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686930

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62528,what the number of security passes issued by his Department to people not employed by his Department is; what business needs suffice for such a security pass to be granted; and what the number of passes issued to people who work for private companies which have currently or previously been awarded government contracts or which are bidding for such contracts is.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	63757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The number of security passes issued to people not directly employed by the Law Officer’s Departments and who are not civil servants are shown in the table below. A breakdown of the staff and nature of work has been provided. Individual departments are responsible for managing access to their sites.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Law Officer’s Department </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Security Passes Held by Non-Staff </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Type of Staff and Nature of Work. </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office </strong></p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>Legal counsel, specialist contractors or secondees working on SFO casework: 210 Technology support or cleaning services: 22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Government Legal Department and HMCPSI </strong></p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>Medical Research Council : 272 London Continental Railways: 56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service</strong></p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>Facilities staff (building maintenance, cleaning, security): 40 IT contractors: 37 Records management contractors: 3 Confidential waste contractors: 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Attorney General's Office </strong></p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>Advocate General, Legal Secretary &amp; Head of Advisory: 3 Ministerial Drivers: 2 Maintenance, cleaning and security: 10</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/02/2017 12:31:04 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

686043

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Phil Shiner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the CPS has made an assessment of the potential grounds for prosecuting Phil Shiner for the false allegations he made against members of the Armed Forces; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	63373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is not an investigative agency and has no power to investigate allegations of crime. The CPS will review any cases referred to it by the police or other investigators 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>Any criminal allegations would need to be reported to the relevant police force to investigate in the first instance.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/02/2017 11:09:03 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

686045

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Government's consultation on sentences for dangerous driving.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	63425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p>The Law Officers have regular discussions with ministerial colleagues and are sighted on a number of Government consultations where necessary. The consultation on sentences for dangerous driving closed on 1 February and the Law Officers will continue to be engaged in the development of the Government response.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/02/2017 11:10:47 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

684009

registered interest
date	03/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the total pay bill was for (a) male and (b) female employees in the Law Officers' Departments in 2015-16; and what the per capita spend from that pay bill for each man and woman was in that year.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	63063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Total paybill for men and women in 2015/16 for the Law Officer’s Departments is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Men</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Women</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Attorney General’s Office (AGO)</strong></p></td><td><p>£886,880</p></td><td><p>£915,959</p></td><td><p>£1,802,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Government Legal Department (GLD)</strong></p></td><td><p>£34,495,709</p></td><td><p>£47,247,217</p></td><td><p>£81,742,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) </strong></p></td><td><p>£901,144</p></td><td><p>£663,854</p></td><td><p>£1,564,998</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) </strong></p></td><td><p>£93,856,000</p></td><td><p>£151,612,000</p></td><td><p>£245,468,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office (SFO)</strong></p></td><td><p>£9,770,000</p></td><td><p>£7,163,000</p></td><td><p>£16,933,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The per capita spend for each man and woman is as follows, based on the total full-time equivalent number of men and women averaged out over the year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Men</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Women</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p>£58,463</p></td><td><p>£46,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p>£51,222</p></td><td><p>£46,316</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p>£61,302</p></td><td><p>£40,504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td><td><p>£41,200</p></td><td><p>£35,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SFO </strong></p></td><td><p>£44,008</p></td><td><p>£39,578</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Pay bill figures for men and women in each department can vary significantly based on representation at different grades and how many staff in the department are in full or part time work. A more meaningful way of considering existing pay disparities amongst men and women would be to look at each department’s gender pay gap. The Civil Service has been publishing mean and median gender pay gaps for each department since 2008 as part of the annual release of <em>Civil Service Statistics</em> by the Office for National Statistics. The latest gender pay gap data (published in October earlier this year) can be found on the Office for National Statistics website.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/02/2017 11:14:48 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

679668

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) level of earnings is of the (i) highest and (ii) lowest-paid employee and (b) median earnings are of employees of the Law Officers' Departments and arms-length bodies.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	62059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publish annually the highest and median salary for each Civil Service organization as part of the Civil Service Statistics. This information can be found on the Office for National Statistics website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/medianpayannexb" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/medianpayannexb</a></p><p> </p><p>Earning levels for the lowest paid employee are not publically available.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 02/02/2017 15:53:59 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

678696

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Plea Bargaining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what information his Department holds on the number of plea bargains offered to defendants in England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	61736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>All decisions by the prosecution are made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors which sets out a Full Code Test that applies at all stages of any prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the principles set out in the Code, a prosecutor considering a plea offered by the defence will have regard to the Attorney General's Guidelines on the Acceptance of Pleas and the Prosecutor's Role in the Sentencing Exercise [2009] and the Attorney General’s Guidelines on Plea Discussions in cases of serious or complex fraud (where appropriate).</p><p> </p><p>The Full Code Test states that a prosecution will only proceed if the prosecutor finds sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest. As such a prosecutor will assess the acceptability of a plea to determine whether it accords with the broad extent of the criminality that met the evidential stage of the Full Code test.</p><p> </p><p>If this stage is met the prosecutor will further consider whether it is in the public interest to accept the plea. In addition the prosecutor will ensure that the basis of a guilty plea is not based on a misleading or untrue set of facts and that proper account is taken of the victim's interests prior to any plea being accepted. The Code is clear that prosecutors should only accept such pleas if the court is able to pass a sentence that matches the seriousness of the offending.</p><p> </p><p>Neither the Crown Prosecution Service nor the Serious Fraud Office maintain a central record of cases involving the acceptance of a guilty plea to some or alternative charges, or whether they were accepted on a particular basis. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS or SFO case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 15/02/2017 16:34:52 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

675426

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many senior civil servants in the Law Officers' Departments were on a leave of absence from work due to mental illness in each month of each year since the Departments' creation.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	60793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong>There were no members of the Senior Civil Service in the Attorney General’s Office, Serious Fraud Office, Crown Prosecution Service or Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate who had sickness absence due to mental health issues in the last 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>In the last 5 years, less than 5 members of the Senior Civil Service in the Government Legal Department had sickness absence due to mental health issues.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Law Officer’s Departments are committed to reducing work related absence due to mental illness and has a number of services in place to support members of staff suffering from such conditions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>* Data has been drawn over the past full five financial years to provide an accurate historical response. To retrieve data from the creation of each department would represent a disproportionate cost.</p><p>** Data is based on the WHO absence reason of 'Mental Disorder' which according to the WHO website covers the following; Anxiety, Stress, Affective Psychoses, Alcoholism, Depressive Disorder, Emotional Upset, Mental Disorder, Personality Disorder, Schizophrenia, Work Related Stress.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 27/01/2017 09:25:57 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

675427

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many officials of his Department are working full-time on preparations for the UK leaving the EU; and what proportion of his Department's staff that number represents.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	60886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD) has 35 officials in its Division advising the Department for Exiting the European Union. These officials are working on preparations for the UK to leave the EU and on legal issues arising from the existing EU relationship. GLD officials are also advising other Departments on preparations for the UK leaving the EU. It is not possible to give a precise figure for the number of officials working on this full-time across GLD as the number will fluctuate from time to time.</p><p> </p><p>GLD has 1980 members of staff (excluding those on career breaks and inward loans to GLD) and the Department for Exiting the European Union Legal Advisers Division represents 1.77% of that total.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 27/01/2017 16:19:51 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

662784

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Credit Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Law Officers' Departments permits its employees to join a credit union through payroll deductions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	58444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>I can confirm my department does have a facility that allows staff to join a credit union through payroll deductions.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/01/2017 11:51:28 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

662785

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Private Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many private prosecutions were taken over by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many such prosecutions (a) stopped before trial and (b) proceeded to a verdict.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Garnier
uin	58584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of private prosecutions taken over by the CPS and (a) stopped before trial and (b) proceeded to a verdict. To identify the number would require a manual exercise to review individual files which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The specification of the new Common Platform includes a requirement to enable the monitoring of categories such as this.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 11/01/2017 15:29:40 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	337 label Biography information for Lord Garnier