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731430

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for the sale of illegal tobacco have taken place in each police authority area in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of people who have been charged with, and prosecuted for, selling illegal tobacco. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 relates to the excise duty on tobacco products. Section 8G(4) and 8H(6) of the act was inserted by the Finance Act 2000 and creates the offences of (a) possess, transport or display unmarked tobacco products otherwise than as described and (b) selling, offering to sell or otherwise deals in unmarked tobacco products; or suffers premises to be used for the sale of unmarked tobacco products. In these sections unmarked products mean tobacco products that are subject to fiscal marking but do not carry compliant duty-paid fiscal mark.</p><p>Although it is not possible to identify the number of people charged with particular offences, records are held showing the overall number of offences in which a prosecution commenced in the Magistrates’ courts. The table below shows the number of offences, rather than defendants, charged by way of the Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979. A single defendant may be charged with more than one offence. Data are only available since 2011-12. Prior to this date, prosecutions under this legislation were carried out by the Revenue and Customers Prosecution Office (RCPO).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>2016-2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 { 8G(4)(a) and (6) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 { 8G(4)(b) and (6) }</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 relates to the collection and management of the revenues of custom and excise. Prosecutions under section 170(1)(b) for being knowingly concerned in ‘carrying, removing, depositing, harbouring, keeping or concealing or in any manner dealing’ with excise goods and the offence of fraudulent evasion of duty under s170(2) can include offences involving tobacco products but also other products.</p><p>CPS data does not dis-aggregate the overall number of these offences in which a prosecution commenced in the Magistrates’ courts. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>Some offences in relation to the unlawful sale of tobacco products are prosecuted by trading standards departments and would not be recorded in CPS data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/07/2017 15:45:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

732351

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times since 2010 the Serious Fraud Office has applied for Blockbuster Funding; what decision was made on each application; and how much funding was granted to each successful applicant.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>There have been eight blockbuster funding applications since 2010, all of which which have been approved by the Treasury. Funding for these cases is provided from the reserve. Total reserve funding by year from 2012-13 is:</p><table><tbody><tr><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><strong>£000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£000s</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> -</strong></p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6,735</p></td><td><p>19,000</p></td><td><p>23,237</p></td><td><p>18,000</p></td><td><p>7,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6,735</p></td><td><p>24,000</p></td><td><p>25,237</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td><td><p>17,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All of these blockbuster funded cases are still under active investigation and it is not possible for operational reasons to provide a breakdown of how the funding is allocated in each case.</p><p>Reserve funding for years prior to 2016-17 also covers the costs of the SFO’s civil litigation cases.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 28/06/2017 16:09:20 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

732552

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people opted to review decisions made by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute their cases in the financial year 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	1157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2016/17, the CPS received 1,988 Victims Right to Review (VRR) appeals.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/07/2017 09:13:42 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

732908

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	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 contracts put out to tender by the Law Officers' Departments were awarded to (a) charities and (b) social enterprises in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	1245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The <strong>Crown Prosecution Service</strong> (CPS) does not keep central records of the status of suppliers and is therefore unable to verify if any contracts have been awarded to (a) charities and (b) social enterprises in each year since 2010. To identify any such expenditure would involve checking large numbers of paper records and would incur disproportionate cost (Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, part 2, clause 9).</p><p>The<strong> Serious Fraud Office</strong> (SFO), <strong>HMCPSI</strong> and the <strong>Government Legal Department</strong> (GLD) have not awarded any contracts to charities or social enterprises since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 06/07/2017 14:23:43 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

733119

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Government plans to extend the scope of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
	tabling member constituency	South Basildon and East Thurrock
	tabling member printed	Stephen Metcalfe
	uin	900101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government re-committed in our manifesto that we will extend the scope of the unduly lenient sentence scheme. We will shortly be extending the scheme so that it applies to terrorism offences sentenced in the Crown Court.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 29/06/2017 15:58:47 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4092 label Biography information for Stephen Metcalfe

746129

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Homicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether he plans to encourage the Crown Prosecution Service to introduce a regular review of evidence in homicide cases where (a) no person has been charged with an offence and (b) there has been an acquittal.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	1547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>In murder cases involving an acquittal, the National Standards of Support, which were published in January 2017 between the voluntary organisation Justice After Acquittal, the CPS and the police, will be followed.</p><p>These require the CPS and police to each conduct a case review, considering the evidence in the case, how the evidence was presented during the trial and whether anything could have been done differently. Further, there will also be an on-going police review of acquittal cases, held every two years with any new evidence / developments being submitted to the CPS as appropriate.</p><p>Following a decision not to charge a suspect with murder or any other homicide offence, victims’ families can request a review of the CPS decision by an independent specialist lawyer in accordance with the CPS Victims’ Right to Review scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 12/07/2017 15:50:12 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

746643

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many cases of (1) Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, and (2) fabricated or induced illness, have been prosecuted against parents of children diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome in each year since 2010 for which figures are available; how many of those cases were successful; how many were withdrawn; and how many resulted in an acquittal.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Munchausen's syndrome by proxy and fabricated or induced illness are not of themselves criminal offences so cannot be prosecuted as such. They may, however, be of relevance to criminal offences which can be prosecuted.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of prosecutions where Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy or fabricated or induced illnesses may have been relevant. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 10/07/2017 14:14:57 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

746746

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Counter-Terrorism: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of training anti-terrorism agencies alongside officials from the CPS so that there is a better understanding of evidence trails required by the CPS for a successful prosecution.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	1987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Terrorism prosecutions are dealt with by a specialist unit within the CPS and there is close working between the CPS, the police and the intelligence services from the launch of an investigation to the conclusion of the trial.</p><p> </p><p>Regular joint training events are held for CPS, police, intelligence services and other government departments. The training has included disclosure process and strategy, terrorism offences, international investigations and mutual legal assistance, warrants of further detention, case study presentations and workshops.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/07/2017 12:18:06 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

747093

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the value, including interest, was of outstanding confiscation orders where the Serious Fraud Office had the lead enforcement role in the financial year 2016-17; and what estimate he has made of how much of that value will be recovered.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	2294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Recovering the proceeds of crime is a one of the SFO’s strategic objectives. The SFO is committed to using all tools available to it in conducting its proceeds of crime work, and to ensuring that confiscation orders (arising from the cases it prosecutes) are satisfied in full. The SFO has a specialist Proceeds of Crime and International Assistance Division, whose work includes restraint, confiscation and enforcement, civil recovery, and money laundering investigations and prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>A detailed breakdown of the SFO’s performance in recovering the proceeds of crime over the last five years is published on its website at: <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/about-us/" target="_blank">https://www.sfo.gov.uk/about-us/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016-17, £25.4m of financial orders, compensation orders and civil recovery orders were obtained and over £20m was actually recovered in respect of previous orders obtained by the SFO. At present the recovery rate for confiscation orders made in the last four financial years is 81%.</p><p> </p><p>The value of outstanding confiscation (current order amount)[1] orders as of 3rd July 2017, including interest, in which the SFO has the lead enforcement role is £144,952,036. The total interest in respect of these orders is £50,294,045 and the net amount outstanding is £94,657,991. Most of the net outstanding amount (88%) relates to just four out of 22 current orders.</p><p>The SFO estimate that their current realistic recoverable amount is between £10 - £12 million.[2] The amount that is currently assessed as unrecoverable comprises in the main hidden assets, unrecovered tainted gifts to associates, assets subject to third party claims or overseas assets.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><br></p><p>[1] Orders can be increased (s.22 POCA) and decreased (s.23 POCA) and the figures set out relate to the current order amount and not the original amount</p><p>[2] The figure provided above is the SFOs best estimate as of 04/07/2017.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 05/07/2017 14:48:25 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

748501

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what progress has been made on increasing the number of prosecutions for disability hate crime.
	tabling member constituency	North Swindon
	tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
	uin	3240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has taken a number of steps to improve its prosecution of all strands of hate crime. Specifically they have delivered mandatory face to face disability hate crime training for all prosecutors to deal more effectively with disability hate crime cases.</p><p>As a result, the CPS is prosecuting, and convicting, more defendants of disability hate crime than ever before. In 2015-16, the CPS completed 941 disability hate crime prosecutions, an increase of 275 on the previous year.</p><p>The proportion of successfully completed prosecutions with an announced and recorded sentence uplift increased to 11.9% from 5.4% the previous year.</p><p>The CPS will shortly be publishing a public policy statement on disability hate crime and a Support Guide for victims and witnesses with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 11/07/2017 11:09:58 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson