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65625

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Children: Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence between his Department and (a) the Home Office and (b) Lord Brittan of Spennithorne in relation to child abuse in (a) 1984 and (b) 1985; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	203925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Searches of records at the Attorney General's Office have been conducted to try and determine what, if any, correspondence or files were passed to this Office in relation to these issues. We have so far found no trace of any material.</p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve grouped question UIN 204036 question first answered 08/07/2014 14:14:15 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

65629

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Children: Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library copies of papers from Lord Brittan of Spennithorne in relation to child abuse in 1983 and 1984 and which were referred to his Department by the Home Office; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	204036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Searches of records at the Attorney General's Office have been conducted to try and determine what, if any, correspondence or files were passed to this Office in relation to these issues. We have so far found no trace of any material.</p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve grouped question UIN 203925 question first answered 08/07/2014 14:14:15 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

65623

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
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 progress the Crown Prosecution Service has made in reducing costs.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	904723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>In 2010-11, the baseline year for the current Comprehensive Spending Review Period, the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) gross resource expenditure was £684,725,000.</p><p>The department is on target to meet its cost reduction plans through to 2015-16 and in 2013-14 the uncertified Annual Accounts report gross resource expenditure of £616,342,000, a reduction of £68,383,000, or 10%, in cash terms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 08/07/2014 14:21:37 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

65103

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Wonga
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what consideration the Serious Fraud Office has given to investigating Wonga, for fraud by false representation under section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	203476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office is aware that City of London Police are reviewing whether a criminal investigation is now appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 07/07/2014 15:36:56 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

65104

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Wonga
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service has been contacted for investigative advice by any police force in England and Wales with regard to the possible criminal liability following the findings by the Financial Conduct Authority that Wonga has been threatening debtors with letters from fake law firms.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	203477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has not yet been approached for investigative advice, by any police force, in respect of possible criminal matters arising from the Financial Conduct Authority investigation of Wonga.</p><p>Following the announcement that Wonga would pay £2.6 million in compensation, after sending letters from non-existent law firms to customers in arrears, the CPS Deputy Head of the Specialist Fraud Division contacted the City of London Police, on the 26 June 2014, to enquire whether this matter was being criminally investigated.</p><p>City of London Police are the national police lead for serious fraud investigations. They are currently assessing whether the case merits a criminal investigation and have confirmed that they will refer any request for advice to the CPS Specialist Fraud Division.</p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 07/07/2014 15:39:04 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

65105

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Wonga
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions have taken place between the Financial Conduct Authority and the Serious Fraud Office on the recent finding by that regulator that Wonga sent letters to debtors from non-existent solicitors demanding payment.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	203475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has no records of any discussion with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in regard to this matter.</p><p>Press statements have been issued by both the FCA and the City of London Police concerning Wonga and their agreement to pay compensation.</p><p>If the SFO is approached by any law enforcement or regulatory bodies then any relevant matters will be considered for criminal investigation in line with the SFO's remit to investigate fraud, bribery and corruption.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 07/07/2014 15:41:32 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry