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1586205

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Economic Crime: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to ensure the effective prosecution of fraud and economic crime.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	146810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>We continue to work closely with the SFO and CPS to identify any policy changes that could support their work. This is why we sought the introduction of a provision in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill to extend the SFO’s pre-investigation powers under section 2A of the Criminal Justice Act 1987. The CPS published its first ever Economic Crime Strategy in March 2021 to focus its efforts in tackling the economic crime threat. The Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID) ensures that the CPS has the resilience, expertise and flexibility in its staff and organisational structure to best respond to new and changing areas of complex crime. The CPS and SFO continue to deliver real success in the fight against economic crime. This financial year alone, the SFO has brought seven cases to trial involving criminality valued at above £500 million. Five of these trials have already concluded, and each case resulted in guilty pleas or convictions. The SFO prosecution of Glencore saw the company pay a record fine of £280 million for its actions. In the year ending September 2022 the CPS prosecuted 6,381 defendants, where Fraud and Forgery was the principal offence, and the conviction rate was 83.4%. The CPS Fraud and Forgery charge rate was at 79% in Q2 22/23, 5 percentage points higher than the previous quarter.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/02/2023 10:42:37 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1579879

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many referrals were made under the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	129965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>To date, the Law Officers have referred the cases of 135 offenders sentenced in 2022 to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Of those cases referenced, 120 have so far concluded. The Court granted leave to refer in 93 (77.5%) and the sentence was increased in 80 (67%). These figures are accurate as of 25 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 129966 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:13:41 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1579881

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many sentences were increased under the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	129966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>To date, the Law Officers have referred the cases of 135 offenders sentenced in 2022 to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Of those cases referenced, 120 have so far concluded. The Court granted leave to refer in 93 (77.5%) and the sentence was increased in 80 (67%). These figures are accurate as of 25 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 129965 question first answered 31/01/2023 09:13:41 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1599265

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Russia: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an assessment with her Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of allowing UK courts to be used for hearings about damage to Ukrainian infrastructure caused by Russian forces.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	153751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Those responsible for the atrocities that have been committed in Ukraine will be held to account, including military commanders and other individuals in the Putin regime. Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is barbaric. The UK stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine, and we are committed to helping them secure justice for a growing catalogue of war crimes, which would of course include deliberate or disproportionate damage caused to civilian infrastructure by Russian forces. The international community is rightly focused on prosecution for war crimes. That is the right focus to ensure accountability and to have a deterrent effect on the behaviour of those fighting this conflict at the moment. At Ukraine’s invitation, the UK will play a leading role in a core group of like-minded partners to pursue criminal accountability for Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. The Attorney General has just returned from Ukraine, supporting our training of Ukrainian judges. Cases are already being heard in Ukraine itself. Although consideration could be given to using the courts in England and Wales, it will be necessary to have an international tribunal, and we are determined to help secure justice for the growing catalogue of war crimes in Ukraine.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 07/03/2023 17:35:07 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1606892

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2023 to Question 163750 on Crown Prosecution Service: South West, what accounts for the difference between the figure provided in that answer for the total number of prosecutors employed by the Crown Prosecution Service as of 31 December 2022 (2,703) and the equivalent figure provided in the Answer of 13 February 2023 to Question 139145 (2,389).
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	172366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>They are not equivalent figures. As stated in answer to Question 163750, the grand total was 2,703. Whereas the table in answer to Question 139145 gave a breakdown and not a grand total. In addition to the 2,389 prosecutors in that table are Crown Advocates; Associate Prosecutors; and qualified and experienced prosecutors in corporate roles such as legal trainers. Further, as stated in answer to Question 163750, consequential changes to data input may mean that the data will change at some point in the future.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/04/2023 07:58:44 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1549095

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Accountancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG and (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers each year since 2010-11 by the Office.
	tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
	tabling member printed	John Cryer
	uin	104089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>There have been no secondments, contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms Deloitte &amp; Touche, Ernst &amp; Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers at the Attorney General’s Office.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 104091 question first answered 14/12/2022 13:28:56 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

1549099

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Accountancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what secondments (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte & Touche, (c) Ernst & Young and (d) KPMG has made to the Department including predecessor Departments since 2010; for what (i) periods and (ii) tasks the secondments were made; whether secondments of staff from the Department have been made to those firms; and for what (A) periods and (B) tasks.
	tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
	tabling member printed	John Cryer
	uin	104091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>There have been no secondments, contracts, consultancies or other services placed with the accountancy firms Deloitte &amp; Touche, Ernst &amp; Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers at the Attorney General’s Office.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 104089 question first answered 14/12/2022 13:28:56 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

1542762

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Social Clubs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132398 on Attorney General: Social Clubs, what recognised staff groups there have been in her Department in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Orpington
	tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
	uin	89047
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>There have been no recognised staff groups in the Attorney General’s Office in the last three years.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 22/11/2022 10:36:27 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1607833

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Climate Change: Protest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision by some lawyers to not participate in the prosecution of climate activists on the functioning of the legal system.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	174192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The “cab rank rule” is an important principle which safeguards the rule of law and ensures fair access to justice. Action such as this undermines the independence of the legal profession and is fundamentally at odds with the idea that every person is entitled to a fair trial. The impact of this action on the Crown Prosecution Service will be negligible, not least because many of those “refusing” to prosecute are not in fact qualified to do so. The Crown Prosecution Service utilises a mix of in-house advocates and agent prosecutors alongside members of the self-employed Bar. This flexibility ensures access to a large pool of high-quality advocates and I am confident that these cases will be prosecuted without undue delay. Both the Bar Council and the Criminal Bar Association have issued robust responses here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.barcouncil.org.uk%2Fresource%2Fthe-cab-rank-rule-and-legal-representation.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpslawofficers%40attorneygeneral.gov.uk%7C528226fd35644c83ce3c08db30620a6f%7C00dd0d1dd7e64338ac51565339c7088c%7C0%7C0%7C638156969852821464%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=4LFVLquxgF5PLHBgCi1VUZ5cat4ZazaEo7DCFRkelLU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The cab rank rule and legal representation (barcouncil.org.uk)</a> and here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.criminalbar.com%2Fresources%2Fnews%2Fcba-chairs-update-27-03-23%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpslawofficers%40attorneygeneral.gov.uk%7C528226fd35644c83ce3c08db30620a6f%7C00dd0d1dd7e64338ac51565339c7088c%7C0%7C0%7C638156969852821464%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YXZ2o%2BaX%2B3gPc5fBAgoSuIrdyWMct4uJZlRGi7lV%2BlE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Chair’s Monday Message – 27.03.23 – Criminal Bar Association</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 30/03/2023 15:25:06 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1607762

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: Economic Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that her Office’s Guidelines on Disclosure enable the effective prosecution of fraud and economic crime.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	174330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The volume of digital material generated in complex case work continues to grow and is particularly noticeable in fraud and economic crime cases. The Attorney General’s Guidelines, updated last year, include some measures to help agencies effectively deliver their disclosure obligations in the digital age. This is an ongoing challenge, and my department is working closely with the SFO and the CPS to explore the particular difficulties inherent in fraud and economic crime and further changes that may be needed.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 17/04/2023 08:20:27 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight