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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 HM Government won 14 and lost 2 of those cases, 15 cases were settled, and 31 cases withdrawn by the Good Law Project.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

1681647

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when she plans to respond to Questions 6773 and 6774 on Attorney General: Redundancy Pay, tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 13 December 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	9197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to my substantive response to UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-13/6773" target="_blank">6773</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-13/6774" target="_blank">6774</a> tabled on 24 January 2024.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/04/2024 15:38:48 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis previous answer version 11524 answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1663277

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	201131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>On 2 October, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a value for money audit of all EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) spending in the Civil Service.</p><p>The audit will dovetail with the public sector productivity review, aiming at delivering a leaner, more efficient government. The audit forms part of our drive to improve productivity across the public sector by driving down waste and improving performance.</p><p>The findings and actions of the audit will be announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 23/10/2023 16:40:16 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1665463

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an estimate of the average length of time between a case being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service and a prosecution decision being reached.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	203014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The average number of days (in calendar days) from a case being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision or early advice and decision to charge and prosecute being reached in the period 2022-2023 (1 April 2022 – 30 March 2023) was 45 days.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/10/2023 07:58:08 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1665758

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate she has made of the total costs incurred by the Serious Fraud Office in pursuing the cases dropped on 24 August 2023 against (a) the Alpha and Green Park Group of companies, (b) ENRC and (c) Rio Tinto.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	203244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not disclose the costs associated with its cases as this risks prejudicing the administration of justice and is against the public interest. Information on how the SFO uses resources is published in aggregate in its <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/download/annual-report-accounts-2022-23/" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts. </a></p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/10/2023 07:54:40 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1666140

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Hare Coursing: Convictions and 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 there have been relating to the offence of hare coursing in each year from 2016 to date.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	203472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Offences of hare coursing may be prosecuted using offences created by the Game Act 1831, the Night Poaching Act 1828 and the Hunting Act 2004.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions for offences of hare coursing. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/10/2023 15:18:35 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1666590

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Incentives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2022 to Question 107061 on Attorney General: Incentives, how much the Government Legal Department spent on purchasing non-cash vouchers for staff as reward and recognition bonuses in 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	203784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Purchasing non-cash vouchers as reward and recognition bonuses for staff is standard practice across Government.</p><p>The Government Legal Department spent £240,605 on purchasing non-cash vouchers for staff as reward and recognition bonuses in 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/10/2023 15:20:44 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1667479

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Facebook: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people were prosecuted for offences relating to posts made on Facebook in each year for which records exist.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	29
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data on the number of people prosecuted for offences relating to social media posts. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 14/11/2023 11:32:06 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1667480

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	TikTok: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people were prosecuted for offences relating to posts made on TikTok for in each year for which records exist.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	30
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data on the number of people prosecuted for offences relating to social media posts. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 14/11/2023 11:32:37 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1667481

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Twitter: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people were prosecuted for offences relating to posts made on X in each year for which records exist.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	31
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data on the number of people prosecuted for offences relating to social media posts. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 14/11/2023 11:33:23 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes