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1694531

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date	07/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Government Departments: Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what guidance she has provided to Cabinet colleagues on when to publish (a) full and (b) summaries of legal advice.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	17531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Departments are responsible for procuring their own legal advice and may decide when and how to disclose that advice outside Government. However, advice provided by the Law Officers is subject to the Law Officers’ Convention and may not be disclosed outside Government without the Law Officers’ consent. This is a longstanding principle of Cabinet collective agreement.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2024 10:38:37 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1694549

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Ministers: Defamation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions the Law Officers have been informed that ministers in other Government departments are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official position and (c) both since 19 December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	17537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>I cannot answer your question as to do so would be in breach of the Law Officers’ Convention.</p><p>Paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code clearly states that the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 12/03/2024 17:39:23 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1694550

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether any costs were incurred by the Government Legal Department in relation to the libel action pursued by Professor Kate Sang against the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, following her letter of 23 October 2023 to UK Research and Innovation on that organisation's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion board.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	17538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>In line with normal Government Legal Department charging arrangements, any costs in relation to this matter have been or will be borne by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2024 10:48:50 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1694142

registered interest
date	06/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Fraud and Maladministration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate she has made of the amount of money lost to fraud and error by her Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	17321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>There have been no incidents of money lost to fraud and error by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in each of the last three financial years.</p><p>Information relating to detected fraud and error for the AGO is published in the HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor Annual Reports and Accounts (HMPGTS Accounts). The HMPGTS Accounts for the financial years 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 are available on GOV.UK at the following links: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gld-ago-and-hmcpsi-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">2020-21</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-procurator-general-and-treasury-solicitor-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-22" target="_blank">2021-22</a>, and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-procurator-general-treasury-solicitor-annual-report-2022-23" target="_blank">2022-23</a>. The HMPGTS Accounts contain information relating to the AGO, Government Legal Department, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</p><p>The Government is proud of its record in proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system. We have established the dedicated Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA). In its first year, it delivered £311 million in audited counter fraud benefits.</p><p>The PSFA produces a Fraud Landscape Report which is available on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022" target="_blank">Cross-Government Fraud Landscape Annual Report 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. This provides data on fraud and error detection, loss and recoveries in central government, outside of the tax and welfare system. The 2020-21 Report was published in March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2024 10:32:45 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1693767

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: WhatsApp
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what guidance her Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	17063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>All departments in central government, including arms lengths bodies apply the published guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business" target="_blank">Using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for government business</a> published by Cabinet Office in March 2023. It applies to all individuals in central government (ministers, special advisers, officials, contractors, non-executive board members and independent experts advising ministers). The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) uses the central guidance and has applied it since March 2023.</p><p>Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by myself and the Attorney General (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Government Legal Department, and Serious Fraud Office).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2024 10:43:59 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith