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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