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45151

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of employees in the Law Officers' Departments of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	193956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>Tables containing the information requested where available have been deposited in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald attachment 1 file name Tables relating to PQ 193956.docx title Tables - Working hours by gender and grade - AGO
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

46167

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the performance of each Crown Prosecution Service business area was on (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) decisions to take to further action, (c) discontinuances after charge, (d) prosecutions, (e) convictions and (f) convictions after a not-guilty plea for each of the flagged offence groups in 2013-14 and each of the five previous years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	194784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Tables have been deposited in the Library of the House containing the following information for each of the last five years for which complete and validated data is available;</p><p>· Number of pre-charge decisions and the proportion that resulted in a decision to take no further action.</p><p>· Number of finalised prosecutions.</p><p>· Number of convictions and the conviction rate</p><p>· Number of prosecutions discontinued after charge</p><p>· Number of convictions in contested cases</p><p>The figures are broken down for the 13 regional Crown Prosecution Service Areas and by principal offence category of the cases concerned. The principal offence category indicates the most serious offence with which the defendant is charged at the time of finalisation.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald attachment 1 file name 194784 - Data tables -Pre charge decisions.XLSX title Tabels - CPS pre charge decisions
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

61173

	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	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) prosecuted under sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harrassment Act 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
	uin	199865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into effect on 25 November 2012 and introduced two new offences of stalking into the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 under S2A and S4A. A table showing the number of offences charged and prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) under sections 2A and 4A that reached a first hearing in a magistrates' court since these sections came into force has been deposited in the Library of the House. The data provided only shows the number of offences, not the number of people charged.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 199866 question first answered 16/06/2014 16:52:22 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald attachment 1 file name PQ 199865-19986 Harrasment data by CPS area.xlsx title CPS data - Harassment by CPS Area
	tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

41377

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when he was first made aware of the existence of the administrative scheme for on-the-runs.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	190834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p>I was first made aware of the existence of the administrative scheme for on-the-runs when in opposition.</p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

42638

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what customer, user and satisfaction surveys were conducted in the last 12 months in the Attorney General's Office and the agencies that report to it; which of them have been reported to the management board in the last 12 months; and which were commissioned by the management board.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL5907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2014 answer text <p>The Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol), which provides legal services to a number of government departments and bodies, conducted an annual client satisfaction survey in January 2014 The outcome of the survey was reported to the TSol Board and is one of the measures agreed with TSol by HM Treasury.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are conducting a survey of victims of crime who had received the revised victim communication and liaison scheme which is currently being piloted by three CPS Areas. The survey is still ongoing but will feed into the evaluation of the pilots later this year.</p><p>There have been no other external customer, user or satisfaction surveys conducted by the Law Officers' Departments during the past 12 months.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 28/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

42684

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the empty property business rates for the vacant properties recorded on the e-PIMS database owned by (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) any executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies of the Law Officers' Departments in the current financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	191801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The Law Officers' Departments have been actively reducing their estate running costs since 2010 in line with Government policy and have already made significant savings.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) estate rationalisation programme began in 2009 and is set to be completed in 2016, with most of the leases on empty property having expired by then. This programme has already led to a reduction in expenditure and increased efficiency. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has paid £320,178.38 in property business rates in the current financial year on the properties which are currently recorded as vacant on the ePIMS database as at 14 March 2014. The costs figure has been produced by DTZ who are CPS' managing agents and has not yet been audited.</p><p>The Treasury Solicitor's Department owns a lease on a building which has some vacant space. This building attracts full business rates in the current financial year. This lease is due to expire in 2016. The estimated business rates for the vacant proportion of the property for 2013/14 are £59 372.71</p><p>The remaining Law Officers' Departments do not have any vacant properties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

43330

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the total cost to his Department has been of challenging the decision of the Information Commissioner on the publication of letters from HRH the Prince of Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	192074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>This case raises issues of constitutional significance, including upholding Parliament's intentions for the Freedom of Information regime and the Government's ability to protect information in the public interest. Litigation initiated by <em>The Guardian</em> newspaper has taken place over a four year period including hearings in the Upper Tribunal, the High Court, and the Court of Appeal. Eight government departments have had to work together on the Government's response, at a total cost of £274,481.16 (exc VAT). These costs encompass all costs billed by the Treasury Solicitor, including Counsels' fees and disbursements. If we are successful in the next stage of legal proceedings the Government would seek to recover a substantial proportion of these costs from the Guardian.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

43925

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what plans the Crown Prosecution Service has to change or upgrade the tablet computers provided to its prosecutors.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	192846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service is currently reviewing the options to ensure that all IT equipment remains fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

43926

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many conditional cautions were issued by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last three years and in 2013-14 to date; how many such cautions were breached; how many prosecutions of such breaches there were; in how many cases the conditional caution was varied; and in how many cases no action was taken.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	192845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) recommended the issuing of a conditional caution in the following number of cases:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Conditional Cautions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>6,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>4,982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>3,781</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>478</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The number of breaches and the action taken by the CPS are shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Total Breaches</p></td><td><p>Non Compliance - Prosecution</p></td><td><p>Non Compliance - No Prosecution</p></td><td><p>Non-Compliance - Continue with Variation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>997</p></td><td><p>684</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>912</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>593</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since 8<sup>th</sup> April 2013 the police are now able to authorise the offer of a youth or Conditional Caution in any summary or either way offence without reference to the CPS.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

43928

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions and for what offences each Crown Prosecution Service business area has recommended that an offence be taken into consideration instead of charged separately in each of the last three years and in 2013-14 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	192878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service holds no central records of the number of occasions, and for what offence(s), it has recommended that an offence is suitable to be taken into consideration. To obtain details would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry