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1665463

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an estimate of the average length of time between a case being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service and a prosecution decision being reached.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	203014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The average number of days (in calendar days) from a case being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision or early advice and decision to charge and prosecute being reached in the period 2022-2023 (1 April 2022 – 30 March 2023) was 45 days.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 25/10/2023 07:58:08 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1600509

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme within the last 3 years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	156179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Attorney General’s Department have not contracted any work to the businesses named in the scheme. All employers need to pay their staff correctly. Paying the minimum wage is not optional, it’s the law. Under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, employers who have previously broken minimum wage law can be publicly named. The Department for Business and Trade follows a clear and thorough process allowing firms to make representations against being named if they meet our published criteria. 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></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 08/03/2023 14:50:58 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1487840

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average time was between the Crown Prosecution Service receiving a referral and making a charging decision in the most recent period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	33821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data showing the average time from receiving a referral to making a legal charging decision. Legal charging decisions are decisions to authorise a charge, to take no further action or recommend and out of court disposal.</p><p> </p><p>However, data is collected showing the average time from the first police referral to the CPS making the decision to authorise a charge. This data is published on the CPS website and on the CJS Delivery Dashboard and shows that during the calendar year 2021, it took on average 39 days from referral to charge.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 33822 question first answered 18/07/2022 16:09:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1487842

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of delays in Crown Prosecution Service decision-making.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	33822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data showing the average time from receiving a referral to making a legal charging decision. Legal charging decisions are decisions to authorise a charge, to take no further action or recommend and out of court disposal.</p><p> </p><p>However, data is collected showing the average time from the first police referral to the CPS making the decision to authorise a charge. This data is published on the CPS website and on the CJS Delivery Dashboard and shows that during the calendar year 2021, it took on average 39 days from referral to charge.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 33821 question first answered 18/07/2022 16:09:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1355845

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of Union Jack flags purchased by her Department in each of the last two years were manufactured in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	50049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have not purchased any Union Flags over the last two years.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 50050 question first answered 24/09/2021 13:41:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1355846

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Flags
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will list the companies that have supplied Union Jack flags to her Department since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	50050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have not purchased any Union Flags over the last two years.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 50049 question first answered 24/09/2021 13:41:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1130565

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	261262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office does not hold direct contracts with organisations. Goods and services are obtained through direct ordering with a supplier, or through contracts held by other government departments.</p><p> </p><p>The Attorney General’s Office holds no information on rates of pay for other organisations. Specific rates of pay are a matter for each individual organisation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 13/06/2019 16:26:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1126054

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Former Ministers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much his Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	253623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has made no payments to Honourable Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Since 13 July 2016, two Ministers have left office, both were as a result of a Ministerial reshuffle and as such no severance payments were made.</p><p> </p><p>Reports of any Ministerial severance pay are published in the audited annual report and accounts for HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor and can be found on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/05/2019 13:50:20 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

714028

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	69213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>CPS</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hotels</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1,010,080</p></td><td><p>1,396,952</p></td><td><p>1,327,147</p></td><td><p>1,483,386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food and drink</p></td><td><p>154,553</p></td><td><p>166,225</p></td><td><p>173,708</p></td><td><p>181,970</p></td><td><p>183,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>4,161,445</p></td><td><p>4,445,346</p></td><td><p>4,276,918</p></td><td><p>4,511,405</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>SFO</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hotels</p></td><td><p>87,844</p></td><td><p>80,616</p></td><td><p>95,414</p></td><td><p>101,582</p></td><td><p>104,782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospitality</p></td><td><p>2,648</p></td><td><p>1,628</p></td><td><p>3,007</p></td><td><p>2,634</p></td><td><p>2,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food and Drink</p></td><td><p>6,238</p></td><td><p>2,090</p></td><td><p>3,023</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>1,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transport</p></td><td><p>113,964</p></td><td><p>153,723</p></td><td><p>231,954</p></td><td><p>186,622</p></td><td><p>224,170</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures as of 28 February 2017</p><p> </p><p>GLD, including AGO and HMCPSI</p><p> </p><p><strong>UK Hotels</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD*</p></td><td><p>6,772</p></td><td><p>10,549</p></td><td><p>6,403</p></td><td><p>19,363</p></td><td><p>26,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO</p></td><td><p>402</p></td><td><p>2,265</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI</p></td><td><p>49,023</p></td><td><p>41,803</p></td><td><p>42,759</p></td><td><p>23,642</p></td><td><p>35,369</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Hospitality</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO</p></td><td><p>2,897</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Travel</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD*</p></td><td><p>79,539</p></td><td><p>106,161</p></td><td><p>139,103</p></td><td><p>252,523</p></td><td><p>307,457</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO</p></td><td><p>153,893</p></td><td><p>123,566</p></td><td><p>98,644</p></td><td><p>110,462</p></td><td><p>116,192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI</p></td><td><p>86,678</p></td><td><p>61,841</p></td><td><p>72,149</p></td><td><p>61,753</p></td><td><p>72,175</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Other related cost</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD*</p></td><td><p>42,126</p></td><td><p>57,906</p></td><td><p>56,464</p></td><td><p>58,153</p></td><td><p>70,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO</p></td><td><p>3,536</p></td><td><p>3,451</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p>911</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI</p></td><td><p>20,323</p></td><td><p>10,982</p></td><td><p>10,815</p></td><td><p>23,828</p></td><td><p>16,639</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This includes all expenditure on food and drink, foreign hotels and other subsistence costs and the cost of meeting refreshments. This expenditure cannot be broken down further without looking at individual invoices which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>*The Treasury Solicitor’s Department until 31 March 2015. GLD has increased in size as a result of the merger programme to create a shared legal service for government and expenditure has increased as a result.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 04/04/2017 11:12:37 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

713762

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the five most visited websites were by staff of the Law Officers' Departments in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	69111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>CPS &amp; HMCPSI</p><p> </p><ol><li>crowncourtdcs.caselines.co.uk</li><li>www.google.co.uk</li><li>civilservicelearning.civilservice.gov.uk</li><li>www.bing.com</li><li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk" target="_blank">www.bbc.co.uk</a></li></ol><p> </p><p>SFO</p><p>Details of the websites visited most often by SFO staff during the past 12 months are not held centrally. However, records are held on the SFO’s internet proxy server covering the 6 month period up to 27 March 2017</p><ol><li><a href="http://www.google.co.uk" target="_blank">www.google.co.uk</a></li><li>tfl.gov.uk</li><li>www.bbc.co.uk</li><li>civilservicelearning.civilservice.gov.uk</li><li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk" target="_blank">www.amazon.co.uk</a></li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p>GLD</p><p> </p><ol><li>Google (All Google subdomains) and related analytical sites</li><li>Facebook.com</li><li>BBC.co.uk</li><li>Caseline.co.uk</li><li>YouTube.com</li></ol><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Attorney General’s Office has recently changed IT providers and is unable to access this data.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 04/04/2017 08:39:02 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders