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855491

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the implications of the outcome of the Gary Haggarty case for the prosecution service in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	130798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Responsibility for the Prosecution Service in Northern Ireland is a matter for the Department of Justice NI.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/03/2018 15:14:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

855626

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	130933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service currently employs 183 apprentices, which equates to 3.3% of the workforce. As at 28 February 2018 the Government Legal Department had 19 apprentices representing 0.84% of the workforce. Whilst the SFO currently does not have any apprentices it does remain committed to offering apprenticeships as a means of bringing through talent and has been employing apprentices since 2011/12. There are currently no apprentices in either the Attorney General’s Office or Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/03/2018 16:00:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

853247

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the CPS has taken as a result of the BBC Panorama programme, Undercover: Britain's Immigration Secrets of 4 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	130696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Sussex Police have sought early investigative advice from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), South East Area, in respect of possible criminal offences. The CPS has received some documentation and had a meeting with the officer in charge of the investigation in February 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The police investigation is still ongoing and CPS will only be in a position to provide advice regarding charging or otherwise once all the papers are received.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/03/2018 16:06:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

850728

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Newcastle upon Tyne
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether his Department plans to implement any of the recommendations of the report, Joint Serious Case Review Concerning Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adults with Needs for Care and Support in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, published by the Newcastle Safeguarding Children Board and Newcastle Safeguarding Adults Board.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	129969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>On 23 February 2018, Newcastle Safeguarding Children Board and Newcastle Safeguarding Adults Board published their joint serious case review (SCR) for Operation Sanctuary.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, CPS North East is working closely with Newcastle Crown Court and other partners within the Criminal Justice System to improve the experience of victims and witnesses when attending court and to ensure that the commitments to witness care set out in the Victim’s Code and the Witness Charter are properly delivered.</p><p> </p><p>Child sexual exploitation is abhorrent and the crimes perpetrated in Newcastle have had a devastating impact on the lives of the victims. The Government acknowledges the seriousness of the issues raised in this serious case review and is committed to improving the national response to tackling sexual exploitation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the Government has already taken significant action to tackle this issue. In February 2017, the Government published its Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation: Progress Report and announced a £40m package of measures to protect children and young people from sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking, and to crack down on offenders. This included £7.5m for a new, ground-breaking Centre of Expertise that will identify, generate, and share high quality evidence of what works to prevent and tackle child sexual abuse and exploitation. The recommendations of the review cover a wide range of issues, which we will consider carefully in the context of this existing programme of work.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/03/2018 16:49:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 44759 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

850819

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many proven fraudulent personal injury claims were made by (a) horse-riders, (b) pedestrians, (c) cyclists and (d) other vulnerable road users in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	130047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions for personal injury insurance frauds. Nor is any record held to show if defendants were purporting to have sustained an injury on a road when making a fraudulent claim. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/03/2018 11:03:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

850820

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions there have been for personal injury insurance fraud in the UK court system in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	130048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions for personal injury insurance frauds. Nor is any record held to show if defendants were purporting to have sustained an injury on a road when making a fraudulent claim. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/03/2018 11:03:52 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

850229

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much funding his Department allocated to the Serious Fraud Office in each year since 2016; and how many staff the Serious Fraud Office employed in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	129797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Details of funding and staffing for the Serious Fraud Office covering the years 2015-16 and 2016-17 can be found in the respective SFO Annual Report and Accounts. These are laid before the House each year and deposited in the Library of the House. These can also be accessed online at: <a href="http://www.sfo.gov.uk/publications/corporate-information/annual-reports-accounts/" target="_blank">www.sfo.gov.uk/publications/corporate-information/annual-reports-accounts/</a>. Details for financial year 2017-2018 are due to published later this year once the 2017-18 Annual Report and Accounts have been prepared and then audited by the National Audit Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 12/03/2018 16:43:27 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

850230

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will publish (a) the amount of money he has allocated to and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by CPS Proceeds of Crime in each year since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	129798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) has allocated £9,536,522 to its central Proceeds of Crime Unit in 2016/17. This does not include work carried out in CPS Areas. An average 127.7 full time equivalent staff were in post in the Proceeds of Crime Unit during 2016/17</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 12/03/2018 16:43:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

850232

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many referrals the Crown Prosecution Service has received from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation on the breach of financial sanctions in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	129800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not get direct referrals from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 12/03/2018 16:43:46 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

850273

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Business Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	129841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Applications by former Ministers are considered by the independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments directly.</p><p> </p><p>For applications from former Civil Servants: Departmental Audit and Risk Committees, which are chaired by Departmental Non Executive Directors, will monitor compliance issues relating to the Business Appointment Rules.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 12/03/2018 16:19:45 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett