Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

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

418622

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	National Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what progress he has made on discussions about the future of the National Debt Fund charity; and what steps he is taking to secure legal approval to change the charitable objects of that charity and remove the requirement on it to pay off the whole national debt.
	tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Hurd
	uin	10207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Options are being considered for the future of the Fund, consistent with its object of extinguishing or reducing the national debt. A proposal will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 10237 question first answered 17/09/2015 15:53:51 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd

418741

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will meet hon. Members and representatives of the Crown Prosecution Service to discuss the prosecution of Councillor Gurpai Virdi in the case heard at Southwark Crown Court starting on 27 July 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	10211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2015 answer text <p>The decision to prosecute Gurpal Virdi for misconduct in public office and indecent assault was made in accordance with the Full Code Test as set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors. The case was handled by a specialist unit within the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), prosecuted by Treasury Counsel and supervised at very senior levels of the CPS.</p><p>There was detailed legal argument and a defence application to dismiss the case before trial. The application failed. At trial no defence submission was made to the trial judge that the matter should not be left to the jury. Mr Virdi was subsequently acquitted by the jury after a full trial.</p><p>I understand that the CPS has already written to my Hon. Friend with a more detailed explanation of the decision making in this case and I am satisfied that the CPS have handled the prosecution appropriately. However, I am happy to meet my Hon. Friend along with representatives of the CPS to discuss the case further if required.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 30/09/2015 10:16:16 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

418842

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	National Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether it is his policy to facilitate the transfer of funds of the National Debt Fund Charity to the Treasury in a manner that is consistent with the charitable objectives of the National Debt Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
	tabling member printed	Mr Nick Hurd
	uin	10237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Options are being considered for the future of the Fund, consistent with its object of extinguishing or reducing the national debt. A proposal will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 10207 question first answered 17/09/2015 15:53:51 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd

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

419021

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral statement of 7 September 2015, Official Report, column 30, on counter-terrorism, whether he held discussions or received representations from other government lawyers on the legal basis for the military action against Reyaad Khan in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	10450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister gave a detailed statement on 7 September 2015 in which he informed the House that I was consulted on the action and was clear that there would be a legal basis for action in international law. By long-standing convention, reflected in the Cabinet Manual, the content of the Law Officers’ advice is not disclosed outside government without the consent of the Law Officers. As I explained in my oral evidence to the Justice Select Committee on the 15<sup>th</sup> September (<a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/justice-committee/the-work-of-the-attorney-general/oral/21698.html" target="_blank">HC 409</a>), the convention should be adhered to in this case.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 10451 10466 10542 question first answered 12/10/2015 16:19:03 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

419022

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral statement of 7 September 2015, Official Report, column 30, on counter-terrorism, whether the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's legal adviser was consulted on the legal basis for the military action against Reyaad Khan in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	10451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister gave a detailed statement on 7 September 2015 in which he informed the House that I was consulted on the action and was clear that there would be a legal basis for action in international law. By long-standing convention, reflected in the Cabinet Manual, the content of the Law Officers’ advice is not disclosed outside government without the consent of the Law Officers. As I explained in my oral evidence to the Justice Select Committee on the 15<sup>th</sup> September (<a href="http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/justice-committee/the-work-of-the-attorney-general/oral/21698.html" target="_blank">HC 409</a>), the convention should be adhered to in this case.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 10450 10466 10542 question first answered 12/10/2015 16:19:04 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

419023

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department is taking to improve public understanding of the legal framework applicable to social media.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	10455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Judging by the number of referrals from members of the public to my office there is clearly some awareness of the legal framework applicable to social media but I have sought to increase this awareness by, for example, issuing online warnings on social media, including Twitter, in appropriate cases.</p><p>In relation to the commission of criminal offences by social media users, the Crown Prosecution Service has also issued detailed guidelines to prosecutors on handling cases involving communications sent via social media.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 12/10/2015 09:21:35 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith