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832922

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Forensic Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will make an estimate of the number of cases that have collapsed before going to trial due to private forensic firms having been found not to have followed correct procedures as referred to in the 2017 Annual Report of the Forensic Science Regulator, published in January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	125238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of cases that have collapsed before going to trial due to the failure of private forensic firms to follow the correct procedures.</p><p>The CPS continues to work with the Home Office, police and the office of the Forensic Science Regulator to assess the impact of issues relating to Randox Testing Services, on completed and ongoing cases, to ensure that appropriate action is taken.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/02/2018 09:10:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

830472

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Slavery: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions under the Modern Slavery Act in 2017 were for cases involving victims under 18.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
uin	125038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 on its Case Management Information System. These data may be further disaggregated by the child abuse case monitoring flag. The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>During the most recently available year, the number of Modern Slavery Act offences flagged as child abuse, is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong> 2016-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Child Abuse Flagged Offences</p></td><td><p>Total Offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 1(1)(a) and 5(1) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 1(1)(b) and 5(1) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 2(1) and 5(1) }</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 4 and 5(2) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 4 and 5(3) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/02/2018 13:16:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

830006

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether experience is a criterion for appointment to the role of Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest West
tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
uin	124728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The role of the Director of Public Prosecutions is appointed by the Attorney General. When making the appointment a range of qualifications may be deemed suitable. A minimum of 10 years call or post qualified experience as either a barrister or solicitor is a statutory minimum requirement and the post holder is likely to have had significant criminal litigation practice.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/02/2018 08:38:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

830081

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, who the the lead non-executive director and other non-executive director board members are in the Law Officers' Departments.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	124778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The non-executive Board members for:</p><ul><li><p>the CPS are: Jeremy Newman, Monica Burch, Alison Porter, Mark Hammond</p></li><li><p>the SFO are: Simon Duckworth OBE DL, Tony Osbladiston and Ruth Evans</p></li><li><p>GLD are: Jeremy Newman, Oonagh Harpur and Jenny Rowe, who is an Independent External member of GLD’s Audit &amp; Risk Committee and does not sit on the Board.</p></li></ul><p>There is no lead member in any of these instances.</p><p>The AGO and HMCPSI have no non-executive directors.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 29/01/2018 17:39:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

830120

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fireworks: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been prosecuted for setting off fireworks after curfew hours in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	124804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Regulation 7 of the Fireworks Regulations 2004 prohibits the use of certain fireworks at night other than on a permitted fireworks night or by a person employed by a local authority putting on a fireworks display, national public celebration or a national commemorative event. The Regulation defines ‘night hours’ as 11pm – 7am. All such offences are initially prosecuted by the police under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) Order 1999. The CPS only prosecutes cases where the offence is contested or where the proceedings include more serious non-specified offences.</p><p> </p><p>Records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) identify the number of contested offences in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing in magistrates’ courts, rather than the number of successful prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>During the last two years the number of these offences, prosecuted by the CPS, was as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fireworks Regulations 2004 and section 11(1) and (4) of the Fireworks Act 2003 { 7 }</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalization.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/02/2018 15:13:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

828167

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases reviews have led to a reversal of a decision by the CPS in each year since the introduction of the Victims' Right to Review Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	124127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Victim’s Right to Review Scheme (VRR) was launched by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in June 2013. The right to request a review of a CPS decision arises where decisions are made not to bring proceedings (i.e. at the pre-charge stage); to discontinue or withdraw the case ending all proceedings involving the victim; to offer no evidence in all proceedings relating to the victim; or asks the court to leave all charges in all proceedings to lie on file. These are defined as qualifying decisions. If an appeal is upheld it may be possible to bring proceedings against a suspect if the original decision is found, on review, to be wrong.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the volume and proportion of VRR appeals and the number upheld during each of the last four years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>Qualifying Decisions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total VRR Appeals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Qualifying Decisions Appealed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Upheld Appeals (Decision Reversed)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>106,262</p></td><td><p>1,258</p></td><td><p>1.18%</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>129,230</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td><td><p>1.35%</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>118,600</p></td><td><p>1,809</p></td><td><p>1.53%</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>103,113</p></td><td><p>1,988</p></td><td><p>1.93%</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Data Source: CPS VRR Tracker</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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 29/01/2018 17:39:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

828168

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, in what proportion of qualifying cases a review was sought under the Victims' Right to Review Scheme in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	124128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Victim’s Right to Review Scheme (VRR) was launched by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in June 2013. The right to request a review of a CPS decision arises where decisions are made not to bring proceedings (i.e. at the pre-charge stage); to discontinue or withdraw the case ending all proceedings involving the victim; to offer no evidence in all proceedings relating to the victim; or asks the court to leave all charges in all proceedings to lie on file. These are defined as qualifying decisions. If an appeal is upheld it may be possible to bring proceedings against a suspect if the original decision is found, on review, to be wrong.</p><p>The table below shows the volume and proportion of VRR appeals and the number upheld during each of the last four years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>Qualifying Decisions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total VRR Appeals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Qualifying Decisions Appealed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Upheld Appeals (Decision Reversed)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>106,262</p></td><td><p>1,258</p></td><td><p>1.18%</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>129,230</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td><td><p>1.35%</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>118,600</p></td><td><p>1,809</p></td><td><p>1.53%</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>103,113</p></td><td><p>1,988</p></td><td><p>1.93%</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Data Source: CPS VRR Tracker</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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 29/01/2018 17:38:46 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

824730

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many contracts his Department holds with government strategic suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	123531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD)<ins class="ministerial"> holds contracts with eight Government strategic suppliers</ins> and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hold six contracts <del class="ministerial">each</del> with Government strategic suppliers.</p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) holds three contracts with Government strategic suppliers.</p><p>HMCPSI holds two contracts with Government strategic suppliers; and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) holds <del class="ministerial">one</del> contract<ins class="ministerial">s with three suppliers</ins>.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/02/2018 17:39:32 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2018 14:34:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 38874 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

823376

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Beverage Containers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate has been made of the number of hot drink cups that are (a) used each year and (b) sent for recycling by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	122859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not keep records of the use or recycling of hot drinks cups. However, during 2016/17, the CPS recycled or reused 94% of its total waste.</p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) provides recyclable paper cups for the use of visitors and interviewees only. Approximately 2,000 of these are purchased each year. Staff are encouraged to recycle all paper waste, but records are not maintained on the number of cups that are actually recycled.</p><p>The Government Legal Department (GLD) currently makes no estimation of the number of cups used annually; however, none of the GLD’s waste goes to landfill.</p><p>The hot drink cups provided by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and HMCPSI for use by staff and visitors are ceramic and therefore reused rather than recycled.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 31/01/2018 11:22:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

823052

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many sentences have been successfully appealed under the Unduly Lenient Sentences Scheme in each year for which statistics are available.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	122735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of sentences that have been successfully appealed during the last six years are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO contacted</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>498</p></td><td><p>676</p></td><td><p>713</p></td><td><p>837</p></td><td><p>943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Referred to Court of Appeal (CA)</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>173*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentence increased by CA</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>116</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* This includes 25 sentences passed in 2017 which have been referred to the Court of Appeal, but which it has not yet considered.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 29/01/2018 12:44:01 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson