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228469

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, for what reasons the Crown Prosecution Service made the decision that it would not be in the public interest to pursue a private prosecution on gender abortion charges against Dr Prabha Sivaraman and Dr Palaniappan Rajmohan.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
	uin	228357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>In accordance with the two stage test set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors, the CPS carefully considered the evidence submitted by the private prosecutor both on its own and in addition to the material already in its possession from the earlier decision. In both cases the CPS concluded that there was no realistic prospect of conviction for the charge selected by the private prosecutor.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition the CPS considered whether both sets evidence taken together might be sufficient to provide a realistic prospect of conviction for <strong><em>any</em></strong> abortion offence. It was concluded that there was sufficient evidence to prosecute an offence of using poison, instruments or any other means with intent to procure an abortion but that this was very finely balanced. It further concluded that the public interest considerations in not pursuing a prosecution outweighed those in favour for the same reasons as in 2013, most importantly the lack of professional guidance on how doctors should approach comparative risk assessments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The full reasons for the decision are available on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) website: <a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/latest_news/cps_decision_to_stop_private_prosecutions_of_doctors_charged_with_abortion_offences/" target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/latest_news/cps_decision_to_stop_private_prosecutions_of_doctors_charged_with_abortion_offences/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 24/03/2015 17:04:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

167673

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what support his Department provides to victim and witness support units.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	217105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) continues to support the joint police/CPS Witness Care Units (WCUs) through the provision of staff and key case information that allows the unit to support victims and witnesses throughout the progress of their case. The CPS has also recently implemented Victim Liaison Units (VLUs) in every CPS Area. These dedicated units provide victims with clear explanations of CPS decisions about their cases, in line with our Victims’ Code commitments.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 10/12/2014 11:31:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

222849

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many apprentices employed by (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	225060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>As at 31<sup>st</sup> January 2015 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) employed 140 apprentices. A breakdown by age category is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age Band</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25+</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not centrally record how many of these apprentices were previously employed by the Government. To obtain this information would require a manual check of application forms which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently three apprentices working in the Serious Fraud Office and two in the remaining Law Officer’s Departments, however in order to protect individual’s personal data we are unable to provide any details of age or employment history, as the small numbers involved could lead to individuals being identified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 02/03/2015 15:53:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227248

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	227541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is contained in the following tables.</p><p>The table below shows the average number of staff engaged off-payroll over the past five years by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), and the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol).</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Tsol, AGO and HMCPSI - Average number of staff engaged off-payroll<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014 – February 2015</p></td><td><p>263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013 – March 2014</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012 – March 2013</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011 – March 2012</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010 – March 2011</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>1 </em><em>Off payroll staff includes temporary (agency) and contract staff, including lawyers, other professionals and administrators. None of the above mentioned staff members are civil servants. The majority are temporary staff engaged through employment agencies to cover short term vacancies and to secure specific specialist legal and support skills.</em></p><p> </p><p>Prior to April 2014 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) did not maintain a centralised record of staff employed off-payroll and it is not possible to provide information at the level of detail requested. The SFO can, however, provide an average number of temporary staff employed since April 2010. These figures are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>SFO - Average number of temporary staff engaged off-payroll</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013 – March 2014</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012 – March 2013</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011 – March 2012</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010 – March 2011</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>At the end of December January 2015 there were 86 temporary staff working at the SFO.</p><p> </p><p>The average number of staff in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who were engaged off-payroll during each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>CPS - Average number of temporary staff engaged off-payroll<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014 – January 2015</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013 – March 2014</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012 – March 2013</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011 – March 2012</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010 – March 2011</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><sup>1 </sup></em><em>The figures in the table have been calculated by taking relevant workforce statistics published each month and deriving an average for each financial year. It is possible, therefore, that the number of unique individuals employed during any financial year was higher than that indicated.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 26/03/2015 14:59:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

178787

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Contempt of Court
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps he has taken to promote awareness of the laws on contempt of court among social media users.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	224010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Where appropriate the Attorney General and I publish online the warnings about potentially prejudicial reporting that Attorneys General had previously only given to the mainstream media. My office also sends tweets warning social media users of the risks of being in contempt of court.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Attorney General has recently issued advice to social media users and others that identifying a victim in a sexual offence case is a criminal offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to look at whether there is anything more that can be done to raise awareness in this area.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 23/02/2015 12:49:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

155389

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how often the Law Officers' Departments reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	214244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>HMCPSI’s records management policy, which covers such processes, is reviewed and published annually. The remaining Law Officers’ Departments do not have a formal schedule for regularly reviewing the logging emails or correspondence, although such processes are monitored and when required are modified to meet business needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All of the Law Officers’ Departments comply with the guidance issued by the Cabinet Office on handling correspondence from Members of Parliament, Peers, MEPs and Members of devolved Administrations, which is available online at the following link - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 20/11/2014 14:04:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

164111

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many Suspicious Activity Report intelligence packs relating to corruption in which countries the Serious Fraud Office has received from the National Crime Agency in the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
	uin	215599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency does not routinely disseminate Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to the Serious Fraud Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The SFO has direct access to the SARs database through a secure online portal which it regularly searches to assist any investigation into financial crime including corruption.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 27/11/2014 11:28:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

164112

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many requests the Serious Fraud Office has received for mutual legal assistance in relation to corruption from which countries in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
	uin	215609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not receive Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) requests directly, but in appropriate cases the United Kingdom Central Authority (UKCA) will refer an MLA request to the SFO for execution. the table below details the number of requests for mutual legal assistance in relation to corruption have been referred to the SFO by the UKCA in each of the past 4 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2010 10</p><p> </p><p>2011 9</p><p> </p><p>2012 11</p><p> </p><p>2013 14</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A breakdown by country is not provided as it may lead to the identification of an individual MLA request and it is Government policy neither to confirm nor deny the existence, content or status of any individual MLA request.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 27/11/2014 11:37:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

164114

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many self-reports from companies relating to bribery the Serious Fraud Office has received since its submission to the OECD Phase 3 Report on Implementing the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, published in March 2012; and how many of those reports relate to (a) current and (b) closed investigations.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
	uin	215614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Right Honourable gentleman to my answer of 4 September, Official Report, Column 290W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 27/11/2014 11:34:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

171031

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crime: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged with disability hate crimes in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	219111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants charged and prosecuted in cases where the offences involved disability hate crime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS defines disability hate crime as any incident which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards a person because of their disability or perceived disability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS began identifying and monitoring disability hate crime cases from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2007 following the publication of the Hate Crime Public Policy and Prosecution Guidance in February 2007.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last seven years the numbers of defendants charged and prosecuted, in cases flagged as disability hate crime, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><br></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecuted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007 - 08</strong></p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008 - 09</strong></p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009 - 10</strong></p></td><td><p>638</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010 - 11</strong></p></td><td><p>726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011 - 12</strong></p></td><td><p>621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 - 13</strong></p></td><td><p>640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 - 14</strong></p></td><td><p>574</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/01/2015 17:41:43 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane