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93087

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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, how many and what proportion of local authorities in England and Wales have adopted the new information-sharing protocol between the Crown Prosecution Service, police and councils.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	210546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Implementation of the measures in the national protocol is secured through agreement of local arrangements. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central records of the number of local authorities that have adopted the national 2013 Protocol. However, in a recent survey of Chief Crown Prosecutors, the CPS found that, following the publication of the national multi-agency 2013 protocol, 82 of the 174 Local Authorities responsible for children’s services have so far signed local disclosure protocols.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/10/2014 16:10:41 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 22626 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland answering member 4106
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

90583

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, when he passed the letter from the hon Member for Christchurch about Mrs Kirkhope of Ferndown to the Chief Constable for Hampshire; and what steps has been taken as a result of that letter.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	208253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Our records suggest that a copy of the letter should have been posted to the Chief Constable of Hampshire on the 3<sup>rd</sup> April. However, no record exists of whether it was received or not by his office. My Office has since been in contact with Hampshire Police about the matter and they have now received a copy of the letter and will be taking it forward.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/09/2014 13:26:40 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

90584

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (i) the Law Officers' Departments and (ii) its public bodies was in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	208301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following tables contain details on the highest and lowest payments made to full-time equivalent civil servants in the Law Officers’ Departments between 2010-11 and 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£18,000 - £18,500</p></td><td><p>£18,000 - £18,500</p></td><td><p>£20,000 - £20,500</p></td><td><p>£21,000 – £21,500</p></td><td><p>£20,500 - £21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£160,000 – £164,999</p></td><td><p>£160,000 – £164,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* TSol data also covers the Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£20,000- £20,500</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£165,000 - £169,999</p></td><td><p>£165,000 - £169,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£15,000</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£210,000 -£215,000</p></td><td><p>£210,000 -£215,000</p></td><td><p>£195,000 – £200,000</p></td><td><p>£195,000 – £200,000</p></td><td><p>£200,000 -£205,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The source data for this question has been extracted from the CPS ‘Trent’ database using the base data report as of 05/09/14. Consequent change to data input may mean that this data could change at some point in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with standard reporting requirements and for protection of personal data the salary for the highest paid individual has been shown within a £5K boundary and a £500 range has been applied for lower paid staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/09/2014 13:33:15 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

89418

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Police: Surveillance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what reasons the Crown Prosecution Service gave for its decision not to prosecute undercover police officers accused of starting sexual relationships with environmental activists.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	207455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will review any cases referred to it by the police in accordance with the two stage test that is set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors. Where there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and it is in the public interest, such cases will be prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS has been working with officers conducting the Operation Herne investigation into the conduct of a number of officers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 21 August 2014 the Crown Prosecution Service issued a statement containing the reasons it gave for not prosecuting officers considered under Operation Aubusson, a subset of Operation Herne which is available at:</p><p> </p><p>http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/latest_news/charging_decision_concerning_mps_special_demonstration_squad/</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/09/2014 13:22:20 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

78870

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within the Law Officers' Departments' responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	206649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>None. The UK has not been subject to infraction proceedings, during this period, which relate directly to matters within the Law Officers’ Departments’ areas of responsibility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 01/09/2014 14:02:07 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78635

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Law Officers' Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, which regulations of the Law Officers' Departments are under review; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	206416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>No regulations are currently under review.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 01/09/2014 13:56:14 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

78781

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2014, Official Report, column 678W, on Crown courts, what the number of defendants was in each category for each type of offence in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	206588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Further to the Answer provided on 16 July 2014, the number of defendants in each category for each type of offence in 2013-14 is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>(i)</p><p>Offer no evidence <strong>(</strong><strong>1</strong><strong>)</strong></p></td><td><p>(ii)</p><p>Judge ordered acquittal</p></td><td><p>(iii)</p><p>Judge directed acquittal</p></td><td><p>(iv)</p><p>Acquittal after trial</p></td><td><p>Total Prosecuted</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>A Homicide</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p><strong>910</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B Offences Against</p><p>The Person</p></td><td><p>2,322</p></td><td><p>3,048</p></td><td><p>176</p></td><td><p>1,633</p></td><td><p><strong>21,223</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C Sexual Offences</p></td><td><p>663</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>1,685</p></td><td><p><strong>8,755</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D Burglary</p></td><td><p>806</p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>278</p></td><td><p><strong>11,471</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E Robbery</p></td><td><p>716</p></td><td><p>943</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p><strong>6,810</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F Theft And Handling</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>913</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p><strong>6,854</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G Fraud And Forgery</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>498</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p><strong>5,433</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>H Criminal Damage</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p><strong>1,160</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>I Drugs Offences</p></td><td><p>565</p></td><td><p>823</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p><strong>15,567</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>J Public Order Offences</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p><strong>5,164</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>K All Other Offences</p><p>(excluding Motoring)</p></td><td><p>586</p></td><td><p>835</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p><strong>5,895</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>L Motoring Offences</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p><strong>2,233</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>TOTAL Principal </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Offence Categories</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>7,291</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>10,049</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>575</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>5,404</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>91,475</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Principal Offence</p><p>Category Not Allocated</p></td><td><p>504</p></td><td><p>665</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p><strong>1,971</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,795</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,714</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>620</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,584</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>93,446</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p>Offered no evidence is a subset of Judge ordered acquittals.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 01/09/2014 14:21:03 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

78330

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will estimate the annual cost to the Law Officers' Departments of (a) stationery and (b) postage incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The stationery and postage costs incurred when sending a ministerial reply to hon. Members are not seperately identifiable from general office stationery and postage costs.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 01/09/2014 13:54:44 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

76970

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 and what proportion of all (a) Crown Prosecution Service and (b) Serious Fraud Office cases were prosecuted by external counsel in 2013-14 and each of the five preceding years; and what the cost to each agency was of such counsel in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	205096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) cases are not prosecuted exclusively by self-employed advocates or in-house advocates. Many cases are transferred between self-employed and in-house advocates and therefore it is not possible to report on the number or proportion of cases prosecuted solely by one type of advocate or the other.</p><p>However, the CPS does record the proportion of work undertaken across the 13 CPS Areas in the Crown Court by self-employed advocates by value, in accordance with the graduated fee scheme (GFS). CPS records show:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Crown Court Advocacy (13 Area position)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>SELF-EMPLOYED ADVOCATES</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>% of prosecutions by GFS value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The cost to the CPS of fees paid to self-employed advocates in relation to Crown Court and Higher Court advice, preparation and advocacy for each of the last six years is:</p><p> </p><p>2013-14: £114,606,541</p><p>2012-13: £110,608,524</p><p>2011-12; £111,041,044</p><p>2010-11: £134,194,869</p><p>2009-10: £135,296,368</p><p>2008-09: £127,132,677</p><p> </p><p>Note: Figures include VAT and are all fees paid to self-employed advocates not just those paid under the graduated fee scheme.</p><p>All of the cases prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office in the Crown Court are prosecuted by external counsel. Costs associated with this are detailed in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fees to counsel relating</strong></p><p><strong> to prosecution work</strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£3,146k</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£2,313k</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£3,651k</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£4,008k</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£3,548k</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>£4,167k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 01/09/2014 14:06:48 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76987

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	Magistrates' Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of cases at the magistrates' court in (a) 2013-14 and (b) each of the previous five financial years were subject to a (i) decision by the prosecution to discontinue the case, (ii) decision in committal proceedings to discharge the defendant, (iii) decision by the magistrate to dismiss the case on grounds of no case to answer and (iv) dismissal after trial.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	205185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the outcomes of prosecutions, on a defendant basis, at magistrates' courts. Prosecution outcomes comprise convictions; guilty pleas, convictions after trial and cases proved in the absence of the defendant. Unsuccessful outcomes represent all other outcomes and include prosecutions dropped (discontinuances, withdrawals, prosecutions stayed and no evidence offered), discharged committals, dismissals and administrative finalisations.</p><p>The table below shows the volume and proportion of defendants whose proceedings were discontinued by way of a written notice under Section 23 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, discharged at committal, dismissed no case to answer by magistrates and dismissed after a full trial, in each of the last six years.</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>(i) Discontinued</p></td><td><p>30,226</p></td><td><p>30,665</p></td><td><p>32,532</p></td><td><p>30,217</p></td><td><p>26,600</p></td><td><p>23,083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% Discontinued</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td><td><p>3.9%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(ii) Discharged</p><p>Committal</p></td><td><p>1,984</p></td><td><p>2,252</p></td><td><p>1,690</p></td><td><p>1,308</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td><td><p>308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% Discharged</p><p>Committal</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(iii) Dismissed No</p><p>Case To Answer</p></td><td><p>1,707</p></td><td><p>1,605</p></td><td><p>1,525</p></td><td><p>1,362</p></td><td><p>1,224</p></td><td><p>1,433</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% Dismissed No</p><p>Case to Answer</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(iv) Dismissed</p><p>After Full Trial</p></td><td><p>18,682</p></td><td><p>20,322</p></td><td><p>19,517</p></td><td><p>17,681</p></td><td><p>17,168</p></td><td><p>17,805</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% Dismissed</p><p>After Full Trial</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL </strong></p><p><strong>PROSECUTED</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>928,708</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>872,585</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>840,983</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>787,547</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>700,423</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>633,306</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/07/2014 15:24:05 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry