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1504981

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Committee of Privileges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether her office was consulted on the decisions by the Cabinet Office to (a) spend public funds on obtaining the legal opinion by Lord Pannick QC and Jason Pobjoy of Blackstone Chambers relating to the proposed conduct of the House of Commons Privileges Committee and (b) place that legal opinion in the public domain.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	47398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The decision in any case as to whether to instruct counsel, who to instruct, and whether to waive privilege in respect of that advice, lies with the instructing Government Department. When a Government Department wishes to instruct a QC, other than First Treasury Counsel or Standing Counsel, it should submit a request for a nomination to the Attorney General’s Office. This process was followed, and the request approved, in relation to the instruction of Lord Pannick QC in this case.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/09/2022 12:20:20 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1503594

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) spent on the (a) prosecution trials brought against ENRC and (b) SFO defence against ENRC counter claims lawsuit.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	45309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has an ongoing investigation into ENRC. There are no prosecutions, and therefore no associated costs, at this stage. The ENRC have brought two civil actions for alleged misfeasance against the SFO. This matter remains ongoing and as such the final costs are not yet determined.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/09/2022 11:57:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1503595

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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, how much her Department spent on the (a) Calvert-Smith review and (b) Altman review of the Serious Fraud Office.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	45319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The costs of Sir David Calvert-Smith’s independent review into the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) handling of the Unaoil case (<em>R. v Akle &amp; Anor</em>), which was commissioned by the Attorney General, are still being finalised. The costs to date to the Attorney General’s Office are £84,571.90. There are some costs outstanding, but it is anticipated these will not increase the overall cost of the review significantly. The total costs will be recovered from the SFO.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of Brian Altman QC’s independent review of the collapse of <em>R v. Woods &amp; Marshall</em>, which was commissioned by the Director of the SFO, was £359,442.37. This was paid for by the SFO.</p><p> </p><p>Both reviews presented valuable recommendations and the implementation of these remain a priority for the Law Officers and the Director of the SFO.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/09/2022 12:00:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1503596

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office spent on the (a) Employment Tribunal and (b) subsequent appeal brought by a former ENRC case-controller who was dismissed.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	45321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>An Employment Tribunal has not been brought by a former ENRC case-controller against the Serious Fraud Office.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/09/2022 12:17:17 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1341809

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Email
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether any Departmental business has been conducted on private email addresses; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that full records are kept of that business.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	24300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive Administrations, it is not government policy to comment on security procedures in government buildings.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 24301 question first answered 05/07/2021 15:14:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1341810

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: CCTV
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether a risk assessment has been carried out on the secure holding of CCTV footage within his Department.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	24301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive Administrations, it is not government policy to comment on security procedures in government buildings.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 24300 question first answered 05/07/2021 15:14:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1341342

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what financial payments his Department makes to its non-executive directors; how many times his departmental Board will meet in 2021-22; and what work the non-executive directors undertake.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	23153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) does not have any non-executive directors sitting on its board. Whilst the AGO aligns its governance structures as closely as possible to Cabinet Office guidance, the appointment of non-executive directors would not be proportionate given the size of the AGO (headcount 54).</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 23154 23155 question first answered 01/07/2021 16:07:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1341343

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what declarations of interests have been made by his Department’s non-executive directors; and where those interests are published.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	23154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) does not have any non-executive directors sitting on its board. Whilst the AGO aligns its governance structures as closely as possible to Cabinet Office guidance, the appointment of non-executive directors would not be proportionate given the size of the AGO (headcount 54).</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 23153 23155 question first answered 01/07/2021 16:07:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1341345

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, when his Department’s current non-executive directors were appointed; what oversight officials of his Department had of the Ministerial appointments of those non-executive directors; and what assessment his Department made of the applicants' experience against the requirements for breadth and depth of experience set out in the Cabinet Office guidance on Departmental Boards of November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	23155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) does not have any non-executive directors sitting on its board. Whilst the AGO aligns its governance structures as closely as possible to Cabinet Office guidance, the appointment of non-executive directors would not be proportionate given the size of the AGO (headcount 54).</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 23153 23154 question first answered 01/07/2021 16:07:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1341346

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what private companies are contracted to provide security services at his Department’s buildings that contain Ministerial private offices; and whether there are closed circuit television cameras in any Ministerial private offices within his Department's estate.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	23156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive Administrations, it is not government policy to comment on security procedures in government buildings.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/07/2021 16:06:11 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris