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746643

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many cases of (1) Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, and (2) fabricated or induced illness, have been prosecuted against parents of children diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome in each year since 2010 for which figures are available; how many of those cases were successful; how many were withdrawn; and how many resulted in an acquittal.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Munchausen's syndrome by proxy and fabricated or induced illness are not of themselves criminal offences so cannot be prosecuted as such. They may, however, be of relevance to criminal offences which can be prosecuted.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of prosecutions where Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy or fabricated or induced illnesses may have been relevant. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 10/07/2017 14:14:57 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

1199276

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Royal Albert Hall
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government when the Attorney General expects to give a definitive response to the request made three years ago by the Charity Commission in respect of the governance of the Albert Hall.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts
	uin	HL4992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>In December of last year, the Charity Commission wrote to the then Attorney General requesting consent to refer six questions to the First-Tier Tribunal concerning the Corporation of the Hall of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Albert Hall, which is a registered charity. This is the third such request by the Commission since 2017. The then Attorney General granted, then subsequently withdrew his consent in relation to the first request. The second request was withdrawn, with consent then sought for the reference of an amended set of questions last December. While the Charity Commission has the power to refer questions to the Tribunal, it may only do so with the consent of the Attorney General, as set out in section 325 of the Charities Act 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Corporation made further representations in relation to the Commission’s request earlier this year. The Attorney General is in the process of considering the request and representations with a view to issuing a decision in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 16/06/2020 13:08:22 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1651 label Biography information for Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

1203569

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	National Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 17 March (HL2334), when they first became aware of a request from a relative of the donor to return the money in the National Fund to the family; and whether they intend to make any change to the Attorney General's application to release the funds as a result.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL5676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>In October 2019 the Attorney General’s Office was contacted by representatives of an individual who claimed to be a descendent of the anonymous donor that established the National Fund. They also claimed that the trust was void ab initio and that unless the court finds that the donor had a “paramount charitable intent”, the Fund belongs to his residuary estate.</p><p> </p><p>The individual subsequently applied to join the proceedings initiated by the Attorney General in May 2018, in order to represent the interests of all persons who are or may be or become entitled to share in the residuary estate of the donor. In January 2020 the Court ordered that this individual be joined to the proceedings and that they serve evidence in support of their claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Attorney General remains of the view that the trust establishing the National Fund is valid and its purposes exclusively charitable.</p><p> </p><p>It is now for the High Court to determine the individual’s claims and decide whether the terms of the charitable trust should be varied as sought by the Attorney General. If the Attorney General’s application is successful the money in the fund will be paid over to the National Debt Commissioners towards the reduction of the national debt.</p><p> </p><p>The hearing in the High Court is scheduled for October 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 29/06/2020 11:16:41 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1182889

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Intestacy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what proportion of, referrals to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department have come from (a) local authorities, (b) hospital trusts, (c) coroners, and (d) other organisations and individuals, in (i) 2017–18, and (ii) 2018–19.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL2212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>In 2017-2018 there were 2770 estates referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department of which 33% were referred by local authorities, 4% were referred by hospital trusts, 63% by other organisations and individuals. There was one referral by a Coroner’s Office.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018-2019 there were 1974 estates referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department of which 29% were referred by local authorities, 3% were referred by hospital trusts, 68% by other organisations and individuals. There were no referrals by Coroners.</p><p /><p /><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 17/03/2020 11:30:14 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

862937

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, are employed by the Crown Prosecution Service; and how many (a) men, and (b) women, hold senior posts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL6385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>As at 28 February 2018 the Crown Prosecution Service employed (1) 2,083 men and (2) 3,987 women. In senior posts (graded at Senior Civil Service or equivalent) the Crown Prosecution Service employed (a) 34 men and (b) 40 women, with women making up 54% of the workforce in these grades.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 28/03/2018 11:12:01 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

967447

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Attorney General’s Office policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
	uin	HL9944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Minsters. There is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office does not develop its own policy nor has responsibility for any Government policies. As such the department has not had to consider the guidance but would do so if appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 13/09/2018 11:14:22 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1195941

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Compensation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many compensation claims have been brought against Government departments, except the Department of Health and Social Care, since 28 February; how many claimants there are; and what was the amount of damages sought in each case.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL4487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>Since 28 February 2020, 601 claims for damages have been brought against government departments, excluding the Department for Health and Social Care, in litigation conducted by the Government Legal Department (GLD).</p><p><br>GLD conducts most, but not all, litigation on behalf of government departments. For example, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs normally conducts its own litigation.</p><p><br>GLD is unable to give the amount of damages sought in each case because that information is not always available at the early stage of the case and whether such information is available could not be ascertained without examining every case file and thus incurring disproportionate costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 27/05/2020 14:35:35 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1169304

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many council officials have been (1) charged with, (2) convicted for, and (3) are awaiting trial for, dereliction of duty for failure to support victims of grooming gangs since 1997.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Tackling the sexual exploitation of children remains a top priority for the CPS. Specialist CPS lawyers work closely with police investigators to build strong cases, resulting in many successful prosecutions of complex grooming cases for example in Rochdale, Rotherham, Oxford and Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not maintain a central record of defendants’ occupations, nor of the specific circumstances under which a person has been charged with an offence. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost. The CPS collects data to assist the management of its prosecution functions. The CPS does not collect data that constitutes official statistics as defined in the Statistics and Registration Act 2007.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/01/2020 15:52:29 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1182888

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Intestacy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many estates of people that died (1) without known entitled relatives, and (2) without leaving a will, were referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in (a) 2017–18, and (b) 2018–19; and how many of those were referred by local authorities.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL2211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>In 2017-2018 there were 2768 estates referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department of estates where people died without leaving known entitled relatives or a valid will of which 909 were referred by local authorities. There were 2 referrals of estates where the deceased died leaving a valid will which did not dispose of the entire of estate but without leaving known entitled relatives entitled to share in the undisposed residue, neither of which were referred by local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018-2019 there were 1971 estates referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department of which 575 were referred by local authorities. There were 3 referrals of estates where the deceased died leaving a valid will which did not dispose of the entire of estate but without leaving known entitled relatives entitled to share in the undisposed residue, none of which were referred by local authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 17/03/2020 11:35:14 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

940109

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Reviews
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Attorney General's Office has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watts
	uin	HL9524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>In the last year, no independent reviews have been commissioned into the policy or administration of the Attorney General’s Office.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 19/07/2018 16:42:01 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts