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521754

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the Government's ability to prosecute criminals who have left the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	905128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government's position is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p>Through participation in the European Arrest Warrant, the UK is able to extradite foreign suspects and bring suspects back to the UK more quickly and economically. Since April 2011, it has enabled us to transfer around 5,500 suspects out of the UK and to bring back around 650 to face justice here.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 26/05/2016 12:14:48 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

156628

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what bodies can prosecute without the approval of the Crown Prosecution Service.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	215172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Any private individual or entity who/which is not acting on behalf of the police or another prosecuting authority may bring a private prosecution. There are some organisations that regularly prosecute cases as a private prosecutor before the courts of England and Wales, for example the RSPCA. Furthermore, there are other prosecution authorities that bring prosecutions pursuant to statute, including the Serious Fraud Office and the Service Prosecuting Authority. Some offences can only be brought if the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Attorney General is obtained.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 26/11/2014 16:22:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

990401

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times he has been asked to consent to a prosecution; and in how many of those cases he (a) granted and (b) refused consent in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	181270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Law Officers have received 705 applications for consent since 1 January 2013. Consent has been declined in 33 applications. Consent was declined on 14 occasions as there was insufficient evidence and on 19 occasions because a prosecution was not in the public interest.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 25/10/2018 08:42:15 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

993548

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to his power to grant his consent to a prosecution, whether he is required to make that decision in accordance with the 1972 Franks Committee memorandum criteria of (a) whether the charge is being brought in appropriate circumstances, (b) the five reasons for the requirement of consent, as set out in that memorandum and (c) the mischief at which the criminal law in question was addressed.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	182735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>For certain offences, Parliament has decided that the Attorney General’s consent is needed to bring a prosecution.</p><p>The Home Office memorandum to the Franks Committee in 1972 gave guidance on the reasons for including a consent requirement when creating a criminal offence. It provided that the basic reason for including a consent requirement is that otherwise there would be a risk of prosecutions being brought in inappropriate circumstances and identified five broader overlapping reasons for including a consent requirement.</p><p>It is a constitutional principle that, when deciding whether to consent to a prosecution, the Law Officers will consider all relevant facts including why it is proposed to bring the prosecution and the mischief which the proposed offence was intended to prevent and apply the well-established prosecution principles of evidential sufficiency and the public interest test.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 31/10/2018 14:56:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

420581

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many Deferred Prosecution Agreements the Serious Fraud Office is currently negotiating; and what recent progress has been made in each of those negotiations.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	11438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon.Member to the answer given by the Solicitor General to question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-12/2337/" target="_blank">2337</a> on 17 June 2015.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 15/10/2015 15:34:50 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

353905

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many letters of invitation to companies to enter negotiations for a deferred prosecution agreement the Serious Fraud Office has issued.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	2337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office has issued its first letters of invitation but it would not be appropriate to confirm numbers.</p><p>The process of reaching Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) happens in stages. Initial negotiations are confidential to encourage openness on the part of the company. Under the Criminal Procedure Rules, the Court determines whether any relevant hearings are heard in public or in private. Any DPA must be approved by a judge and publicised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/06/2015 10:11:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

76970

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of all (a) Crown Prosecution Service and (b) Serious Fraud Office cases were prosecuted by external counsel in 2013-14 and each of the five preceding years; and what the cost to each agency was of such counsel in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) cases are not prosecuted exclusively by self-employed advocates or in-house advocates. Many cases are transferred between self-employed and in-house advocates and therefore it is not possible to report on the number or proportion of cases prosecuted solely by one type of advocate or the other.</p><p>However, the CPS does record the proportion of work undertaken across the 13 CPS Areas in the Crown Court by self-employed advocates by value, in accordance with the graduated fee scheme (GFS). CPS records show:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Crown Court Advocacy (13 Area position)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>SELF-EMPLOYED ADVOCATES</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>% of prosecutions by GFS value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cost to the CPS of fees paid to self-employed advocates in relation to Crown Court and Higher Court advice, preparation and advocacy for each of the last six years is:</p><p> </p><p>2013-14: £114,606,541</p><p>2012-13: £110,608,524</p><p>2011-12; £111,041,044</p><p>2010-11: £134,194,869</p><p>2009-10: £135,296,368</p><p>2008-09: £127,132,677</p><p> </p><p>Note: Figures include VAT and are all fees paid to self-employed advocates not just those paid under the graduated fee scheme.</p><p>All of the cases prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office in the Crown Court are prosecuted by external counsel. Costs associated with this are detailed in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fees to counsel relating</strong></p><p><strong> to prosecution work</strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£3,146k</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£2,313k</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£3,651k</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£4,008k</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£3,548k</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£4,167k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 01/09/2014 14:06:48 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

101614

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, for which offences the Crown Prosecution Service routinely monitors the number and proportion of cases that fail because of victim issues.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	212435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The CPS defendant case outcome records include an allocation of a reason for each unsuccessful outcome, including the number which did not proceed because of victim issues. These records are centrally collated under the following twelve Principal Offence Categories.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Homicide</p><p> </p><p>Offences against the person</p><p> </p><p>Sexual offences</p><p> </p><p>Burglary</p><p> </p><p>Robbery</p><p> </p><p>Theft and handling</p><p> </p><p>Fraud and forgery</p><p> </p><p>Criminal damage</p><p> </p><p>Drugs offences</p><p> </p><p>Public order offences</p><p> </p><p>Motoring offences</p><p> </p><p>All other offences</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 19/11/2014 12:38:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

156123

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office has concluded any deferred prosecution agreements with any companies charged with fraud or corruption offences.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	214476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) became available to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on 24 February 2014. To date the SFO has not concluded any DPAs.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 19/11/2014 12:44:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76979

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many Crown Prosecution Service (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) decisions to take no further action, (c) decisions to caution and (d) prosecutions there were in cases of (i) rape, (ii) domestic violence and (iii) child abuse in each police force area in each of the last six years; and what the conviction rate for each such offence in each such area was in that period.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Tables containing the information requested have been placed in the Library of the House. <br> <br></p><p> </p><p>The volumes of pre-charge decisions, prosecutions and convictions rose in 2013-14 from the previous year, across rape, domestic violence and child abuse. The Crown Prosecution Service has worked with the police to address the previous fall in volumes which they identified in 2012-13; succeeding in an overall turnaround during 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The conviction rates for domestic violence and child abuse have risen to 74.6% and 76.2% respectively in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In parallel, cautions fell to the lowest level ever for rape and domestic violence in the same time period; and decisions to take no further action also reached the lowest level ever for rape and child abuse.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For rape, the volume of pre-charge decisions rose by 8% compared with the previous year, reaching 5,850. Decisions to take no further action fell to the lowest level ever - by 15% as compared with a rise in the volume charged of 25%, reaching the highest volume ever of 3,621 defendants. Prosecutions rose by 5% to 3,891and the volume convicted has risen by 0.6%, reaching 2,348.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Director of Public Prosecutions addresses the regional variation across police force Areas through the bi-annual Violence against Women and Girls Assurance scheme, highlighting where specific actions are detailed and targeted for improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2014 12:26:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name charging decisions - CPS.xlsx title CPS charging data - Rape, DV, Child abuse
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76990

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of Crown Prosecution Service cases in the magistrates' courts were prosecuted by (a) Crown prosecutors and (b) paralegals in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number or proportion of individual prosecutions conducted by Crown Prosecutors or Associate Prosecutors (paralegals) in magistrates’ courts. To obtain these details would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:39:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

61149

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will deposit in the Library data gathered by Crown Prosecution Service Business Area of prosecutions and convictions for (a) rape-flagged offences, (b) domestic violence, (c) child abuse and (d) human trafficking for each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	199975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The requested data has been deposited in the Library of the House together with explanatory notes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 16/06/2014 16:55:43 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald attachment 1 file name CPS casework stats.xlsx title CPS VAWG data 2008- 2013
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

61152

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions there were in each Crown Prosecution Service area for (i) assisting unlawful immigration to an EU member state, (ii) assisting entry to the UK in breach of a deportation or exclusion order, (iii) assisting the entry/remaining of an excluded person, (iv) possession and/or manufacture of false identity documents, (v) employment of illegal immigrants, (vi) trafficking in exploitation/for sexual exploitation, (vii) trafficking people for labour and other exploitation, (viii) conspiracy to traffic and (ix) slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour in the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	200028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not keep a central record of the number of prosecutions completed, and whether they were successful or not, for the offences listed in the question. This information could only be obtained by a manual examination of all files prosecuted which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Official statistics relating to criminal court proceedings and offenders brought to justice are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 17/06/2014 12:30:36 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

61153

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many referrals there were from local police forces to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in each CPS business area for a charging dcision on the offences of (a) assisting unlawful immigration to an EU member state, (b) assisting entry to the UK in breach of a deportation or exclusion order, (c) assisting the entry/remaining of an excluded person, (d) possession and/or manufacture of false identity documents, (e) employment of illegal immigrants, (f) trafficking in exploitation/for sexual exploitation, (g) trafficking people for labour and other exploitation, (h) conspiracy to traffic and (i) slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	200029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not keep a central record of the number of referrals from the Police for a charging decision for the offences listed in the question. This information could only be obtained by a manual examination of all files prosecuted which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Official statistics on crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 17/06/2014 12:33:40 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

65628

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of unsuccessful Crown Prosecution Service prosecutions have been because of victim issues in each of the last seven financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	203936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion of unsuccessful prosecutions due to victim issues in each of the last seven years. The data for 2013-14 is not directly comparable with previous years.</p><p>Victim reasons or issues are defined as non-attendance, retraction or the evidence of the victim does not support the case or come up to proof.</p><p>The CPS is continually striving to improve the quality of data used in both internal and external reports. The recording of the reasons for unsuccessful outcomes was changed in April 2013 leading to enhanced recording of victim issues. It is hoped that this may more accurately reflect the proportion of unsuccessful cases due to victim issues.</p><p>Previously victim reasons may have been recorded as ‘essential legal element missing' or ‘unreliable witnesses'. Following a change to clarify the definitions in 2013-14, The CPS has seen a fall in these reasons (from 13.7% to 4.0% and 2.2% to 1.4% respectively). In parallel there has been a rise in recording, of unsuccessful outcomes due to victim issues, with the figure rising from 15.8% to 18.8% of all unsuccessful outcomes, of which 8.1% was due to victim retraction.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Victim Issues/Reasons</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007-2008</strong></p></td><td><p>13.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-2009</strong></p></td><td><p>13.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>15.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>15.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>18.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 10/07/2014 11:12:19 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

443965

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been prosecuted under the (a) Communications Act 2003, (b) Malicious Communications Act 1988 and (c) Protection from Harassment Act 1997 for offences committed online.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	21855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record to show the number of prosecutions involving defendants prosecuted specifically for criminal activity on-line. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/01/2016 15:46:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

443966

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been prosecuted under the (a) Communications Act 2003, (b) Malicious Communications Act 1988 and (c) Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	21854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants prosecuted for offences brought by way of the Communications Act 2003, the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><br /><p>However, information is held identifying the number of offences during the past five years in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing at magistrates’ courts, rather than the number of defendants prosecuted, this is detailed in the following table.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Communications Act 2003</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Malicious Communications Act 1988</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>2,916</p></td><td><p>1,273</p></td><td><p>16,707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>3,125</p></td><td><p>1,301</p></td><td><p>18,588</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2,920</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>19,319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>2,134</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>22,668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>2,556</p></td><td><p>1,586</p></td><td><p>26,326</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>There is no indication of the final prosecution outcome, of if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is also often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/01/2016 15:32:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

649408

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecution on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the prosecution of criminals.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	55931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The Attorney General regularly meets the Director of Prosecutions to discuss a range of issues that affect prosecutions, including the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. The Attorney General’s Office is working to support the delivery of a successful withdrawal from the EU and a new relationship with Europe, including for our superintended departments.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/12/2016 10:15:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

486931

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library data gathered by Crown Prosecution Service Business Area of prosecutions and convictions for (a) rape-flagged offences, (b) domestic violence, (c) child abuse and (d) human trafficking for each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	32531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of prosecutions and convictions in each CPS business area flagged as rape, domestic violence, child abuse and human trafficking.</p><p> </p><p>The attached tables show the volume of defendants prosecuted and convicted in flagged cases for each CPS business area over the last three financial years for which data is available. These also include a number of caveats and explanatory notes which should be observed when reviewing the data. Data for 2015/16 will be published later this year and will be placed in the House of Commons library.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 11/04/2016 10:32:35 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 32531 2016 - tables 2.xlsx title CPS prosecutions
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

486932

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library the number of cases of (a) rape, (b) domestic violence, (c) child abuse and (d) human trafficking referred by each police force in England and Wales to each regional division of the Crown Prosecution Service in (i) 2014 and (ii) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	32532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the numbers of suspects referred by the police to each CPS business area of cases flagged as involving allegations of rape, domestic violence, child abuse and human trafficking. The attached tables show the volumes of referrals for 2013/14 and 2014/15. The tables are accompanied by a number of caveats and explanatory notes which should be observed when reviewing the data. Data for 2015/16 will be published later this year and will be placed in the House of Commons Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 11/04/2016 10:35:38 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 32532 2016 - tables 2.xlsx title CPS referrals
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

486934

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of all defendants charged with (a) rape, (b) sexual offences other than rape and (c) domestic violence were aged (i) 14 to 17, (ii) 18 to 24, (iii) 25 to 34, (iv) 35 to 44, (v) 45 to 54, (vi) 55 to 64 and (vii) over 65 in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	32550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains both a central record of defendants in cases flagged as rape or domestic abuse and, additionally, the number whose principal offence at finalisation was categorised as a sexual offence other than rape.</p><p> </p><p>These data can be disaggregated with reference to a series of ‘age bands’ based on the defendant’s date of birth at the time their proceeding was registered onto the CPS’ digital case management system (CMS). It is not possible to separately report the individual ages within each band.</p><p> </p><p>The attached tables show the latest published data available (2014-15) on the number and proportion of defendants prosecuted, by age band, for (a) rape, (b) sexual offences other than rape and (c) domestic abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 11/04/2016 10:38:12 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright attachment 1 file name 32550 2016 - tables 2.xlsx title CPS prosecutions rape and DV
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

509955

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions were commenced by the Serious Fraud Office in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	33372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of individuals or bodies corporate against whom the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) instituted proceedings in each year but does not include persons outside the jurisdiction, for whom the court has issued a warrant of arrest under section 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 but in respect of whom no written charge or summons has been issued.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The SFO started two related sets of proceedings against Alstom Network UK. One in 2014, the other in 2015. Only the first set of proceedings is included in the table above.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/04/2016 12:28:00 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

732552

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people opted to review decisions made by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute their cases in the financial year 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	1157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2016/17, the CPS received 1,988 Victims Right to Review (VRR) appeals.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/07/2017 09:13:42 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

819328

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use by the CPS of the phrase “insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction” in cases where there is no evidence at all against the accused; and what guidance they have given, or intend to give, to the CPS in respect of such use.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL4533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code) sets out the general principles Crown prosecutors must follow when they make decisions on cases.</p><p>The full Code test has two stages. Crown prosecutors must be satisfied that there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction against each suspect or defendant on each charge. If the case does pass the evidential stage, Crown prosecutors must proceed to the second stage and decide if a prosecution is needed in the public interest.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service has adopted the wording recommended in the 2016 report of Sir Richard Henriques for public announcements of decisions not to charge an individual, namely that “the case failed to meet the evidential test”. That terminology is not a comment on the strength or weakness of the evidence in any particular case.</p><p>The test applied by prosecutors continues to be that set out in the Code.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 16/01/2018 16:55:10 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

825261

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	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 Keen of Elie on 16 January (HL4533), in cases where there is no evidence at all against an accused, whether the CPS intends to drop the wording recommended by Sir Richard Henriques that "the case failed to meet the evidential test", and to change the Code accordingly.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL4794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not currently intend to change the wording recommended by Sir Richard Henriques for public announcements of decisions not to charge an individual, namely that “the case failed to meet the evidential test”.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service has no immediate plans to change the wording of the evidential stage of the full Code test.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 31/01/2018 13:39:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

510300

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking in response to the recent news that one in eight cases at Crown Court are not proceeded with by the Crown Prosecution Service, even though the defendants have been formally charged.
	tabling member printed	Lord Condon
	uin	HL7506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>All cases are kept under constant review as they progress through the criminal justice system. If new evidence comes to light, a witness decides to no longer support a prosecution or a co-defendant pleads guilty to the offence, the CPS will then review the case. If there is no longer sufficient evidence or if it is no longer in the public interest, the CPS will stop a prosecution.</p><p>The Transforming Summary Justice (TSJ) and Better Case Management (BCM) initiatives, introduced nationally, are recent programmes which will have a material and positive impact on both levels and timing of discontinuance. These include earlier, pre-first magistrates’ hearing case review by prosecutors; an emphasis on early defence engagement; listing periods that support the time required to prepare the case; and improved processes to gather and serve evidential material and disclosure prior to court hearings.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 25/04/2016 15:44:17 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

541347

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the rate of criminal prosecutions.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	906011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to make any such assessment, as the answer will depend on the terms of the agreement reached on the UK’s future relationship with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We will now need to negotiate the best deal we can with Europe, and part of that process will focus on tools and mechanisms for cooperation that can help keep Britain’s citizens secure.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/07/2016 14:14:01 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

176142

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for summary offences were discontinued as a consequence of delay in obtaining data from (a) social media companies and (b) the forensic examination of computers or mobile phones in the most recent year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
	uin	222188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of prosecutions dropped as a result of delays in receiving data from social media companies or from the forensic examination of computers or mobile phones. Obtaining this information would require a manual review of individual case files which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 02/02/2015 13:51:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

452498

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases relating to each type of crime were prosecuted by the CPS in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown Court in each of the last 10 years; how many hours the CPS spent on prosecutions of each type in each type of court in those years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
	tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
	uin	27182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) identifies the type of crime prosecuted with reference to twelve principal offence categories. The Principal Offence Category is assigned at the end of a prosecution case to indicate the most serious offence with which the defendant is charged at the time of finalisation. It is not possible to disaggregate the number of prosecutions for individual offences recorded in each category or the times involved on specific categories without incurring a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The attached tables contain details of the number of completed prosecutions in magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court, for each principal offence category, in each of the last ten years.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 22/02/2016 16:32:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name CPS prosecutions in magistrates courts and at the Crown Court.docx title CPS prosecution tables
	tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

156150

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce a right of appeal against a charging decision of the Crown Prosecution Service on the grounds that it is unduly lenient.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	214940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Where a suspect is charged by the Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”) with a criminal offence, there are no plans to introduce a general right of appeal relating to the offence charged on the ground that it is too lenient. There are already a number of mechanisms in place to assess the quality of prosecutors’ decision making including external reviews by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and internal CPS processes such as Individual Quality Assessments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Every charging decision made by the CPS must be in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors (“the Code”). Unless the Threshold Test is applied, there must be sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and it must be in the public interest to prosecute every offence charged. The Code requires that charges are selected which reflect the seriousness and extent of the offending, enable the case to be presented in a clear and simple way and give the courts adequate powers to sentence. The Code also makes it clear that review is a continuing process and that prosecutors must take account of any change in circumstances that develops as the case progresses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Victims can currently exercise their rights under the CPS Victims’ Right to Review scheme. This scheme enables victims to request a review of a CPS decision made after 5<sup>th</sup> June 2013 not to bring charges, to discontinue proceedings, offer no evidence or leave certain charges to “lie on file”. In those cases where it has not been possible to resolve the issue to the victim’s satisfaction at a local level, the decision is independently reviewed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 25/11/2014 11:43:01 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

433418

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of prosecutions involved more than one perpetrator in the latest year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	18371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions involving more than one defendant. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/12/2015 15:28:10 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

620832

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times a victim has sought a review of a Crown Prosecution Service decision to leave all charges in the proceedings to lie on file since June 2013; how many such cases have related to a police officer or a police community support officer (PCSO); how many reviews have led to a reversal; and how many cases which resulted in reversal have related to a police officer or a PCSO.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	50151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service’s Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) Scheme came into effect on the 5<sup>th</sup> June 2013. Between this date and the 31<sup>st</sup> March 2016, the CPS made 354,097 qualifying decisions which were subject to review under the scheme. The CPS have subsequently reviewed 4,689 VRR appeals of which 570 (0.16% of the total qualifying decisions) were upheld.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not maintain a central record of the type of employment a suspect or defendant is engaged in. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 50150 50152 50153 50154 question first answered 01/11/2016 13:06:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

620833

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times a victim has sought a review of a Crown Prosecution Service decision to end all proceedings since June 2013; how many such cases related to a police officer or a police community support officer (PCSO); how many reviews have led to a reversal; and how many cases which resulted in reversal have related to a police officer or a PCSO.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	50152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service’s Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) Scheme came into effect on the 5<sup>th</sup> June 2013. Between this date and the 31<sup>st</sup> March 2016, the CPS made 354,097 qualifying decisions which were subject to review under the scheme. The CPS have subsequently reviewed 4,689 VRR appeals of which 570 (0.16% of the total qualifying decisions) were upheld.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not maintain a central record of the type of employment a suspect or defendant is engaged in. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 50150 50151 50153 50154 question first answered 01/11/2016 13:06:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

620834

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times a victim has sought a review of a Crown Prosecution Service decision to offer no evidence in all proceedings since June 2013; how many such cases related to a police officer or a police community support officer (PCSO); how many reviews have led to a reversal; and how many cases which resulted in reversal have related to a police officer or a PCSO.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	50153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service’s Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) Scheme came into effect on the 5<sup>th</sup> June 2013. Between this date and the 31<sup>st</sup> March 2016, the CPS made 354,097 qualifying decisions which were subject to review under the scheme. The CPS have subsequently reviewed 4,689 VRR appeals of which 570 (0.16% of the total qualifying decisions) were upheld.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not maintain a central record of the type of employment a suspect or defendant is engaged in. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 50150 50151 50152 50154 question first answered 01/11/2016 13:06:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

620835

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times since June 2013 a review has been requested of a Crown Prosecution Service decision not to prosecute; how many of those requests related to a police officer or a police community support officer (PCSO); how many of those decisions were reversed; and how many of those that were reversed related to a police officer or a PCSO.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	50154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service’s Victims’ Right to Review (VRR) Scheme came into effect on the 5<sup>th</sup> June 2013. Between this date and the 31<sup>st</sup> March 2016, the CPS made 354,097 qualifying decisions which were subject to review under the scheme. The CPS have subsequently reviewed 4,689 VRR appeals of which 570 (0.16% of the total qualifying decisions) were upheld.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not maintain a central record of the type of employment a suspect or defendant is engaged in. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 50150 50151 50152 50153 question first answered 01/11/2016 13:06:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

89420

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, who the non-police prosecuting agencies are in England and Wales; and what each body's status and powers in law are as a prosecutor.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Garnier
	uin	207545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Where an offence does not specify a particular prosecutor, any person has the right to institute criminal proceedings and conduct a prosecution. This applies whether the person is acting in a purely personal capacity or in the course of his duties for a local authority, government department, business enterprise or other organisation. However, the vast majority of non-police prosecutions are conducted by the following public authorities. Due to the right of any legal person to institute criminal proceedings, this is not an exhaustive list:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service</strong> (“CPS): Established by the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, the CPS is a non-ministerial government department, operating under the superintendence of the Attorney General. In addition to prosecuting cases investigated by the police, the CPS prosecutes cases referred to it by Defra, Home Office immigration officials, HMRC, the National Crime Agency, the DWP, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, the Department for Health, the Food Standards Agency and the Child Maintenance Group.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office </strong>(“SFO”): The SFO and its powers were created by the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (as amended). It is an independent government department, operating under the superintendence of the Attorney General. Its purpose is to investigate and, if appropriate, prosecute those who commit serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption and pursuing them and others for the proceeds of their crime.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Service Prosecuting Authority</strong> (“SPA”): The SPA was formed by the Armed Forces Act 2006 on the 1st January 2009. The role of the SPA is to review cases referred to it by the Service Police or Chain of Command and to prosecute appropriate cases at Courts Martial or the Service Civilian Court.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Department for Business Innovation and Skills</strong> (“BIS”) – the functions of the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform were transferred to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills by Order in 2009. BIS is the lead criminal enforcement agency for insolvency related fraud and associated corporate misconduct. It is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of offences on behalf of the Secretary of State under the Insolvency and Companies regimes, including bankruptcy offences and fraudulent trading.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Competition and Markets Authority</strong> (“CMA”) - The CMA is an independent non-ministerial department. It was established by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 and took over many of the functions of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) together with those of the Competition Commission. In particular, under the Enterprise Act 2002, the CMA has the power to investigate and prosecute individuals for the cartel offence contrary to section 188 of that Act. The CMA also investigates and prosecutes offences under The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and The Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Companies House</strong> (“CA”) – CA is an executive agency of BIS and has responsibility for prosecuting offences of failing to file annual accounts and annual returns under the Companies Act 1985 (as amended).</p><p> </p><p><strong>Gambling Commission</strong> (“GC”) – The GC was set up under the Gambling Act 2005 to regulate commercial gambling in Great Britain. It is an independent non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. GC has the power to investigate and prosecute offences under the Gambling Act 2005.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Environment Agency</strong> (“EA”) – EA is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by Defra. Established in 1996 by the Environment Act 1995, it investigates and prosecutes environmental offences contained in both primary and secondary legislation.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Food Standards Agency</strong> (“FSA”) – Established by the Food Standards Act 1999, the FSA is a non-ministerial government department with the objective of protecting public health in relation to food. It investigates and prosecutes food safety and food hygiene offences that are contained in both primary and secondary legislation. Offences relating to animal welfare in abattoirs are prosecuted by the CPS.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Health and Safety Executive</strong> (“HSE”) – established by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (“HSWA”), the HSE aims to protect the health, safety and welfare of people at work, and to safeguard others, mainly members of the public, who may be exposed to risks from the way work is carried out. This includes investigating and prosecuting offences under the HSWA and associated regulations.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Office of the Rail Regulator</strong> (“ORR”) - ORR is a non-ministerial government department. Established on 5 July 2004 by the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003, ORR enforces health and safety law in relation to railways and prosecutes under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA), the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011, the Rail Vehicle Accessibility (Non-Interoperable Rail System) Regulations 2010 and the Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency</strong> (“DVLA”) – DVLA is an executive agency sponsored by the Department for Transport and prosecutes offences contained in the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 and associated regulations on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Driver Vehicle Standards Agency</strong> (“DVSA”) – DVSA is an executive agency sponsored by the Department for Transport and aims to improve road safety in the U.K. It prosecutes under a range of primary and secondary legislation in relation to vehicle standards.</p><p> </p><p><strong>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency</strong> (“MCA”) – MCA is a UK executive agency sponsored by the Department for Transport. Its objectives are to prevent the loss of lives at sea implement British and International maritime law and safety policy. It investigates and prosecutes health and safety offences and offences contained in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and associated regulations.</p><p><strong>Local Authorities</strong> (“LA’s”) – LA’s prosecute a broad range of offences from housing benefit fraud to trading standards and food hygiene offences.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 03/09/2014 13:34:45 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	337 label Biography information for Lord Garnier

164113

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the prosecuting authorities have offered a company the opportunity to enter into Deferred Prosecution Agreement negotiations in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
	uin	215607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) became available to prosecutors on 24 February 2014. The DPA Code of Practice sets out the procedure to be followed. Letters of invitation to a company to enter into DPA negotiations are confidential.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 27/11/2014 11:35:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

225080

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether he has sought ministerial representations in a public interest consultation exercise under section 4(e) of the Protocol between the Attorney General and the Prosecuting Bodies with regard to any cases currently being dealt with by one of the prosecuting bodies.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
	uin	226430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>It is my department’s usual policy not to comment on any live cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 09/03/2015 16:48:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

77828

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many applications for a preliminary hearing for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (a) the Director of Public Prosecutions and (b) the Serious Fraud Office have made since 24 February 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
	uin	205838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No such applications have been made so far.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2014 12:11:22 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

349630

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many criminal prosecutions were undertaken by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the years 2010 to 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Phillips
	uin	2029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service publishes its casework statistics on a financial year basis. The number of criminal prosecutions finalised between April 2010 and March 2015 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finalised Prosecutions</p></td><td><p>958,834</p></td><td><p>896,505</p></td><td><p>806,458</p></td><td><p>738,064</p></td><td><p>664,493</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/06/2015 10:14:06 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4054 label Biography information for Stephen Phillips

992674

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, which international treaties and associated guidance he referred to when granting consent to prosecute; and what the offences were to which those treaties and guidance applied in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	182226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Law Officers consider each consent case on its merits and take in to account international treaties, conventions and associated guidance on their interpretation and implementation where necessary.</p><p>Data on what information was considered in each case can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox grouped question UIN 182227 question first answered 25/10/2018 08:37:50 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

992675

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times he has referred to an international treaty or convention and its guidance on interpretation and implementation when assessing whether to grant consent to prosecute for a criminal provision that derives from or implements that treaty or convention in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	182227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Law Officers consider each consent case on its merits and take in to account international treaties, conventions and associated guidance on their interpretation and implementation where necessary.</p><p>Data on what information was considered in each case can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox grouped question UIN 182226 question first answered 25/10/2018 08:37:51 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

627385

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that reviews under the Victims' Right to Review process are concluded swiftly.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	51726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The Police ‘Victims' Right to Review’ scheme is non-statutory and was introduced by the National Police Chiefs’ Council in April 2015 in respect of charging decisions made by the police. It sits alongside the scheme introduced by the Crown Prosecution Service in June 2013 and works in a similar way.</p><p>Decisions under the police scheme are operational matters for police forces. As a result, the Home Office does not hold data on the operation of the scheme or issue guidance on its use.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 51725 51727 question first answered 23/11/2016 16:37:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

627388

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what other types of complaint can be made by someone who has requested a review under the Victims' Right to Review process while that process is ongoing.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	51727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The Police ‘Victims' Right to Review’ scheme is non-statutory and was introduced by the National Police Chiefs’ Council in April 2015 in respect of charging decisions made by the police. It sits alongside the scheme introduced by the Crown Prosecution Service in June 2013 and works in a similar way.</p><p>Decisions under the police scheme are operational matters for police forces. As a result, the Home Office does not hold data on the operation of the scheme or issue guidance on its use.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 51725 51726 question first answered 23/11/2016 16:37:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

627394

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average the Victims' Right to Review process took to reach a conclusion in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each police area in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	51725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>The Police ‘Victims' Right to Review’ scheme is non-statutory and was introduced by the National Police Chiefs’ Council in April 2015 in respect of charging decisions made by the police. It sits alongside the scheme introduced by the Crown Prosecution Service in June 2013 and works in a similar way.</p><p>Decisions under the police scheme are operational matters for police forces. As a result, the Home Office does not hold data on the operation of the scheme or issue guidance on its use.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 51726 51727 question first answered 23/11/2016 16:37:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

446372

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people who were interviewed under caution (a) for all offences and (b) for sexual offences were subsequently charged in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	23368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested.</p><p>The Home Office collects data from police forces on the number of offences that resulted in a charge but does not collect data on the number of interviews held under caution.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/01/2016 17:26:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 40805 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

939989

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been issued a postal requisition in (a) total and (b) each Crown Prosecution Service region; and of those people how many (i) failed to (A) attend court and (B) report to a police station and (ii) attended a magistrates court in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	163521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The information sought could only be provided at disproportionate cost or is not held.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/07/2018 13:04:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

994251

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants appeared before (a) a Magistrates’ Court, (b) a Crown Court and (c) all court types in each year from 2013 to 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	183485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Information requested can be found at the following published data tools from the Criminal Justice Statistics: December 2017 report (published May 2018):</p><p> </p><p><strong>Court Outcomes by Police Force Area</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx</a> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Out of Court Disposals</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733984/out-of-court-disposals-tool-2017-update.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733984/out-of-court-disposals-tool-2017-update.xlsx</a> <br> <br> </strong></p><p><strong>Remands: Magistrates’ Court</strong> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733986/remands-magistrates-tool-2017-update.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733986/remands-magistrates-tool-2017-update.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Remands: Crown Court</strong></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733988/remands-crown-court-tool-2017-update.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733988/remands-crown-court-tool-2017-update.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>To limit the data to Wales in all of the above tools, select Welsh Police forces from the ‘Police Force Area’ filter.</strong></p><p> </p><p>For prosecutions, convictions and conviction ratios by court, age, offence group, offence type and ethnicity use the <strong>Court Outcomes by Police Force Area</strong> data tool.</p><ul><li><strong>Prosecutions</strong>: select ‘Magistrates’ court’ from the ‘Court Type’ filter. All cases are first heard at Magistrates Court and more serious cases are sent for trial or sentencing at Crown Court.</li><li><strong>Convictions</strong>: use the ‘Convicted/Not Convicted’ field to filter the data</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Conviction ratio</strong>: calculated as the number of defendants convicted (at all courts) divided by the number of defendants proceeded against (at magistrates’ court) within a given year.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Cautioning rates can be calculated using the Cautions pivot table in the <strong>Out of Courts Disposals</strong> data tool, which has a field to filter for ‘Offence group’.</p><p> </p><p>Remand rates by age, sex, ethnicity and custodial sentence can be calculated using the <strong>Remands: Magistrates’ Court</strong> and <strong>Remands: Crown Court </strong>data tools.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 183474 183475 183476 183477 183478 183479 183480 183481 183482 183483 183486 183945 183946 question first answered 01/11/2018 17:10:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

678851

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prosecutions took place in England and Wales in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
	uin	HL5002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts in England and Wales, in 2015 (the latest available) is 1,492,155.</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at Crown Courts in England and Wales in 2015 was 87,878; some of these may have had their initial hearing in Magistrates Courts prior to 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Data for calendar year 2016 is due for publication in May 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 02/02/2017 16:36:12 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle

595971

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted in their absence for (a) serious sexual offences, (b) class A drug use and (c) manslaughter in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	47077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>Information on whether or not a defendant is in attendance at their hearing is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 47079 question first answered 14/10/2016 12:22:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson