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169091

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	RSPCA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times in 2012, 2013 and 2014 the Crown Prosecution Service has either taken over or forced discontinuation of a private prosecution brought by the RSCPA.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
	uin	HL3581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain an authoritative central record of the number of private prosecutions taken over. To identify the exact number of times the CPS took over or forced the discontinuation of a private prosecution brought by the RSPCA would require a manual exercise to review individual files which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/12/2014 15:17:29 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

57561

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	RSPCA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord de Mauley on 11 March (WA 374), further to making a complaint about an RSPCA inspector directly to that organisation, what other bodies have the power to regulate the conduct of RSPCA inspectors; and what advice is publicly available to individuals wishing to make a complaint about an investigator.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL34
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A complaint can also be made to the police or the Charity Commission depending on the nature of the complaint.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 17/06/2014 14:51:42 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

178349

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	RSPCA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the RSPCA, as a private organisation, is able to bring prosecutions but is not subject to independent inspection or Freedom of Information requests.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL4737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p>The RSPCA is able to bring prosecutions under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 because that particular piece of legislation allows anyone to do so, even private individuals, if they have the necessary evidence to do so. The RSPCA is not a public authority and so is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord De Mauley question first answered 16/02/2015 16:53:29 answering member 2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

169089

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	RSPCA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the legal aid budget in 2012, 2013 and 2014 has been spent reimbursing the RSPCA.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
	uin	HL3579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2014 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has no record of any payments being made relating to the RSPCA in the years in question.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL3580 question first answered 23/12/2014 12:55:26 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

169090

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	RSPCA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the legal aid budget has been spent on reimbursing defendants in RSPCA private prosecutions in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
	uin	HL3580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2014 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) has no record of any payments being made relating to the RSPCA in the years in question.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks grouped question UIN HL3579 question first answered 23/12/2014 12:55:26 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

169092

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	RSPCA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times Ministers in the Ministry of Justice have met RSPCA representatives in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Astor
	uin	HL3582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2014 answer text <p>All meetings that take place between Ministers and external organisations are recorded in quarterly transparency statistics, published at the link below;</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 23/12/2014 15:07:43 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	3429 label Biography information for Viscount Astor

57560

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	RSPCA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord de Mauley on 11 March (WA 374), what offence would be committed by an RSPCA inspector making entry, or attempting to make entry, to private property of a private home without the permission of the owner.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL33
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>If the RSPCA are investigating an allegation of animal cruelty and the owners do not cooperate or refuse entry to their property, the RSPCA would normally call upon the assistance of the police. The RSPCA has no special powers for entry or search and seizure – these powers lie with police constables and some local authority officers.</p><p> </p><p>As such they would be subject to the law as any member of the public would be.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 18/06/2014 16:57:16 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue