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731753

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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, how many fraud prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has brought in Crown Courts in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and what the outcomes of those prosecutions were.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the numbers of defendants and the outcome of prosecution proceedings, divided into twelve Principal Offence Categories, including ‘Fraud and Forgery’. The numbers of defendants prosecuted in Crown Courts under this category for each CPS Area and Casework Divisions are provided in the accompanying attachment along with the outcomes of those prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 27/06/2017 16:01:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

731178

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2017 to Question 70644, on confiscation orders, how much has been collected as a result of confiscation orders obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service in the 2016-17 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) collected £88,069,419 in the 2016-17 financial year in respect of confiscation orders where it was the Lead Enforcement Agency.</p><p>Domestic confiscation orders, once obtained are enforced by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) assists in the enforcement process in situations where it can add value, such as by managing restraint orders, seeking the appointment of enforcement receivers and, in relation to assets held overseas, seeking assistance from other jurisdictions. It is the Lead Enforcement agency in these cases. When the CPS can no longer add value to the enforcement of a confiscation order, the responsibility for enforcement reverts to HMCTS and the CPS no longer monitors its progress.</p><p>The CPS only retains data on those orders in which it assists in the enforcement process. The latest data relates to March 2017.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 26/06/2017 16:00:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

671645

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	CPS Direct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average call (a) answer time and (b) length was for CPS Direct in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	59514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The call handling system used by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) provides precise timings on queuing time of all calls received. Figures on length of call have been estimated from available data.</p><p>In 2012-13 the average answer time was 2 minutes 43 seconds; 2013-14 4 minutes 18; 2014-15 12 minutes 34; 2015-16 16 minutes 05 and 2016-17 25 minutes 03.</p><p>For the corresponding years the length of call has reduced from 39 minutes 15 seconds in 2012, 29 minutes 31 in 2013, 26 minutes 52 in 2014, 24 minutes 51 in 2015 and 23 minutes 02 in 2016.</p><p>Throughout this period there have been many changes to the process of CPS authorisation of police charging making year-on-year comparisons potentially misleading.</p><p>Issues which adversely affected efficiency in the summer of 2016 have now been addressed and the current daily average answering times are below 6 minutes.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 16/01/2017 16:40:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

578598

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Barristers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will take steps to encourage barristers who are employed through the Service Prosecuting Authority to enter the selection competition to become Queen's Counsel.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	45661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>I would strongly encourage anyone with the appropriate skills and experience to apply to become Queen’s Counsel, including those at the employed bar and within the Service Prosecuting Authority.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/09/2016 11:45:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

521505

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for each category of hate crime since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	38489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of prosecutions flagged as hate crimes. Hate crimes comprise offences motivated by hostility or prejudice to a person’s race or perceived race, religion or perceived religion, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, disability or perceived disability and transgender identity or perceived transgender identity. These data are accurate only to the extent that the flag has been correctly applied.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number and proportion of convictions and overall prosecutions, by each category of hate crime, during each of the last five available years:</p><p> </p><p><strong>TOTAL HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>12,651</p></td><td><p>82.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>15,284</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>11,843</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,196</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>10,794</p></td><td><p>82.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>13,070</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>11,915</p></td><td><p>84.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,074</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>12,220</p></td><td><p>82.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,738</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>RACIAL HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>10,566</p></td><td><p>83.1%<strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,711</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>9,933</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>11,774</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>9,107</p></td><td><p>83.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>10,935</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>10,069</p></td><td><p>85.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>11,818</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>10,123</p></td><td><p>83.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>12,130</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>RELIGIOUS HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>566</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>80.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>593</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>77.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>399</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>463</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>550</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>665</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>HOMOPHOBIC &amp; TRANSPHOBIC HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS (1)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>1,034</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,281</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>951</p></td><td><p>78.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,208</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>885</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,096</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>913</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,132</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>81.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,277</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) A separate flag for Transphobic crime was introduced in December 2012 following the amendment to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.</p><p> </p><p><strong>DISABILITY HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>579</p></td><td><p>79.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>726</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>77.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>621</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>494</p></td><td><p>77.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>640</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>81.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>574</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p>75.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>666</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 06/06/2016 14:22:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

513931

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of cases in each year since 2010 is delayed as a result of CPS files not being handed over to the defence in time before the start of proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	34591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain centrally held data on the number of cases delayed as a result of CPS files not being handed over to the defence in time before the start of proceedings. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The CPS is however committed to reducing unnecessary delays in the magistrates’ court, together with other CJS partners, through the Transforming Summary Justice initiative (TSJ). One of the principles of TSJ is to implement a more effective disclosure process to ensure the streamlining of disclosure to defence practitioners for first hearings.</p><p>The Better Case Management process (BCM) and the CPS Crown Court Strategy, which interlink with TSJ, also ensure that in cases destined for the Crown Court there is greater focus on Crown Court file build at the very outset to provide sufficient evidential material for the first hearing.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/04/2016 14:44:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

513933

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
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, how many fraud prosecutions were carried out in each CPS business area in England and Wales in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	34646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the numbers of defendants and the outcome of prosecution proceedings, divided into twelve Principal Offence Categories, including ‘Fraud and Forgery’. The numbers of defendants prosecuted under this category are provided in the accompanying attachment.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/04/2016 14:51:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name 34646 - Karl Turner (attachment).xlsx title 34646 - CPS Fraud and Forgery Prosecutions
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

509953

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of alleged (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence where the alleged offence took place in the UK were prosecuted by the Services Prosecuting Authority in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	33351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Figures for all prosecutions by the Services Prosecuting Authority of Rape, Sexual Assault &amp; Domestic violence covering the period 2013 to 2015 where the alleged offence took place in the UK are contained in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Rape Prosecutions</p></td><td><p>Sexual Assault Prosecutions</p></td><td><p>Domestic Violence Prosecutions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6 (1 case yet to go to trial)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/04/2016 13:43:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

509955

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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 prosecutions were commenced by the Serious Fraud Office in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	33372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of individuals or bodies corporate against whom the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) instituted proceedings in each year but does not include persons outside the jurisdiction, for whom the court has issued a warrant of arrest under section 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 but in respect of whom no written charge or summons has been issued.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The SFO started two related sets of proceedings against Alstom Network UK. One in 2014, the other in 2015. Only the first set of proceedings is included in the table above.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/04/2016 12:28:00 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

509956

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of alleged (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence where the alleged offending took place in the UK were referred to the Services Prosecuting Authority for a charging decision in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	33373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Figures for all referrals received by the Service Prosecuting Authority of Rape, Sexual Assault &amp; Domestic violence covering the period 2013 to 2015 where the alleged offence took place in the UK.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Rape referral received</p></td><td><p>Sexual assault referral received</p></td><td><p>Domestic violence referral received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/04/2016 13:42:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner