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1183769

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 757, on Slavery: Prosecutions, how many prosecutions there have been involving child victims under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	26951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) records all offences charged under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and within those, the offences that involve child abuse are flagged. Since the Act came into force and up to the end of September 2019, the number of Modern Slavery Act offences flagged as child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>2015-2016: 1</li><li>2016-2017: 21</li><li>2017-2018: 26</li><li>2018-2019: 8</li><li>April-Sept 2019: 3</li></ul><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences, the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding, or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 12/03/2020 17:37:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1183770

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020, to Question 757, on Slavery: Prosecutions, if her Department will publish annually the number of prosecutions that take place under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of cases involving child victims.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	26952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) publishes a detailed breakdown of prosecutions for all cases flagged as modern slavery and child abuse within the 2018-19 Violence against Women and Girls Report. This is supplemented by the quarterly Data Bulletins, which are available on the CPS Website.</p><p>The CPS reviews their data publication policy periodically throughout the year and at the beginning of the financial year. As part of this review the CPS will consider what data it will publish in 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 12/03/2020 17:27:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1177850

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been under the Modern Slavery Act since 2015 for cases involving child victims.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The CPS records all offences charged under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and within those, the offences that involve child abuse are flagged. Since the Act came into force and up to the end of September 2019, the CPS has prosecuted 59 Modern Slavery Act offences involving child abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Cases referred to the CPS by the police as modern slavery are often prosecuted under other legislation. The CPS has prosecuted 209 defendants for human trafficking offences involving child abuse, from 2015/16 to September 2019.</p><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/02/2020 10:43:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1174254

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	9691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>As of 31 January 2020, there are no apprentices in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). This is 0% of the total staff employed within the department.</p><p>As of 31 November 2019, there are 39 apprentices in Government Legal Department (GLD). This is 1.53% of the total staff employed within the department.</p><p>As of 31 December 2019, 3.7% of staff employed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are on an apprenticeship scheme.</p><p>As of 31 December 2019, there are 4 apprentices in the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). This is 0.85% of the total staff in the department.</p><p>As of 31 November 2019, there are no apprentices at HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI). This is 0% of the total staff employed within the department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/02/2020 17:00:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed