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769803

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Religious Hatred: Islam
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to page 11 of the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) 2016-17 annual report, on the appointment of inclusion and community engagement managers, whether the CPS consulted (a) Muslim community based organisations and (b) other groups addressing anti-Muslim prejudice and hate crime.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	107504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The CPS regularly consults with Muslim community based organisations to address anti-Muslim prejudice and hate crime. Nationally, the CPS consults with community-based organisations through its Community Accountability Forum, which includes a representative from the All Parliamentary Group on British Muslims. At a local level, Inclusion and Community Engagement Managers also engage with local Muslim community based organisations through Local Scrutiny and Involvement Panels (LSIPs) in each CPS Area.</p><p>The CPS circulated the job advert containing details of the posts of Inclusion and Community Engagement Managers to the Community Accountability Forum, LSIPs and other community contacts, to encourage the widest possible pool of people to apply.</p><p>The CPS is also a member of the cross Government anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, the cross Government Hate Crime Strategic Group, and the Independent Advisory Group on Hate Crime, all of which include a number of representatives from Muslim organisations that actively tackle anti-Muslim hatred.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 17/10/2017 15:17:23 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

769901

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to page 11 of the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) 2016-17 annual report, on hate crime campaigns, what hate crime campaigns (a) have been delivered to date and (b) are to be delivered in future by region and partner organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	107505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The CPS is committed to raising awareness of hate crime and increasing the confidence of victims and witnesses when they come to report it. In August 2017, to coincide with the launch of the revised public statements on hate crime, the CPS launched the week-long #HateCrimeMatters campaign with involvement from each CPS Area as well as a wide range of local and national community partner organisations. The social media campaign had over 7,000 contributors and the campaign website has had almost 6,000 views.</p><p>During National Hate Crime Awareness Week (NHCAW), the CPS is standing alongside its community partner organisations and published its Annual Hate Crime report on 17 October. This was accompanied by communications activity including both national and local engagement with the NHCAW campaign.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 17/10/2017 15:19:07 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

820765

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Electronic Tagging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when the Serious Fraud Office investigation into the G4S and Serco electronic monitoring contracts which was initiated in 2013 is due to conclude.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	122183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The SFO criminal investigation into G4S and Serco electronic monitoring contracts is still ongoing. SFO cases are by their very nature complex, lengthy and resource intensive and it is not unusual for them to take a considerable time to be concluded. However, the SFO will publish information about this case on its website when it is appropriate to do so.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/01/2018 16:19:33 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

838920

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Immigrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking as a result of the BBC Panorama documentary, Undercover: Britain’s immigration secrets, broadcast on 4 September 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	127482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Sussex Police have sought early investigative advice from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), South East Area, in respect of possible criminal offences. The CPS has received some documentation and had a meeting with the officer in charge of the investigation in February 2018.</p><p>The police investigation is still ongoing and CPS will only be in a position to provide advice regarding charging or otherwise once all the papers are received.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/02/2018 17:07:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

756010

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many court cases the Government has defended since 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such case.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	7101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Each Department is responsible for defending actions brought against them and makes their own arrangements for doing so. There is no central record of all court cases brought against the Government and therefore it is not possible to identify either the total number of cases or the cost of them.</p><p>However, most central government bodies instruct the Government Legal Department to conduct their litigation. Since the 2010-11 financial year the Government Legal Department has been instructed by government bodies in almost 200,000 cases costing about £570 million (including VAT).</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/09/2017 11:35:43 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

809137

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Serious Fraud Office on tackling economic crime.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
	uin	903074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text The Serious Fraud Office does vital work in tackling some of the most serious instances of economic crime. As the superintending Minister for the SFO, I regularly meet with the Director of the SFO to discuss key issues in relation to economic crime. answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/12/2017 11:35:22 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

838300

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Government is taking to increase international cooperation in the prosecution of human traffickers.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	127195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK is taking an ambitious approach to tackling modern slavery internationally, working to deepen cooperation with countries from where we receive high numbers of victims and with countries of high prevalence in order to support their efforts.</p><p>Later this month the Crown Prosecution Service will host an international summit for Prosecutors General from 21 countries around the world. It is an ambitious summit which aims to increase activity, identify ways to better support victims and witnesses, and establishing a strong, active international network to tackle the crime of Modern Slavery.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, there are already 30 specialist prosecutors based overseas, building capability in local criminal justice systems to tackle serious and organised crime, including that of Modern Slavery.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/02/2018 08:13:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1108889

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the CPS on the effectiveness of prosecution in cases involving female genital mutilation.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	239331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The CPS is determined to bring those responsible for Female Genital Mutilation to justice, and recently obtained the first conviction for such a case, in London. CPS prosecutors work closely with the police from the outset of these cases to address the challenges they raise, including legal questions concerning jurisdiction and expert evidence, and have assigned FGM leads for every CPS Area. Whilst prosecution alone will not end this appalling crime, this first conviction sends out a strong message that FGM is child abuse and that the perpetrators will be brought to justice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/04/2019 13:19:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1108891

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the CPS on the effectiveness of prosecution in cases involving knife crime.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	239333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The CPS continues to prosecute knife crime robustly. The Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions and I have participated in discussions on delivering the Government’s Serious Violence Strategy. Both the CPS and AGO were represented by the Solicitor General at the Prime Minister’s recent Serious Youth Violence Summit between 1<sup>st</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> April, and will be represented on the Prime Ministers Serious Violence Implementation Taskforce by the Law Officers.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/04/2019 11:46:49 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1108892

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Acids
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the CPS on the effectiveness of prosecutions in cases involving acid attacks.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	239334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions and I have participated in discussions on delivering the Government’s Serious Violence Strategy, including tackling acid attacks effectively. We will also both be involved with the Prime Minister’s new Serious Violence Strategy Implementation Taskforce. The CPS continues to successfully bring these horrendous crimes to justice. Where there is sufficient evidence to prosecute, there is a strong public interest in doing so.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/04/2019 13:26:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell