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1300884

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Young Offenders: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of young adults aged 18-25 who are charged by the CPS have received a maturity assessment prior to charge in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	165534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) does not hold data on the number of young adults aged 18-25 that have received a maturity assessment prior to charge.</p><p> </p><p>However, the CPS recognises the importance of considering a suspect’s age and maturity when making a decision. This is included in the Code for Crown Prosecutors and relevant legal guidance, and is included in training for specialist youth prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/03/2021 10:19:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1197171

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Remand in Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the Director of Public Prosecutions was informed of a failure to comply with custody time limits in April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	48995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Director of Public Prosecutions is only informed of a custody time limit failure if it is deemed to be the responsibility of the CPS following review of the case. In April 2020, the Director of Public Prosecutions was informed of one custody time limit failure. This failure occurred in December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has made efforts to prioritise cases with a custody time limit during the pandemic, including via the interim charging protocol effective from 1 April.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 02/06/2020 12:05:52 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

521754

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2016
	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, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the Government's ability to prosecute criminals who have left the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	905128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government's position is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p>Through participation in the European Arrest Warrant, the UK is able to extradite foreign suspects and bring suspects back to the UK more quickly and economically. Since April 2011, it has enabled us to transfer around 5,500 suspects out of the UK and to bring back around 650 to face justice here.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 26/05/2016 12:14:48 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1465947

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Gangs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service on 4 November 2021 entitled Gang related offences - Decision making in, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of the guidance on the use of the term gang by prosecutors during proceedings.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	8997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance urges caution about the use of the word ‘gang’, explaining how it can properly be deployed in a prosecution, where substantiated by the evidence and relevant to a matter in issue in the proceedings. In drafting the guidance, the CPS assessed the potential effect of using ‘gang’ in proceedings and identified that the term is used in legislation and by criminal justice partners. The guidance clearly sets out that, given the negative connotations of the term ‘gang’, prosecutors should not refer to a group as a ‘gang’ in proceedings unless there is evidence to support the assertion. However, prosecutors must also ensure that where there is admissible evidence of gang membership, the case is put on a basis that reflects the often very serious gravity of the offending.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 06/06/2022 08:01:46 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1190865

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Act 2020
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the use of the powers contained in the Coronavirus Act 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	901907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>I regularly meet ministerial colleagues to discuss important issues, including the Covid-19 outbreak. I am unable to talk about any legal content of those discussions because whether or not the Law Officers have given advice, by convention, is not disclosed outside Government.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 28/04/2020 13:28:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

622495

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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, how many apprenticeships have been created in the Law Officers' Departments in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	50861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>In light of the Government’s manifesto commitment to achieve three million new apprenticeship starts in England by the end of the Parliament, the Cabinet Office will be centrally collecting data on apprenticeships to allow the Civil Service to report on its contribution towards the national target.</p><p> </p><p>Crown Prosecution Service employed 491apprentices, 194 apprentices have secured a permanent post prior to the 2016 intake of Apprentices.</p><p> </p><p>Serious Fraud Office employed 19 apprentices, 12 apprentices have secured a permanent post.</p><p> </p><p>Government Legal Department employed 9 apprentices; all have been or will be offered a permanent post.</p><p> </p><p>Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecutions Inspectorate have had no apprentices over this time.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>LOD</p></td><td><p>LOCATION</p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="17"><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CASEWORK DIVISIONS</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EAST MIDLANDS</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MERSEY CHESHIRE</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>NORTH EAST</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>NORTH WEST</strong></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SOUTH EAST</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SOUTH WEST</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS DIRECT</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>LONDON</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>WALES</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>WESSEX</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>YORKSHIRE &amp; HUMBERSIDE</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>THAMES &amp; CHILTERN</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EAST OF ENGLAND</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>WEST MIDLANDS</strong></p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CENTRAL LONDON</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>OVERALL TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>195</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>141</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CENTRAL LONDON</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SFO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CENTRAL LONDON</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7*</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>*N.B. Serious Fraud Office has calculated this by financial year as this is how their data is recorded.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/11/2016 18:57:56 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1238836

	registered interest
	date	29/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Weddings: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason (a) humanist wedding ceremonies and (b) religious marriages are treated differently under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	96886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>One is not a ceremony that has legal force; the other does have legal force. Humanist weddings can take place with 15 people present under these Regulations, as is the case for religious ceremonies and civil ceremonies.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/10/2020 16:53:44 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1238837

	registered interest
	date	29/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Weddings: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Government will allow people to gather in groups of up to 15 when attending a humanist wedding ceremony during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	96887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>Humanist wedding ceremonies can take place at this time with 15 people present.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/10/2020 16:54:10 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1196059

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation: Migrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department provides to local authorities in relation to support for people with no recourse to public funds that have been placed in temporary accommodation during the covid-19 outbreak; and whether officials in his Department have held discussions with representatives of Public Health England on that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	47282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is aware of concerns about those with no recourse to public funds experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p>We are ensuring local authorities are supported, with £3.2 million in targeted funding to help support individuals who are sleeping rough off the streets, and an additional £3.2 billion provided to local authorities as part of the wider government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>This funding has been provided to help local authorities to reduce risks to public health and to support individuals on the basis of need.</p><p>The legal position on those with no recourse to public funds has not been amended.</p><p>The Government recognises that these are unprecedented times, and expects local authorities to support people who are sleeping rough, and also to minimise unnecessary risks to public health, acting within the law.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 26/05/2020 15:38:45 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1020421

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Teesside International Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the proposal from the Tees Valley Mayor to buy Durham Tees Valley Airport, what the Government's policy is on devolved resources to Combined Authorities being used to bring airports into public ownership; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	199386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, Tees Valley Combined Authority was awarded the long term Investment Fund of £450 million over 30 years as part of its Devolution Deal and Single Pot funding arrangements. In line with other Devolution Deals agreed, places can allocate and spend Investment Funds on locally appraised projects, providing them with greater control over directing priority investment decisions.</p><p>The Combined Authority has responsibility for how it will invest these funds within the scope of an agreed assurance framework, which sets out how they will appraise, monitor and evaluates schemes to achieve value for money. This is based on Government’s Single Pot Assurance Framework national guidance. To ensure value for money is achieved for the taxpayer, future release of Investment Funds are subject to five yearly Gateway Reviews which include an economic impact assessment carried out by an independent panel.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 10/12/2018 17:35:17 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham