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1146650

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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, how many cases have been prosecuted by the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	291351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The SFO exists to tackle the most serious and complex cases of fraud, bribery and corruption. The SFO’s remit is to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute those cases that fall within this remit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please find a breakdown of Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecutions by case in each financial year:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Cases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Please note we interpret the prosecution of an SFO case to begin from the date of the first charge brought against an individual or organisation in a case. More information about our cases is available online at <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/our-cases/" target="_blank">https://www.sfo.gov.uk/our-cases/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:43:54 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1145730

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	Crown Prosecution Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the additional funding for the Crown Prosecution Service announced in August 2019, what criteria he will use to decide how to distribute that funding across that Service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The CPS will face additional demand, following the Government’s investment in 20,000 additional police officers, and the process changes required to improve performance on statutory disclosure obligations. As always the CPS will distribute funding to ensure it has the right levels of resource with the right skills and in the right geographical locations to handle future caseload volumes.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:54:59 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1145959

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	Prorogation: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much was spent by the UK Government in undertaking legal action in the (a) Cherry and others (Respondents) v Advocate General for Scotland (Appellant) (Scotland), (b) R (on the application of Miller) (Appellant) v The Prime Minister (Respondent) in the Supreme Court, (c) case number CO/3385/2019 in the High Court, (d) reclaiming motion by Joanna Cherry QC MP and others against the Advocate General in the Outer Court of Scotland and (e) (First) Joanna Cherry QC MP and others for judicial review in the Outer Court of Scotland cases.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	290699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the total costs of the prorogation litigation, which only recently concluded. We expect to know the final figures in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:52:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1146057

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	Prorogation: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the legal cases in relation to the prorogation of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	290577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the total costs of the prorogation litigation, which only recently concluded. We expect to know the final figures in November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/10/2019 11:50:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1145624

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what plans he has for the distribution of the additional funding for the Crown Prosecution Service announced in August 2019.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Spending Round settlement for CPS for 2020-21 included £80m of additional funding.</p><p>This additional funding will enable the CPS to:</p><ul><li><p>Meet the increased demand pressures following the government’s investment in additional police resource</p></li><li><p>Deliver improved performance in meeting statutory disclosure obligations and</p></li><li><p>Fund any recommended changes arising from the current review of Bar fees</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 02/10/2019 14:35:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1145634

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
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, what estimate he has made of the number of people brought to trial for all categories of offences by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants subject to a trial hearing and collates the data collected in financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants subject to a trial hearing during each year from 2010-11 to 2018-19 in the magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Trial Defendants</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Court (CC)</p></td><td><p>19177</p></td><td><p>18710</p></td><td><p>18133</p></td><td><p>16601</p></td><td><p>17356</p></td><td><p>17950</p></td><td><p>17636</p></td><td><p>16005</p></td><td><p>13597</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Magistrates' Court (MC)</p></td><td><p>62281</p></td><td><p>58460</p></td><td><p>53902</p></td><td><p>54200</p></td><td><p>54580</p></td><td><p>60309</p></td><td><p>55598</p></td><td><p>48522</p></td><td><p>42322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>81458</p></td><td><p>77170</p></td><td><p>72035</p></td><td><p>70801</p></td><td><p>71936</p></td><td><p>78259</p></td><td><p>73234</p></td><td><p>64527</p></td><td><p>55919</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 02/10/2019 14:34:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1142166

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effect on the outcome of legal cases of the removal of case progression officers from Crown Prosecution Service magistrates departments.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>With the introduction of the Transforming Summary Justice (TSJ) initiative in May 2015, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) moved to full case ownership with individual lawyers being responsible for each contested case in the magistrates’ court until its conclusion. Case progression managers were removed from magistrates’ courts units, as their responsibilities and functions were now dealt with by the allocated lawyer under the supervision of their legal manager.</p><p> </p><p>Since the introduction of TSJ case outcomes and CPS performance in the magistrates’ court has been maintained or improved.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows magistrates’ courts performance between financial year 2014/15 to 2018/19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Number of hearings per case - Guilty Pleas</p></td><td><p>1.87</p></td><td><p>1.80</p></td><td><p>1.69</p></td><td><p>1.67</p></td><td><p>1.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Number of hearings per case - Contests</p></td><td><p>3.24</p></td><td><p>2.97</p></td><td><p>2.92</p></td><td><p>2.86</p></td><td><p>2.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dropped at third or subs</p></td><td><p>34.1%</p></td><td><p>30.5%</p></td><td><p>29.6%</p></td><td><p>28.4%</p></td><td><p>25.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conviction Rate</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td><td><p>84.7%</p></td><td><p>84.8%</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guilty Plea Rate (excl mixed pleas)</p></td><td><p>75.4%</p></td><td><p>74.8%</p></td><td><p>76.3%</p></td><td><p>76.3%</p></td><td><p>76.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System (14 CPS Areas)</em></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:12:27 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142167

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Oracle Cloud system at the Crown Prosecution Service.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The CPS migrated to an Oracle Cloud system for Finance and Procurement functions on 1 April 2019.</p><p>The system is configured to ensure that it is fully compliant with Government Finance ‘Global Design Principles’ which are based on best practice and it also provides improved data security.</p><p>The Oracle Cloud system went live, as originally planned, on 1 April 2019 and was fully operational from that date. CPS completed their 2018-19 financial year-end on the new system and the resulting financial statements were successfully audited by the NAO.</p><p>The Government Internal Audit Department have been asked to conduct a review of the controls of the new Oracle Cloud system and the NAO have been asked to complete their annual technical audit of the new system at the earliest opportunity. This will provide the CPS with independent third party assurance of the effectiveness of the new system.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:03:55 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142168

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Compassionate Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of paid special leave requests by Crown Prosecution Service staff were granted in each (a) area and (b) directorate in each of the last four quarters.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) granted 1,632 special leave requests in the last four quarters. These are broken down by quarter, Area, and Directorate in the below table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>NUMBER OF APPROVED PAID SPECIAL LEAVE REQUESTS FROM 01/07/2018 - 30/06/2019 BY AREA/DIRECTORATE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>01/07/2018 - 30/09/2018</p></td><td><p>01/10/2018 - 31/12/2018</p></td><td><p>01/01/2019 - 31/03/2019</p></td><td><p>01/04/2019 - 30/06/2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CENTRAL CASEWORK BUS CENTRE</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS DIRECT</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS PROCEEDS OF CRIME</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CYMRU WALES</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST MIDLANDS</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EAST OF ENGLAND</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HQ DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HQ FINANCE</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HQ HR DIRECTORATE</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HQ OPERATIONS</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HQ PRIVATE OFFICE</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE &amp; ORGANISED CRIME</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LONDON NORTH</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LONDON SOUTH</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MERSEY CHESHIRE</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH EAST</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NORTH WEST</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIAL CRIME AND COUNTER TERRORISM</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH EAST</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTH WEST</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIALIST FRAUD</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THAMES AND CHILTERN</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WESSEX</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST MIDLANDS</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>383</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>442</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>367</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Data Source: Trent HR database</em></p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not keep records of Special Leave requests from staff that are declined. As gathering the information would incur disproportionate cost, data to show the proportion of approved requests is not available.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:18:54 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142169

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Personnel Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the consistency of the application of human resources policies and guidance at the Crown Prosecution Service .
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has effective mechanisms in place to ensure that Human Resource policies and guidance are applied consistently. These include:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>direct support and guidance from the Human Resources (HR) function that deploys professionally qualified HR staff across the business to aid line management’s understanding, and application of, policy and guidance;</p></li><li><p>a positive and constructive employee relations framework that enables prompt escalation of issues or concerns over policy application;</p></li><li><p>training and development programmes for all line managers that equips them with the skills for competent people management; and</p></li><li><p>structured and regular development and network sessions for operational HR teams where policies and issues are considered to ensure consistent application across CPS.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:01:52 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts