publications/CPS-Annual-Report-2017-18.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The figures are also shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>(MWh) Megawatt hours</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Electricity</strong></p></td><td><p>7,844</p></td><td><p>5,412</p></td><td><p>6,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gas</strong></p></td><td><p>3,115</p></td><td><p>3,579</p></td><td><p>5,586</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is not possible to break these figures down any further without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/11/2018 13:17:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1002570

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what was the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) the Attorney General's Office, (ii) the Crown Prosecution Service, (iii) the Government Legal Department and (iv) the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	188846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The cost of electricity and natural gas used by the Attorney General’s Office and the Law Officers Departments (CPS, SFO, GLD and HMCPSI) is published in the CPS annual report (page 12) which can be found <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/publications/CPS-Annual-Report-2017-18.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The costs are also shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity Spend (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas Spend (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,080,192</p></td><td><p>113,302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,008,263</p></td><td><p>96,623</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>968,829</p></td><td><p>83,167</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is not possible to break these figures down any further without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/11/2018 13:19:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald