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746643

	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	legislature	25277
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Munchausen's syndrome by proxy and fabricated or induced illness are not of themselves criminal offences so cannot be prosecuted as such. They may, however, be of relevance to criminal offences which can be prosecuted.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of prosecutions where Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy or fabricated or induced illnesses may have been relevant. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p>
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

1121273

	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Prosecutions
	legislature	25259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The CPS does not collate or publish data on categories of offender such as foreign terrorist fighters. However, latest figures from the Home Office for all types of terrorism cases (which includes Foreign Terrorist Fighters) show that last year 84 people were tried following charges brought by the CPS for terrorism-related offences, resulting in 76 convictions. The remaining 8 were found not guilty.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

862937

	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	legislature	25277
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>As at 28 February 2018 the Crown Prosecution Service employed (1) 2,083 men and (2) 3,987 women. In senior posts (graded at Senior Civil Service or equivalent) the Crown Prosecution Service employed (a) 34 men and (b) 40 women, with women making up 54% of the workforce in these grades.</p>
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

967447

	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Families
	legislature	25277
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Minsters. There is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office does not develop its own policy nor has responsibility for any Government policies. As such the department has not had to consider the guidance but would do so if appropriate.</p>
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

1169304

	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	legislature	25277
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Tackling the sexual exploitation of children remains a top priority for the CPS. Specialist CPS lawyers work closely with police investigators to build strong cases, resulting in many successful prosecutions of complex grooming cases for example in Rochdale, Rotherham, Oxford and Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not maintain a central record of defendants’ occupations, nor of the specific circumstances under which a person has been charged with an offence. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost. The CPS collects data to assist the management of its prosecution functions. The CPS does not collect data that constitutes official statistics as defined in the Statistics and Registration Act 2007.</p>
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

940109

	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Reviews
	legislature	25277
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In the last year, no independent reviews have been commissioned into the policy or administration of the Attorney General’s Office.</p>
	tabling member	489 label Biography information for Lord Watts

764322

	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	hansard heading	Driving Offences
	legislature	25277
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>A number of offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 involve causing death by driving, or may result in injury.</p><p>While the CPS does not maintain a central record of the number of people killed or injured as a result of driving offences, or the victim’s mode of transport at the time the offence or offences were committed, the table below shows the number of <em>offences</em>, (rather than defendants) charged under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Act 1988 during 2015 and 2016. It should be noted that a single defendant may be charged with more than one offence.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 1 } <em>Causing death by dangerous driving</em></p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 1A } <em>Causing serious injury by dangerous driving</em></p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 2B } <em>Causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving</em></p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3A } <em>Causing death by careless driving: drink or drugs</em></p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZB } <em>Causing death by driving: unlicensed or uninsured drivers</em></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZC } <em>Causing death by driving: disqualified drivers</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZD } <em>Causing serious injury by driving: disqualified drivers</em></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Other road traffic offences can also involve death or injury which does not form part of the charge.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

834495

	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	hansard heading	Trials: Disclosure of Information
	legislature	25277
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Prosecutors should identify and, where appropriate, seek to rectify evidential weaknesses in a case. However, they should stop cases which do not meet the evidential stage of the Full Code Test in the Code for Crown Prosecutors and which cannot be strengthened by further investigation, or where the public interest clearly does not require a prosecution. There is a continuing duty of review throughout the case.</p><p>Internal CPS case outcome recording data for 2015-17 shows that issues connected to the disclosure of unused material were recorded as the primary reason in 0.81% of all prosecutions that did not result in a conviction.</p><p>Other reasons prosecutions may be stopped include that new material reviewed during the case reveals evidence which undermines the prosecution case, key witnesses do not attend, key evidence is ruled inadmissible, or other circumstances change to the extent that a charge no longer meets the evidential stage of the Full Code Test.</p><p>The most frequent reason that a prosecution did not result in a conviction was that the defendant was acquitted after trial. This was the reason in 25% of such cases.</p>
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

45993

	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	legislature	25277
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service do not identify the number of prosecutions for fraud cases known as VAT carousel fraud. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p>
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

64115

	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
	legislature	25277
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service identifies both human trafficking and child abuse cases by way of a database monitoring flag applied to the electronic case record.</p><p>The number of defendants prosecuted who were flagged for human trafficking offences and where the child abuse flag was applied are outlined in the table below. During the past year there has been an increase in the numbers of such cases investigated by law enforcement agencies and referred to the CPS for prosecution.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey