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1401333

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting or (iii) Fenchurch Advisory Partners in the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	100401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has not had any financial contracts or meetings with Clifford Chance LLP, FTI Consulting or Fenchurch Advisory Partners.</p><p> </p><p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 14/01/2022 11:27:00 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401586

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2021 to Question 98226 on Public Sector: Misconduct, why the Solicitor General's decision was not included in her Department's updates on the outcome of unduly lenient sentence referrals published on (a) 29 December, (b) 4 January and (c) 5 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	100469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>There is no legal obligation to publish updates on the outcome of unduly lenient sentence referrals. The updates prepared by officials are checked manually and it is not always possible to meet the Attorney General’s aspiration for weekly editions, especially over the Christmas and New Year period. The Department does not hold information on the average length of time for updates</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 100470 question first answered 13/01/2022 09:14:22 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1401587

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2021 to Question 98226 on Public Sector: Misconduct, what the average length of time is for decisions made on unduly lenient sentence referrals to be included in the regular updates of referral outcomes published by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	100470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>There is no legal obligation to publish updates on the outcome of unduly lenient sentence referrals. The updates prepared by officials are checked manually and it is not always possible to meet the Attorney General’s aspiration for weekly editions, especially over the Christmas and New Year period. The Department does not hold information on the average length of time for updates</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 100469 question first answered 13/01/2022 09:14:24 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1242051

registered interest
date	09/10/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2020 to Question 95701, if she will publish the number of cases pursued by the Crown Prosecution Service that resulted in unsuccessful outcomes due to victim issues by offence type in each quarter since the third quarter of the 2018-19 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	101295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the outcomes of completed prosecutions, as a count of the number of defendants finalised, and collates the data collected by quarter. Each non-conviction (or ‘unsuccessful’) outcome is allocated a reason, indicating the principal reason the defendant was not convicted. The CPS also collects data which reports the number of prosecuted defendants allocated to twelve Principal Offence Categories.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of non-convictions due to victim issues by Principal Offence Category in each quarter from Q3 2018-19 (October to December 2018) to Q4 2019-20 (January to March 2020).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>18/19-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homicide</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offences Against The Person</p></td><td><p>2,770</p></td><td><p>2,687</p></td><td><p>2,419</p></td><td><p>2,520</p></td><td><p>1,997</p></td><td><p>1,992</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Offences</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft And Handling</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud And Forgery</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Damage</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs Offences</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Offences</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Other Offences (excluding Motoring)</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring Offences</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (No Category Allocated)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Non-Convictions due to Victim Issues</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,594</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,468</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,111</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,286</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,643</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,673</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides a breakdown by Principal Offence Category of prosecution outcomes resulting in a non-conviction due to victim issues as a percentage of all prosecutions. The table shows that the proportion of non-convictions due to victim reasons are a very small proportion of all prosecutions.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>18/19-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18/19-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19/20-Q4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homicide</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offences Against The Person</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Offences</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft And Handling</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud And Forgery</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Damage</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs Offences</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Offences</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Other Offences (excluding Motoring)</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring Offences</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (No Category Allocated)</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Non-Convictions due to Victim Issues as a percentage of all prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.8%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.8%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2.5%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 19/10/2020 14:07:23 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1683159

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many equalities impact assessments her Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	10261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>Under the Public Sector Equality Duty (the Duty), all public authorities, including Government departments, are required by law to ensure that they have due regard to certain equality considerations when carrying out their functions. While ‘equality impact assessments’ (EIAs) may be produced, there is no legal requirement for duty assessments to be recorded in a specific format.</p><p>The Government Legal Department (GLD) is the Attorney General’s Office’s (AGO) HR shared service provider and is therefore responsible for EIAs at the AGO. In the last five years, GLD has completed four EIAs when making substantive changes to HR policies and procedures (two EIAs in 2021 and two in 2023).</p><p>The AGO has completed no EIAs relating to policy changes. This aligns with its role as a department that does not hold policy in its own right.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 25/01/2024 13:18:39 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1402266

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Disability: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, what progress she has made on forming the Crown Prosecution Service panel to advise on improvements for support to prosecutors and the Policy Statement on Disability Hate Crime and Other Crimes against Disabled People.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	102715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>A National Scrutiny Panel on Disability Hate Crime was convened by the CPS in March 2021. The Panel consisted of community stakeholders, academics and police. Discussion focused on a deep-dive into the handling of disability hate crime cases. As a result, the CPS will this month circulate a bulletin to all prosecutors. This will highlight key findings, lessons and top tips arising from the review. In addition, operational guidance has been refreshed and will be launched this month. It will provide prosecutors with an updated appreciation of how disability hate crime occurs, based on the lived experience of disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>Building on this review, a refreshed communications approach is aiming to raise awareness of hate crime and in particular the confidence to report. The CPS Hate Crime webpage has been refreshed, along with prosecution guidance, policy statements, operational guidance and promotional material.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 18/01/2022 18:25:15 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1402327

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Prime Minister's Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she had discussions with the Prime Minister before his oral answer of 12 January to the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd on the content of that answer.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	102775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>The Law Officers have regular discussions with Ministerial colleagues across government on a range of topics.</p><p> </p><p>By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked for formal advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman grouped question UIN 102776 102777 question first answered 19/01/2022 15:01:20 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1402330

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prime Minister's Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she was involved in drafting the contents of the Prime Minister's oral answer of 12 January to the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	102776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>The Law Officers have regular discussions with Ministerial colleagues across government on a range of topics.</p><p> </p><p>By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked for formal advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman grouped question UIN 102775 102777 question first answered 19/01/2022 15:01:20 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1402332

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	10 Downing Street
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, when she first knew that the Prime Minister was present at the gathering in the Downing Street garden on 20 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	102777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>The Law Officers have regular discussions with Ministerial colleagues across government on a range of topics.</p><p> </p><p>By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked for formal advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman grouped question UIN 102775 102776 question first answered 19/01/2022 15:01:20 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1548554

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 97593, how much her Department spent on purchasing non-cash vouchers for staff as reward and recognition bonuses under the Edenred contract in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 and (e) 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	102837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Attorney General’s office spent the following on non-cash vouchers for staff: 2021- 22 £1,860 2020- 21 £4,460 2019- 20 £3,700 2018- 19 £4,780 2017- 18 £2,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 08/12/2022 12:28:34 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry