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1437520

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she plans to implement the recommendations from the Criminal Justice Joint Inspection into the police and CPS's response to rape post-charge in full; what her timetable is for implementing those recommendations; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	133142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text The CPS has welcomed the recent Criminal Justice Joint Inspection (CJJI) report on how well the criminal justice system serves survivors of rape and has largely accepted all the recommendations within it that relate directly to their work. They will use the report’s findings and recommendations to further inform their response to rape prosecutions and to build on the significant work undertaken so far, which has focussed on the following three main areas of work:<ul><li>better collaboration with the police from the very start of an investigation, taking an offender-centric approach to case-building;</li><li>supporting prosecutors and expanding the size of specialist units so that they are properly resourced to respond to these challenging and complex cases; and</li><li>improving the support given to victims, and recognising the trauma they experience.</li></ul>On the timeframes for implementing the two recommendations relating to communicating with victims, the CPS has already commenced a vital programme of work to improve how they communicate with victims. As part of this, the CPS has commissioned crucial research into victims’ needs to understand what victims need and want, so the CPS can serve them better. This research is part of a fundamental review into how the CPS can improve communication with victims. Although this three-phased programme is underway, the CPS will require time to complete it, to ensure that it fundamentally improves the quality of communication with victims. The CPS’s full response to the report and its recommendations can be found <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-response-criminal-justice-joint-inspection-cjji-how-well-criminal-justice-system" target="_blank">here</a>. answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 07/03/2022 09:36:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1436997

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Social Clubs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will provide a list of (a) professional staff networks and (b) social clubs operating within his Department; and if he will provide the (i) budgets and (ii) FTE staff time allocated to each group within each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	132398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The Attorney Gerneral’s Office does not have any professional staff networks or social clubs operating within the department.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 07/03/2022 23:35:07 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1437009

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many of the 1,109 convictions for rape recorded in the year ending March 2021 related to offences committed (a) before the year ending March 2018, (b) within the year 2018-19, and (c) within the year 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	132211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the date an offence was committed. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 07/03/2022 09:59:34 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1436644

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will (a) list the spending programmes her Department devolves for administration to local government in England and other local spending bodies and (b) specify the value for each programme for every year for which budgets are agreed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	131082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office does not have individual spending programmes which are devolved to local government or other local spending bodies.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 07/03/2022 10:30:31 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1435592

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will take steps to ensure that her Department and its agencies remove all internal covid-19 related policies, restrictions and mask mandates.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	129777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, all Civil Service employers including the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesties Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have followed government guidance in setting out their internal COVID-19 related policies. This includes complying with the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-covid-19" target="_blank"> Working Safely during Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance</a> which sets out the key actions organisations should take to protect employees and customers in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in workplaces, along with carrying out<a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/coronavirus/working-safely/risk-assessment.htm" target="_blank"> health and safety risk assessments</a> that include the ongoing risk from COVID-19.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s recent <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-response-living-with-covid-19" target="_blank"><em>Living with COVID-19</em></a> document, sets out how and when the remaining restrictions will be lifted in England. Government guidance was subsequently amended, including the <em>Working Safely </em>guidance. Which alongside risk assessments, sets out further actions organisations can take to protect employees and customers in the workplace, such as ensuring adequate ventilation, frequent cleaning and asking people with COVID-19 to stay home. The guidance advises that people continue to wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed settings where they come into contact with people they do not normally meet, when rates of transmission are high. Employers will continue to align their policies accordingly. Should individuals wish to wear masks as a matter of personal choice this should be respected.</p><p>In respect to the SFO estate, The Canadian High Commission (CHC), in their capacity as landlord, have requested SFO employees, contractors and visitors continue to wear face coverings in the common areas of 2 – 4 Cockspur Street. This includes the lobby, lifts, stairs, toilets, and reception.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 07/03/2022 10:28:06 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1434714

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud cases have been discontinued in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	128272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of cases of fraud which have been discontinued. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>While no data is held reporting the number of cases of fraud prosecuted, records are collated providing the number of defendants whose prosecution was completed where the case was marked as ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p>During the last five years, the CPS has prosecuted 67,817 defendants for fraud and forgery offences and convictions have been obtained against 58,671 (86.5%) of these defendants.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants with cases marked as ‘Fraud and Forgery’ where the prosecution was dropped during each of the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prosecutions Dropped</p></td><td><p>1,639</p></td><td><p>1,556</p></td><td><p>1,433</p></td><td><p>1,056</p></td><td><p>811</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Fraud and Forgery category includes offences created by the Fraud Act 2006, forgery or copying false instruments, bribery, money laundering, bankruptcy offences and cheating the public revenue. It is not possible to separately report prosecution outcomes by the individual offences allocated to this category.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/02/2022 09:44:19 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1434849

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Economic Crime: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for criminal financial sanctions breaches the Crown Prosecution Service has prosecuted in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	128152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The CPS does not record or hold the requested data centrally on prosecutions for criminal financial sanctions breaches. The information could only be obtained by completing manual case file reviews, which would be at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 01/03/2022 16:00:25 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1433978

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Homicide: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged with attempted murder in each of the last three years by age group.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	127410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of people charged with and prosecuted for attempted murder. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>While no data is held reporting the number of people prosecuted specifically for attempted murder, the CPS can report the number of defendants where the prosecution was flagged under the ‘homicide’ category at finalisation.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘homicide’ category includes offences of murder, manslaughter, causing death by driving dangerously, carelessly or under the influence of alcohol/drugs. The corresponding inchoate offences, such as conspiracy, solicitation, or criminal attempts, are also assigned to this category. It is not possible to separately report prosecution outcomes by the individual offences allocated to this category.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows by age group, the number of prosecutions in which defendants were allocated the ’homicide’ category at finalisation during each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14-17</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18-24</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>315</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-59</p></td><td><p>753</p></td><td><p>724</p></td><td><p>584</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60-69</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70-79</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>80+</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Provided</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL COMPLETED PROSECUTIONS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,360</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,245</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,064</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/02/2022 09:28:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1434161

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions led by the Serious Fraud Office led to convictions against (a) corporate entities and (b) individuals in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	127339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>Since Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) were introduced in 2014, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has signed a total of 12. The table below provides details of the number of DPAs signed each year since their introduction in 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DPAs signed</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Since 2010, 122 SFO led prosecutions have resulted in a conviction. The table below provides details of the number of prosecutions that led to a conviction in each year since 2010, and whether these relate to a corporate entity or an individual.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></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><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Corporate </strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Individuals</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>114</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>122</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2022, the SFO is taking forward 7 trials, involving 20 defendants charged against a total of 80 counts. The high volume of trials taking place this year is in part a result of trials not being able to go ahead during the pandemic.</p><p>Detailed information regarding SFO prosecutions and DPAs can be found on their website: <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sfo.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 127341 question first answered 02/03/2022 15:33:56 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1434162

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions led by the Serious Fraud Office led to convictions against (a) corporate entities and (b) individuals between 25 April and 31 December 2013.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	127340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>Between the 25<sup>th</sup> of April and the 31<sup>st</sup> of December 2013, no Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) were signed by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), as DPAs were only introduced on 24<sup>th</sup> of February 2014, under the provisions of Schedule 17 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. Since then, the SFO has entered into a total of 12 DPAs.</p><p> </p><p>During the period of the 25<sup>th</sup> of April 2013 and the 13<sup>th</sup> of December 2013, 9 SFO led prosecutions resulted in a conviction. All of these were brought against individuals. There were no prosecutions brought against corporate entities during this period.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Detailed information regarding SFO prosecutions and DPAs can be found on their website: <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.sfo.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 127342 question first answered 02/03/2022 12:47:19 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry