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1359411

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to improve her Department's response times to correspondence from members of the public.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	56449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of responding to members of the public in an effective and timely manner, and the Cabinet Office published an updated Guide to Handling Correspondence for government departments and agencies on July 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance reasserts the standards for handling correspondence, including a 20 working day deadline for departments to respond to members of the public, criteria outlining when a response to a member of the public is required, and when a piece of correspondence from a member of the public should be transferred to another department. Following publication of the updated guidance, all departments have been reminded that they must follow the processes outlined in the guidance. The Attorney General’s Office always aims to respond to public correspondence within 20 working days where it falls within our remit.</p><p> </p><p>My department's timeliness in responding to MP letters and Freedom of Information requests is among the best in the civil service. Since January 1<sup>st</sup> 2018, 80% of MP and Lords letters my department received were responded to within our target of 20 working days, and 99% of Freedom of Information requests were responded to within the statutory time limit. I am confident that public correspondence is responded to by my office in a similarly timely fashion and that every effort is made by my officials to respond as promptly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/10/2021 08:25:06 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1359528

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	International Corruption Unit: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases referred by the National Crime Agency's International Corruption Unit the Crown Prosecution Service has reached charging decisions on for each year in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	uin	56493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The CPS is committed to tackling economic crime, including where these crimes span multiple jurisdictions. The CPS works closely with the National Crime Agency (NCA) and other investigative agencies; this includes providing early investigative advice on cases, obtaining evidence from overseas using mutual legal assistance and proving support through its network of prosecutors deployed overseas.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not breakdown referrals by individual departments within the NCA. The following data is available which shows the number of cases received by the CPS Specialist Fraud Division from the National Crime Agency for pre-charge decisions.</p><p><strong>Pre-charge decision receipts</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td>2016-2017</td><td>2017-2018</td><td>2018-2019</td><td>2019-2020</td><td>2020-2021</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>26</td><td>20</td><td>6</td><td>42</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following shows number of cases where charging decisions have been reached.</p><p><strong>Pre-charge decision finalisations</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td>2016-2017</td><td>2017-2018</td><td>2018-2019</td><td>2019-2020</td><td>2020-2021</td></tr><tr><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>26</td><td>42</td><td>34</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 56741 question first answered 25/10/2021 08:18:09 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1359716

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what overseas visits have been made by (a) herself, her predecessor or senior officials in her Department, (b) the Director of Public Prosecutions or senior CPS officials and (c) the Director of the Serious Fraud Office or senior officers over the last 12 months; which countries were visited; what matters were discussed; and whether covid-19 quarantine rules were followed by all people making such visits.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
	tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
	uin	57006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General, Solicitor General and senior officials in the department have not undertaken any overseas visits in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2021, Lisa Osofsky (The Director of the Serious Fraud Office) and John Carroll (Chief Operating Officer of the Serious Fraud Office) visited the United States of America (USA). The purpose of the visit was to meet strategic partners and discuss collaboration and cooperation in tackling serious and complex economic crime. They both followed Covid protocols throughout their time abroad and on returning to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2021, on a visit to the USA, the Director attended a work meeting with DOJ Senior Officials. In this meeting, she met with American Operational partners and discussed collaboration and cooperation in tackling serious and complex economic crime. The Director followed Covid protocols in place for foreign travel.</p><p> </p><p>No overseas visits have been undertaken by any other Senior SFO Officer over the past 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Over the past 12 months, the Director of Public Prosecutions completed two overseas business trips, to Poland and the United States. During both visits, the DPP met key stakeholders, including HMG officials. Both of these visits provided an important opportunity to demonstrate support for CPS Liaison Prosecutors based in these jurisdictions and to cement the importance of their role and our cooperation with our international partners.</p><p> </p><p>On both occasions, there were no requirements to quarantine on entry into either country, or on return to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/10/2021 08:01:17 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1360464

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	International Corruption Unit: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many referrals the Crown Prosecution Service has received from the National Crime Agency's International Corruption Unit for charging decisions for each year in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	uin	56741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The CPS is committed to tackling economic crime, including where these crimes span multiple jurisdictions. The CPS works closely with the National Crime Agency (NCA) and other investigative agencies; this includes providing early investigative advice on cases, obtaining evidence from overseas using mutual legal assistance and proving support through its network of prosecutors deployed overseas.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not breakdown referrals by individual departments within the NCA. The following data is available which shows the number of cases received by the CPS Specialist Fraud Division from the National Crime Agency for pre-charge decisions.</p><p><strong>Pre-charge decision receipts</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td>2016-2017</td><td>2017-2018</td><td>2018-2019</td><td>2019-2020</td><td>2020-2021</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>26</td><td>20</td><td>6</td><td>42</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following shows number of cases where charging decisions have been reached.</p><p><strong>Pre-charge decision finalisations</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td>2016-2017</td><td>2017-2018</td><td>2018-2019</td><td>2019-2020</td><td>2020-2021</td></tr><tr><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>26</td><td>42</td><td>34</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 56493 question first answered 25/10/2021 08:18:09 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1361434

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff were employed in rape and serious sexual offences units in each (a) CPS area and (b) year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	58992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>Each of the 14 CPS Areas has a dedicated RASSO Unit, staffed by specially trained prosecutors and other operational delivery staff, equipped to deal with the complexities of rape cases. The below data shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) staff employed in each CPS RASSO Unit, which were established in 2016, as of 31 March for each year from 2017. The figures are set out in decimals as there are many part-time members of staff who work in RASSO Units.</p><p> </p><p>CPS Areas are not uniform in size and as such there is a disparity in the staffing levels between each Area. Furthermore, case numbers and types of case in RASSO Units may vary from year to year and across Areas.</p><p> </p><p>It is also important to note that CPS Areas have the flexibility to move staff between teams to support local needs. While the below figures show the number of FTE staff employed in each CPS RASSO Unit in each year, they do not include members of staff who have been moved to teams in other Areas to support local needs</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>CPS Area</strong></td><td><strong>2017</strong></td><td><strong>2018</strong></td><td><strong>2019</strong></td><td><strong>2020</strong></td><td><strong>2021</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Cymru Wales</td><td>27.01</td><td>24.64</td><td>21.64</td><td>20.06</td><td>18.97</td></tr><tr><td>East Midlands</td><td>20.02</td><td>20.54</td><td>22.19</td><td>20.14</td><td>23.95</td></tr><tr><td>East of England</td><td>22.29</td><td>23.85</td><td>23.70</td><td>19.19</td><td>19.65</td></tr><tr><td>London North</td><td>*</td><td>31.76</td><td>31.75</td><td>24.76</td><td>26.11</td></tr><tr><td>London South</td><td>*</td><td>38.02</td><td>36.33</td><td>33.01</td><td>34.14</td></tr><tr><td>Merseyside and Cheshire</td><td>19.98</td><td>21.80</td><td>20.94</td><td>19.95</td><td>19.48</td></tr><tr><td>North East</td><td>27.00</td><td>28.31</td><td>28.68</td><td>26.70</td><td>24.49</td></tr><tr><td>North West</td><td>44.57</td><td>50.53</td><td>47.87</td><td>45.82</td><td>42.26</td></tr><tr><td>South East</td><td>27.96</td><td>25.15</td><td>24..64</td><td>20.91</td><td>19.21</td></tr><tr><td>South West</td><td>23.29</td><td>21.90</td><td>20.02</td><td>18.08</td><td>16.68</td></tr><tr><td>Thames and Chiltern</td><td>19.80</td><td>21.82</td><td>20.02</td><td>27.33</td><td>24.14</td></tr><tr><td>Wessex</td><td>26.26</td><td>21.30</td><td>22.52</td><td>18.98</td><td>19.33</td></tr><tr><td>West Midlands</td><td>34.38</td><td>33.69</td><td>35.74</td><td>36.51</td><td>34.05</td></tr><tr><td>Yorkshire and Humberside</td><td>37.45</td><td>34.80</td><td>35.06</td><td>32.48</td><td>35.95</td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Prior to 2017, London South and London North operated as a single CPS Area, and the combined number of FTE staff in the pan-London RASSO Unit for 2017 was 66.23.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/10/2021 08:47:08 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1362597

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Quarantine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many of her Department's ministers have been exempted from quarantine in a hotel after returning to the UK from a covid-19 red list country to which they have travelled for the purposes of conducting official business.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	61088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General and Solicitor General have not claimed any exemptions from the requirement to quarantine after returning from a red list country as neither Law Officer has undertaken any official business overseas since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Ministers’ overseas travel are published quarterly on GOV.UK, and all travel is arranged in line with official regulations.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 02/11/2021 13:16:06 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1363042

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	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 referrals the CPS received from the National Crime Agency for charging decisions under the Money Laundering Regulations in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	62777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>The number of referrals the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Specialist Fraud Division (SFD) has received from the National Crime Agency (NCA) for charging decisions under the Money Laundering Regulations for the last three years are as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>4 cases received in 2018-19</li><li>2 cases received in 2019-20</li><li>4 cases received in 2020-21</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>CPS data is available through its Case Management System (CMS) and associated Management Information System (MIS). The CPS collects data to assist in the effective management of its prosecution functions. The CPS does not break down figures that constitute official statistics as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.</p><p> </p><p>However, the CPS is not able through either CMS or MIS to breakdown referrals to differentiate whether they were made by the police or other investigative organisations in England and Wales. On this occasion we have been able to provide the data because of a recent manual review, so whilst we have endeavoured to produce figures that are as accurate as possible, this data is subject to human error.</p><p> </p><p>The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office and the official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 29/10/2021 11:52:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1365080

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what funding her Department has allocated to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and for what projects that funding has been allocated.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	67046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has not allocated any funding to Stonewall in the last 5 years</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 04/11/2021 09:23:49 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1365930

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Ivory
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate she has made of the number of ivory items owned by or collated by her office.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	69175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has not made any estimates of the number of ivory items owned or collated by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 11/11/2021 09:15:37 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1366852

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to prosecute individuals charged with fraud by false representation particularly in relation to fraudulent property transactions.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
	uin	71471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>In March 2021, the CPS launched its first ever Economic Crime Strategy to ensure they keep at pace with the constant changing nature of crime. It is a high-level strategy which allows the flexibility to respond and adapt to new and emerging threats.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has a dedicated Specialist Fraud Division to ensure it has the right skills and resources to prosecute complex cases.</p><p>The CPS also has a Proceeds of Crime unit dedicated to asset recovery and in 2018, the CPS created three new Fraud Centres in CPS Areas to increase capability and resilience in dealing with fraud casework.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/11/2021 09:06:27 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson