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58567

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	05/06/2014
	date tabled	05/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 21:08:13
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:14:01
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Food
	house id	2
	identifier	HL92
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 16:40:59
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what proportion of the food used in the House of Lords is (1) grown in the home counties; and (2) drawn from organic and whole-food sources.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL92
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL92
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The House of Lords does not draw any of its food from organic sources nor is any of the food offered categorised as “whole-food”. Fruit and vegetables used by the House sourced from the home counties are set out in the table below. Free-range chicken served in the House is mostly from Gloucestershire and Essex. The Salt Marsh lamb is from the Romney Marsh in Kent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Produce</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Source county</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asparagus</p></td><td><p>Hampshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beetroot</p></td><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bramley apple</p></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cauliflower</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herbs (potted)</p></td><td><p>Hampshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jacket potatoes</p></td><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New potatoes</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Raspberries</p></td><td><p>Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Red potatoes</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spring greens</p></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strawberries</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tomatoes (gourmet)</p></td><td><p>Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vitelotte potatoes</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 17/06/2014 16:40:59 answering member 2124
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

60998

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	10/06/2014
	date tabled	10/06/2014
	ddp created	10/06/2014 22:41:14
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:46:09
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	identifier	200137
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	16/06/2014 16:39:11
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of unduly lenient sentences were (a) referred to his Department, (b) taken up by him and (c) upheld in court since 2010 where the offender whose sentence was the subject of the appeal could have been released prior to the conclusion of the case if there had been a delay in the commencement of proceedings by (i) 14 days, (ii) 28 days, (iii) 42 days and (iv) 62 days; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200137
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200137
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is contained in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Offenders whose sentences</p><p>were referred to the AGO</p></td><td><p>Number of offenders whose sentences</p><p>were referred by the Law Officers</p><p>to the Court of Appeal</p></td><td><p>Cases</p><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>Sentences</p><p>Increased</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>377</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>435</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>498</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 up to 11 June 2014</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>16*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* out of a total of 21 sentences considered by the Court of Appeal up to 11 June 2014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My office does not hold information on the release date of offenders that have been referred to the Court of Appeal.</p><p> </p> question first answered 16/06/2014 16:39:11 answering member 69
	creator	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

60999

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	10/06/2014
	date tabled	10/06/2014
	ddp created	10/06/2014 22:41:21
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:46:16
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	identifier	200138
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	16/06/2014 15:55:35
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times an appeal made against an unduly lenient sentence in the last five years has led to someone being returned to prison who had already been released.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200138
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200138
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>This information is not collated centrally and obtaining it would require my office to manually consider each file over the last 5 years which would involve a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 16/06/2014 15:55:35 answering member 69
	creator	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

60471

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/06/2014
	date	06/06/2014
	date tabled	06/06/2014
	ddp created	06/06/2014 16:10:46
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:02:50
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	identifier	199512
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/06/2014 13:17:16
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, for how many acts of violence in prisons the Crown Prosecution Service decided to (a) bring or (b) not bring a prosecution for each type of offence in each of the last four years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199512
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199512
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of cases where the CPS has been asked to make a charging decision and the decision made, either to charge or to take no further action. No record is held as to where an alleged offence was said to have taken place. To obtain details of alleged acts of violence in prisons referred to the CPS for a charging decision would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 11/06/2014 13:17:16 answering member 69
	creator	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

60872

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/06/2014
	date	10/06/2014
	date tabled	10/06/2014
	ddp created	10/06/2014 22:40:44
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:34:11
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	identifier	199897
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 12:57:00
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of staff within the Law Officers' Departments who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199897
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199897
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to her by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 16th June (Official Report, Col 433W).</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/06/2014 12:57:00 answering member 69
	creator	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60873

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/06/2014
	date	10/06/2014
	date tabled	10/06/2014
	ddp created	10/06/2014 22:40:44
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:34:16
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	identifier	199876
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 12:57:00
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of staff within the Law Officers' Departments who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199876
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199876
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to her by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 16th June (Official Report, Col 433W).</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/06/2014 12:57:00 answering member 69
	creator	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60874

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/06/2014
	date	10/06/2014
	date tabled	10/06/2014
	ddp created	10/06/2014 22:40:44
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:34:22
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Equal Opportunities
	house id	1
	identifier	199919
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 12:55:15
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what targets the Law Officers' Departments have for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199919
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199919
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to her by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 16th June (Official Report, Col 434W).</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/06/2014 12:55:15 answering member 69
	creator	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60875

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/06/2014
	date	10/06/2014
	date tabled	10/06/2014
	ddp created	10/06/2014 22:40:44
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:34:32
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Equal Opportunities
	house id	1
	identifier	199940
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 12:53:07
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what consideration the Law Officers' Departments' give to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199940
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199940
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to her by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 16th June (Official Report, Col 434W).</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/06/2014 12:53:07 answering member 69
	creator	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60713

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:51:02
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:19:15
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Consultants
	house id	1
	identifier	199705
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/07/2014 14:32:13
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to the public purse was of external consultants employed by (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199705
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199705
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The following table contains details on the expenditure on external consultants by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) during the past four complete financial years. Both organisations financial reporting systems are configured to provide information based on financial rather than calendar years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>External Consultants Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CPS</p></td><td><p>SFO</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£684,314</p></td><td><p>£1,557,887</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£13,347</p></td><td><p>£856,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£9,793</p></td><td><p>£31,142*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£960</p></td><td><p>£48,228 (subject to audit)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* The expenditure listed for 2012-13 was actually incurred in 2011-12 but not paid until the following year.</p> question first answered 08/07/2014 14:32:13 answering member 69
	creator	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

60714

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/06/2014
	date	09/06/2014
	date tabled	09/06/2014
	ddp created	09/06/2014 23:51:03
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 07:19:20
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Legal Profession
	house id	1
	identifier	199706
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	16/06/2014 16:44:30
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to the public purse was of external lawyers employed by (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 199706
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199706
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The amounts spent by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on external lawyers in each of the last four financial years is shown in the following table. Both organisations financial reporting systems are configured to provide information based on financial rather than calendar years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Expenditure on external lawyers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SFO</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£139,219,000</p></td><td><p>£4,523,561</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£115,329,000</p></td><td><p>£4,822,253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£118,908,000</p></td><td><p>£5,956,633</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£122,929,000</p></td><td><p>£19,077,467</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The SFO figures include the cost of external counsel, TSol and other legal fees, but do not include temporary agency staff. The SFO spend on counsel fees is published in its annual report. The increased figures for 2012-13 and 2013-14 reflect the revised treatment of VAT on some fees, repayment of some VAT which had been incorrectly recovered in earlier years, and costs relating to some very large cases and other litigation.</p><p>The SFO's requirement for additional expenditure in 2013-14 has already been set out to the House in documentation published around its Spring Supplementary Estimate, which has been scrutinised by the Justice Select Committee. The nature of the SFO's work means that it can occasionally incur significant additional legal expenses for its very largest and mostcomplex investigations and prosecutions, such as that into Libor.</p><p>The CPS figures are drawn from the CPS's core financial accounting system and they are consistent with the CPS's audited accounts. The great majority of fees for legal work paid by the CPS relates to the services of self-employed barristers and solicitors for crown court casework. The CPS also engages barristers and solicitors to undertake advocacy as agents in magistrates' courts sessions and, occasionally, to provide legal advice on discrete areas of specialist policy.</p><p> </p> question first answered 16/06/2014 16:44:30 answering member 69
	creator	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz