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registered interest
date	14/10/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General what steps his Office is taking to prosecute alleged frauds involving multiple persons who cannot afford to bring civil cases against the alleged perpetrators.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) are responsible for prosecuting cases of fraud.</p><p> </p><p>They act in the public interest and can prosecute whether or not civil proceedings are in progress.</p><p> </p><p>The government has taken concerted action over recent years to reduce the costs of civil litigation, and that work continues.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/10/2019 14:30:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1148396

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2019 to Question 290946, what the average time taken was from referral to finalisation in each year from 2008-09 to 2018-19 where the CPS made a decision to charge and where a trial outcome was recorded in England for cases (a) relating to sexual violence or rape, (b) focusing on actual bodily harm charges, (c) focusing on grievous bodily harm charges and (d) focusing on burglary.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	294695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the average time to charge and the average time to prosecute in days by Principal Offence Category and for cases flagged as rape.</p><p>The tables below show the total average time, in days, from referral to finalisation for each year from 2008/10 to 2018/19 where the CPS made a decision to charge and where a trial outcome was recorded in England.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>(a)(i) Sexual Offences excluding Rape Flagged</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Total average time (days) from referral to finalisation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-2009</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>294.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>299.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>300.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>304.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>306.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>285.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>320.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>343.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>347.83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>363.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>390.79</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(a)(ii) Rape Flagged</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Total average time (days) from referral to finalisation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-2009</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>321.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>336.94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>346.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>344.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>351.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>338.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>383.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>381.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>412.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>460.59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>495.24</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>(b) &amp; (c) Offences against the Person</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Total average time (days) from referral to finalisation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-2009</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>192.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>191.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>192.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>194.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>193.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>183.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>194.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>198.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>192.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>191.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>209.96</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(d) Burglary</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Total average time (days) from referral to finalisation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-2009</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>200.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>213.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>195.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>190.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>206.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>202.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>226.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>246.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>231.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>246.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td colspan="5"><p>244.81</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data provided above is for the more serious cases in which the CPS has been required to authorise charge and in which there has been a trial. MoJ data for all cases in 2018 report figures of between 185 days and 193 days for offence to completion</p><p> </p><p>The time taken from referral to finalisation has increased for all crime types. This is due to greater complexity and the increase in electronic material for the police, CPS and courts to consider. In addition the Police are now encouraged to seek early investigative advice more often and in particular in serious, sensitive or complex cases. Early investigative advice helps to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated and the evidence to be brought before the court is strong. With the increase in early investigative advice, CPS is more often involved at an earlier stage in proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>There has also been an increase in the time taken for a case to pass through the courts which has also impacted on overall timeliness.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/10/2019 16:16:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1148397

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average time taken was from referral to finalisation in each year from 2009-10 to 2011-12 where the CPS made a decision to charge and where a trial outcome was recorded in England.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	294696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the average time to charge and the average time to prosecute in days.</p><p>The table below shows the total average time, in days, from referral to finalisation for each year from 2009/10 to 2011/12 where the CPS made a decision to charge and where a trial outcome was recorded in England.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total average time (days) from referral to finalisation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>216.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>217.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>225.27</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/10/2019 16:18:09 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1146089

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Exploitation: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Crown Prosecution Service's complaince with legislation and guidance relating to the avoidance of unnecessary prosecution of children and young people who have been groomed, exploited or trafficked as part of county lines criminal activity.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	290916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The exploitation, grooming, and trafficking of children and young people is abhorrent. The CPS takes great care to ensure the right people are prosecuted for the right offences in county lines cases, by training prosecutors to have an increased awareness of gang-associated exploitation and to scrutinise the evidence. This builds on clear CPS guidance which recognises the principle of non-prosecution of victims of trafficking or slavery.</p><p> </p><p>Early identification by investigators is essential, in order to avoid the criminalisation of victims. On 1 October 2019, the Home Secretary announced a surge of activity to crack down on county lines drugs gangs. The package of measures, underpinned by £20 million of Home Office investment, will intensify law enforcement efforts to disrupt the county lines model, including the provision of specialist support to victims and families in order to help children and young people exit their involvement in county lines.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 15:57:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown