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759602

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much has been paid to (a) men and (b) women who left the Law Officers' Departments under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	10044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is containing in the following tables, broken down into the different Law Officers' Departments.</p><p><strong>SFO</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Individuals leaving the SFO under exit schemes since 31 March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total payment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£281k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£324k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Individuals leaving the AGO, GLD and HMCPSI under exit schemes since 31 March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total payment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td><td><p>£172,148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td><td><p>£317,933</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since 31 March 2016, there have been 5 or fewer men and 5 or fewer women who have left the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) under an early exit scheme.</p><p><strong>CPS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Individuals leaving the CPS under exit schemes since 31 March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total payment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>£1,024,651</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£500,040</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 26/09/2017 12:38:27 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760032

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) men and (b) women have left the Law Officers' Departments under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	10350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is containing in the following tables, broken down into the different Law Officers' Departments.</p><p><strong>SFO</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Individuals leaving the SFO under exit schemes since 31 March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total payment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£281k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£324k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Individuals leaving the AGO, GLD and HMCPSI under exit schemes since 31 March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total payment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td><td><p>£172,148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 5</p></td><td><p>£317,933</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since 31 March 2016, there have been 5 or fewer men and 5 or fewer women who have left the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) under an early exit scheme.</p><p><strong>CPS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Individuals leaving the CPS under exit schemes since 31 March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total payment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>£1,024,651</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£500,040</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/10/2017 09:36:29 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760034

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many of the Law Officers Departments' staff had a pay increase (a) above one per cent, (b) at one per cent and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	10436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is detailed in the following tables.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office: Pay increase</strong><sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Above 1%</p></td><td><p>At 1%</p></td><td><p>Less than 1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><sup>1</sup></em><em> Based on staff in post as at 31 August in each of the past three years.</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Attorney General’s Office (AGO)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Above 1%</p></td><td><p>At 1%</p></td><td><p>Less than 1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Government Legal Department (GLD)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Above 1%</p></td><td><p>At 1%</p></td><td><p>Less than 1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>973</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>848</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>834</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>1006</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Above 1%</p></td><td><p>At 1%</p></td><td><p>Less than 1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>More than 1%</p></td><td><p>At 1%</p></td><td><p>Less than 1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1,038</p></td><td><p>3,743</p></td><td><p>1,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1,075</p></td><td><p>3,445</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>675</p></td><td><p>3,058</p></td><td><p>2,182</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In relation to the CPS:</p><ul><li><p>In each of the three years the average pay awards were limited to up to 1% in line with the government’s framework from which all departments have set their pay arrangements.</p></li></ul><p>In relation to the GLD, AGO and HMCPSI:</p><ul><li><p>The pay award in 2014 provided all staff with a 1% pay award although a number received part of this as a non-consolidated sum because they were on or near their grade maximum and a small number had a retained contractual entitlement to a specific pay award of more than 1% from a previous department.</p></li><li><p>The 2015 and 2016 pay awards provided staff with a cash sum based on 1% of the average salary for their grade. The outcome provided an award of greater than 1% for those who were at the lower end of their pay range and less than 1% for those at the upper end.</p></li><li><p>GLD also took the opportunity in 2016 to review and update the pay structure for Legal Trainees and Legal Officers, resulting in a higher than 1% award in that year as individual’s moved to the new structure (30 people benefitted in this way).</p></li></ul><p>In relation to the SFO:</p><ul><li><p>For the 2014 pay award the SFO paid all eligible staff an award of either £350 or 1%. Ineligible staff were those already earning in excess of their pay-band maximum, those staff who were deemed as not effective and those staff who had joined the SFO after 31 January 2014.</p></li><li><p>In 2015, the SFO sought and obtained Treasury and AGO approval to convert 0.5% of the accrued bonus pot to fund increases to base pay for the more junior digital forensic and investigator roles. This was to help with retention and recruitment of staff in those roles which had been identified as a business need. At the same time the SFO introduced a performance pay matrix which allowed for strong performers near to the bottom of their pay-band to receive a larger increase than those in the middle and top of the band. Eligibility criteria were the same as for 2014 – with the cut-off date for new staff being 31 January 2015.</p></li><li><p>In April 2016 the SFO introduced a new pay model, also approved by Treasury and the Attorney General, which created separate specialist pay-bands for corporate, operational and digital staff to again further improve the recruitment/retention position with key operational roles. This allowed for a further significant base pay increases for staff in digital and investigative roles at all grades. The annual pay award in August 2016 followed the same approach as for 2015.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/10/2017 09:36:52 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

760035

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many civil servants in the Law Officers' Departments are part of the Government Commercial Function; and how many of those civil servants have been seconded (a) outside Government and (b) in from outside the government in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	10443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Since 2012 there have been no civil servants in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who are employed by the Government Commercial Function.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD), Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) do not have any staff who are part of the Government Commercial Function.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/10/2017 09:37:09 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

765251

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8633, how many British citizens have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of acts relating to the conflict in Syria and Daesh activities in that region.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	105625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not hold these official figures. The Home Office Statistical Bulletin publishes data about convictions quarterly but does not distinguish those which relate to Syria and Daesh.</p><p>Although official figures do not show how many were Syria or Daesh related, Of the 105 persons charged with a terrorism-related offence in the year ending June 2017, 33 had been prosecuted (as at the time of data provision to the Home Office, 14 July 2017), 32 of which were found guilty. A further 68 were awaiting prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 17/10/2017 16:05:36 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

765252

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Syria: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what charges have been brought against British citizens for acts relating to the conflict in Syria and Daesh activities in that region; how many citizens have been charged for each such offence; and what sentences have been handed down by courts from convictions relating to such charges.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	105626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not hold these official figures. The Home Office Statistical Bulletin publishes data about convictions quarterly but does not distinguish those which relate to Syria and Daesh. It sets out the principal offences for which terrorists were convicted and the sentences.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/10/2017 09:35:20 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

767392

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for violence in a domestic setting there were in each of the last three years; and how many of those prosecutions resulted in a conviction.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	106624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants flagged as involving domestic abuse that were prosecuted and convicted through its Case Management System.</p><p>The table below shows the volume and proportion of domestic abuse prosecutions and convictions during each of the last three years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014 - 15</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015 - 16</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016 - 17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>68,601</p></td><td><p>73.9%</p></td><td><p>75,235</p></td><td><p>74.5%</p></td><td><p>70,853</p></td><td><p>75.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unsuccessful</p></td><td><p>24,178</p></td><td><p>26.1%</p></td><td><p>25,695</p></td><td><p>25.5%</p></td><td><p>22,737</p></td><td><p>24.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>92,779</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>100,930</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>93,590</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/10/2017 10:08:02 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

767391

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Social Media: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there were for abusive behaviour on social media platforms in each of the last three years; and how many of those prosecutions resulted in a conviction.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	106636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions or convictions for abusive behaviour on social media platforms. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 17/10/2017 16:03:59 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

769624

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking under the (a) UK statutory and (b) international legal framework to improve rates of prosecution for British Citizens for participation in (i) acts of genocide and (b) war crimes committed abroad.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	107313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>On 21 September 2017, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to adopt UK-proposed Daesh Accountability Resolution 2379, which requests the UN Secretary General to establish an Investigative Team headed by a Special Adviser to collect, preserve and store evidence of Daesh crimes, beginning in Iraq.</p><p>The UK will work alongside the UN, Government of Iraq and other partners to implement Resolution 2379, ensuring that everything possible is done to hold Daesh to account for their crimes. This could potentially include the Team sharing evidence of crimes committed by British citizens in Iraq with UK authorities.</p><p>Within the CPS, all allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are dealt with by a team of specially trained prosecutors in the Counter Terrorism Division (CTD). CTD work closely with the war crimes team of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) under well established guidelines, details of which can be found here <a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html#b" target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html#b</a></p><p>Each case investigated by the police which is referred to the CPS is considered on its own merits. A charging decision is then made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/10/2017 10:22:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

769625

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	European Court of Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Government has been ordered to pay damages in accordance with the European Court of Justice ruling in Francovich of 1991; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	107422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not maintain a central record of cases that include a claim for Francovich damages.</p><p> </p><p>There have been at least 5 reported cases in which the Government has been ordered to pay such damages.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been able to identify at least 16 ongoing cases against it which involve a claim for Francovich damages. The fact that such a claim has been made does not mean that it is well-founded, or that damages will be payable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/10/2017 10:28:39 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield