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	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what his Department's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	135608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2018 answer text <p>The application process for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Government Legal Department (GLD), Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and HMCPSI does not include a declaration box for candidates to declare a criminal record.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/05/2018 08:57:45 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 55028 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

928819

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the number of occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has charged suspects with offences that are deemed less serious than the offences which the police investigated in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	156419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of those occasions where the Crown Prosecution Service charges suspects with offences considered less serious than the offences which the police investigated. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/07/2018 15:57:05 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 68158 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

928818

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will commission research into the extent to which charging decisions made by the Crown Prosecution Service differ from the expectation of (a) Police and (b) victims of crime.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	156418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>HMCPSI provide reports to the Law Officers and the public on the work of the CPS and that includes analysis of charging decisions made by the CPS with reference to the Code for Crown Prosecutors. HMCPSI reports and CPS performance information do not provide data on the expectations of the police or victims as to charging decisions and any difference between those expectations and the charging decision made by the CPS.</p><p> </p><p>If the police wish to query or challenge a CPS charging decision, that can be done through a formal escalation procedure. If a victim wishes to query or challenge a CPS charging decision that can be done through the Victim’s Right to Review Scheme, the Victim Communication and Liaison Scheme and the CPS Feedback and Complaints Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/07/2018 15:56:38 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 68159 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

928817

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Crown Prosecution Service in charging suspects with the appropriate offence.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	156417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) inspects the work of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and reports to the Law Officers. The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code) provides that it is the duty of prosecutors to make sure that the right person is prosecuted for the right offence. Between 2016 and 2018 HMCPSI inspected 12 of the 14 CPS Areas in England and Wales and found that in a very high proportion of cases the CPS correctly applied the Code and that the charges proceeded with were the correct ones. HMCPSI reported that in over 94.5% of the cases they inspected the decision to charge complied with the Code; that measure relates to all the provisions of the Code and not only whether any offence charged was the correct one.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/07/2018 15:56:01 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 68163 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

929335

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2018
	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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the reduction in the number of CPS staff on the number of criminal charges brought in England and Wales between 2010 and 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	156623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Whilst the Crown Prosecution Service has seen a reduction of staff, this does not necessarily correlate to the decreasing caseload. During the same period, the volume of police charged cases and referrals for pre-charge decisions has declined. Importantly, the Crown Prosecution Service has maintained its conviction rate of around 84% throughout this time.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/07/2018 13:33:25 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

927981

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) bank employees and (b) directors have been prosecuted for their role in the 2007-08 financial crisis; and what the outcome was of those prosecutions.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	155658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The SFO has brought charges against four employees including former chief executives of Barclays Plc as part of its criminal investigation into Barclays and its capital raising arrangements with Qatar Holding LLC and Challenger Universal Ltd in June and October 2008. The case is ongoing.</p><p>Additionally, a total of 13 employees including former senior bankers have so far had criminal proceedings commenced against them for fraudulently fixing the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) in the run up to and during the crisis - four trials have concluded including a retrial. So far, in total, there have been five convictions and eight acquittals. Those convicted were jailed for a total of more than 27 years and each received confiscation orders totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds.</p><p>The SFO has also charged 11 employees including former senior bankers in respect of fixing the European Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR), five of which are currently at trial. One defendant, Christian Bittar, a former Managing Director, has pleaded guilty to the charges. There are currently European Arrest Warrants issued in respect of the remaining five suspects.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/07/2018 14:32:29 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

926768

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2018 to Question 146172 on procurement, what the daily rate of pay is of each of those contractors who have been employed by his Department for five years or more.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	154652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The answer of 6 June 2018 stated there were 8 contractors in the Government Legal Department (GLD) who had worked in GLD for five or more years at 30 April 2018. Their daily rates of pay are: £167.20, £254.45, £285, £369.08, £375, £380, £389.50, and £418.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 02/07/2018 13:29:31 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

927920

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Policy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the main policy priority is for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	155733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The priorities I have set for my Department include:</p><ul><li><p>Helping deliver Government policy in the context of the Law Officers’ constitutional role in relation to the Rule of Law.</p></li><li><p>Defining and delivering the Law Officers’ public interest functions in the interests of the administration of justice.</p></li><li><p>Performing a visible and effective role as a leader in the domestic and international legal community.</p></li><li><p>Sponsoring the Law Officers’ Departments and connecting the work of the prosecutors with wider criminal justice policy.</p></li><li><p>Ensuring a high performing and efficient Attorney General’s Office which meets its legal and performance obligations.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 29/06/2018 18:32:24 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

915189

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Non-departmental Public Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) women and (b) men his Department has appointed to each of his Department's non-Departmental Public Bodies in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	148749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>The Commissioner for Public Appointments completed and publishes an annual data survey of all new appointments and reappointments made to boards of public bodies by Government including the overall gender diversity.</p><p>Data on the gender diversity of new non-executive appointees to public boards for 2012 to 2015 is published on Gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 15/06/2018 12:39:24 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

917655

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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 referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme were (a) increased and (b) kept the same in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Dartford
	tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
	uin	150018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>In the 12 months from May 2017 to April 2018, of the sentences which were referrred to the Court of Appeal and have been heard, 116 were increased and 39 remained unchanged. 15 have yet to be heard.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2018 10:46:33 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson