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76977

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	CPS Direct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of charging decisions made by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2013-14 and each of the previous five financial years were made by CPS Direct.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number and proportion of charging decisions made by CPS Direct in 2013-14 and each of the previous five financial years are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2008-2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of finalised pre-charge</p><p>decisions</p></td><td><p>532,427</p></td><td><p>477,517</p></td><td><p>466,611</p></td><td><p>367,067</p></td><td><p>299,345</p></td><td><p>298,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of finalised pre-charge</p><p>decisions made by CPS Direct</p></td><td><p>138,946</p></td><td><p>130,672</p></td><td><p>158,775</p></td><td><p>140,163</p></td><td><p>140,096</p></td><td><p>233,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of finalised pre-charge</p><p>decisions made by CPS Direct</p></td><td><p>26.1%</p></td><td><p>27.4%</p></td><td><p>34.0%</p></td><td><p>38.2%</p></td><td><p>46.8%</p></td><td><p>78.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Up to the end of 2012-13 CPS Direct was a purely out of hours service (though assisting the daytime Area-based service during part of 2012/13). Since April 2013 CPS Direct has been a full 24/7 service and has also been piloting digital as well as telephone referral of cases.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:42:04 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76978

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	CPS Direct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, in how many and what proportion of CPS Direct-charged cases the charge was subsequently (a) varied, (b) dropped pre-trial, (c) subject to a prosecution decision to offer no evidence at trial and (d) dismissed by the court in 2013-14 and each of the three preceding years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The CPS holds no central records of the number of cases where one, or more, charge was varied subsequent to a charging decision made by CPS Direct.</p><p>The proportion of cases dropped by the CPS in cases where the original charging decision was made by CPS Direct is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>2010-2011</td><td>2011-2012</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td></tr><tr><td>No of dropped CPSD cases charged</td><td>19,107</td><td>17,423</td><td>14,959</td><td>22,944</td></tr><tr><td>% of CPSD Charged cases dropped</td><td>15.90%</td><td>15.30%</td><td>14.90%</td><td>14.30%</td></tr></tbody></table><p>No record is held of the number of cases where the prosecution decided to offer no evidence specifically at trial.</p><p>The table below shows the number and proportion of prosecutions where the original charging decision was made by CPS Direct which subsequently resulted in a judge directed acquittal or the court dismissing the case at trial, either of its own motion, or on a defence submission of no case to answer, without hearing evidence for the defence.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>2010-2011</td><td>2011-2012</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td></tr><tr><td>No of CPSD cases - JDA or NCTA</td><td>512</td><td>531</td><td>444</td><td>760</td></tr><tr><td>% of CPSD Charged cases - JDA or NCTA</td><td>0.40%</td><td>0.50%</td><td>0.40%</td><td>0.50%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Note. JDA – Judge Directed Acquittal, NCTA – No Case to Answer</p><p>Included here are cases where an acceptable guilty plea was submitted for one or more charges and the prosecution proceeded on other charges which resulted in a judge directed acquittal or a verdict of no case to answer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/07/2014 16:12:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76979

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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 Crown Prosecution Service (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) decisions to take no further action, (c) decisions to caution and (d) prosecutions there were in cases of (i) rape, (ii) domestic violence and (iii) child abuse in each police force area in each of the last six years; and what the conviction rate for each such offence in each such area was in that period.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Tables containing the information requested have been placed in the Library of the House. <br> <br></p><p> </p><p>The volumes of pre-charge decisions, prosecutions and convictions rose in 2013-14 from the previous year, across rape, domestic violence and child abuse. The Crown Prosecution Service has worked with the police to address the previous fall in volumes which they identified in 2012-13; succeeding in an overall turnaround during 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The conviction rates for domestic violence and child abuse have risen to 74.6% and 76.2% respectively in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In parallel, cautions fell to the lowest level ever for rape and domestic violence in the same time period; and decisions to take no further action also reached the lowest level ever for rape and child abuse.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For rape, the volume of pre-charge decisions rose by 8% compared with the previous year, reaching 5,850. Decisions to take no further action fell to the lowest level ever - by 15% as compared with a rise in the volume charged of 25%, reaching the highest volume ever of 3,621 defendants. Prosecutions rose by 5% to 3,891and the volume convicted has risen by 0.6%, reaching 2,348.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Director of Public Prosecutions addresses the regional variation across police force Areas through the bi-annual Violence against Women and Girls Assurance scheme, highlighting where specific actions are detailed and targeted for improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2014 12:26:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name charging decisions - CPS.xlsx title CPS charging data - Rape, DV, Child abuse
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76980

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions in 2013-14 the Serious Fraud Office either referred or recommended that a complainant refer a case of alleged fraud, bribery or money-laundering by a UK company to (a) another police force, (b) another UK regulator, (c) an agency in the US and (d) an agency in an overseas jurisdiction other than the US.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) receives a large number of direct complaints each year and in appropriate circumstances the SFO will recommend that the complainants refer the matter to another agency.</p><p>In 2013-14, the SFO referred 2,945 complainants to Action Fraud or to the police. The SFO does not record how many of these complaints relate to UK companies only.</p><p>The table below shows the number of formal referrals made by the SFO during 2013-14to police forces, regulators and to agencies in the US and in other jurisdictions . The SFO does not record whether referrals relate to UK companies only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Police</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK regulator</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>US agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overseas agency</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:24:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76981

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, in what proportion of criminal cases of each type of offence charging decisions were made by the police in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The proportion of charging decisions made by the Police for each of the last five years are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homicide*</p></td><td><p>10.4%</p></td><td><p>11.6%</p></td><td><p>9.5%</p></td><td><p>13.7%</p></td><td><p>9.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offences Against The Person</p></td><td><p>25.9%</p></td><td><p>25.2%</p></td><td><p>33.5%</p></td><td><p>41.1%</p></td><td><p>40.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Offences</p></td><td><p>18.2%</p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td><td><p>15.4%</p></td><td><p>18.9%</p></td><td><p>17.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>32.5%</p></td><td><p>31.3%</p></td><td><p>31.3%</p></td><td><p>32.0%</p></td><td><p>31.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>16.1%</p></td><td><p>15.2%</p></td><td><p>10.2%</p></td><td><p>12.7%</p></td><td><p>12.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft And Handling</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td><td><p>71.9%</p></td><td><p>77.1%</p></td><td><p>81.8%</p></td><td><p>84.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud And Forgery</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.2%</p></td><td><p>35.5%</p></td><td><p>40.3%</p></td><td><p>40.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Damage</p></td><td><p>53.6%</p></td><td><p>54.2%</p></td><td><p>62.8%</p></td><td><p>66.6%</p></td><td><p>65.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs Offences</p></td><td><p>65.0%</p></td><td><p>65.2%</p></td><td><p>67.2%</p></td><td><p>68.1%</p></td><td><p>67.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Offences</p></td><td><p>66.4%</p></td><td><p>65.8%</p></td><td><p>71.4%</p></td><td><p>75.1%</p></td><td><p>76.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Other Offences (excluding Motoring)</p></td><td><p>66.6%</p></td><td><p>65.6%</p></td><td><p>69.2%</p></td><td><p>70.9%</p></td><td><p>69.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring Offences</p></td><td><p>95.7%</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td><td><p>97.1%</p></td><td><p>98.0%</p></td><td><p>97.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* In previous years ‘threats to kill’ offences were included in the Homicide category and were therefore charged by the police in anticipated guilty plea cases. Despite the change, some such cases may continue to be recorded in this way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 15:04:42 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76982

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of cases were charged by (a) the police, (b) the Crown Prosecution Service and (c) another agency in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) each of the previous three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Director's Guidance on Charging, issued under the provisions of S37A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), sets out the requirements for police officers and prosecutors during the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases, including those offences which the police and the CPS are responsible for the charge decision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under these arrangements the police are responsible for the charge decision in approximately 70% of all cases, with the CPS retaining the decision to charge in the remaining 30% of cases which are the most complex and serious. The CPS is responsible for making the charging decisions in cases brought by other agencies such as DWP, HMRC and DEFRA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportions for the last three years are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Police Charged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS Charged</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>68.4%</p></td><td><p>31.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>71.0%</p></td><td><p>29.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>69.0%</p></td><td><p>31.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/07/2014 16:29:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76983

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Court Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many wasted cost orders were made (a) in favour and (b) against the Crown Prosecution Service in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) each of the previous three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of wasted cost orders made in favour of, or against, the prosecution. To obtain this information would require a manual file examination incurring a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:43:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76984

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prostitution: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, in how many Crown Prosecution Service prosecutions of prostitution offences in 2013-14 the accused was an (a) alleged prostitute, (b) alleged pimp or brothel-keeper and (c) individual accused of seeking or using the services of a prostitute.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>In 2013-14, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) records indicate that there were 55 charges for the offence of keeping a brothel, contrary to sections 33-36 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 which reached a first hearing in the magistrates court. This does not indicate the number of individuals prosecuted as a defendant may be charged with more than one offence.</p><p>CPS have no record of any prosecutions in 2013-14 under Section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, as amended by Section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, which enables individuals accused of seeking or using the services of a prostitute to be prosecuted.</p><p>To obtain further details of the number of cases in which defendants were alleged to be prostitutes, pimps or brothel keepers, would require a manual review of individual case files which could only be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:28:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76985

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of police-charged cases in each of the last three financial years were subsequently subject to a (a) decision by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to vary the charge, (b) decision by the CPS to drop the charge, (c) decision by the CPS to offer no evidence, (d) dismissal by the court on grounds of no-case to answer and (e) dismissal by the court after trial.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data that would allow the identification of individual charges that had been varied at any point from the original charge.</p><p>The proportion of Police charged cases that resulted in the other requested outcomes are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dropped (includes offered no evidence)</p></td><td><p>7.7%</p></td><td><p>8.1%</p></td><td><p>8.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offered no evidence</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No case to answer (incl. mixed pleas)</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dismissed after summary trial (incl. mixed pleas)</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/07/2014 16:05:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76986

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library the reports by Peter Mason and Alan Wood on data loss at the Serious Fraud Office published in June 2013; and which recommendations of those reports have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In respect of Peter Mason’s report I refer the honourable Member to the answer given by my predecessor on 4 December 2013, Official Report, column 677W.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Mr Mason returned in March 2014 to review progress and was able to give positive assurance to the Director that he could be confident that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) now has the right checks and balances in place to avoid a similar incident from occurring again.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Director of the SFO asked Alan Woods to provide feedback and assurance on processes and controls across the SFO, and to confirm that these were in good order with risks being properly addressed. This feedback was provided to the Director in September 2013. A programme of work has been introduced to oversee the implementation of recommendations made by Mr Woods.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Neither Mr Mason’s report or details of Mr Woods’ feedback have been published because they contain operational information about the SFO.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2014 12:09:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry