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1236036

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to CPS data summary Quarter 4 2019-2020, what recent assessment he has made of the reasons for the decline in rape prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	92683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2020 answer text <p>Over the last financial year 2019-20 the charging rate increased by over 10% and there was a 6.2% rise in the volume of rape cases proceeding to prosecution following a decision to charge. Although this is a promising trend which the CPS is seeking to maintain, there is clearly more to be done.</p><p>The reasons behind the recent declines in prosecutions are complex and a whole system approach is necessary to address them. There is ongoing work to improve the handling of these sensitive cases and narrow the disparity between offences reported and cases going to court.</p><p> </p><p>In July the CPS published its own rape strategy, the first of its kind for any department. There is also an ongoing cross-Government review of the criminal justice response to rape. This is examining evidence across the system about the causes of the falls in outcomes for rape and identifying solutions to reverse the trend. The CPS is actively engaged in this review and will address any issues raised honestly and openly.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 28/09/2020 08:31:53 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1234953

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much compensation has been paid by the Crown Prosecution Service to victims of group-based child sexual exploitation due to a failure to prosecute their attackers in each of the last five years; and how many such cases there have been.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>There have been no cases where compensation has been paid by the Crown Prosecution Service to victims of group-based child sexual exploitation due to a failure to prosecute their attackers in the last five years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 29/09/2020 15:13:00 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1235144

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	United Kingdom Internal Market Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether officials in his Department sought a Ministerial Direction in relation to any aspect of the Internal Market Bill.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	91095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>There has been no Ministerial Direction requested.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 21/09/2020 16:19:45 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1234601

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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, how many sentences imposed for causing death by dangerous driving his Department has considered under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in each of the last two years; on how many occasions in each of the last two years he has referred such sentences to the Court of Appeal; and how many of those sentences have been extended by the Court of Appeal as the original sentence imposed fell outside the range of sentences that could reasonably have been imposed in the circumstances of the case.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	90144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>In 2018 – 29 sentences for causing death by dangerous driving were referred to the Attorney General’s Office. Of those 4 were referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme. 2 sentences were found to be unduly lenient and the sentences were increased. 2 were found NOT to be unduly lenient and the sentences remained the same.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 – 43 sentences for causing death by dangerous driving were referred to the Attorney General’s Office. Of those 2 were referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme. Both sentences were found to be unduly lenient and the sentences were increased.</p><p> </p><p>To date, in 2020 – 18 sentences for causing death by dangerous driving have been referred to the Attorney General’s Office. Of those 3 have been referred to the Court of Appeal, 1 was found to be unduly lenient and the sentence was increased, 1 was found NOT to be unduly lenient and the sentence remained the same, and 1 sentence is yet to be considered by the Court of Appeal.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/09/2020 09:39:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1232854

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	International Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 8 September 2020, Official Report, column 509, on how many occasions since May 2010 the Government has brought forward legislative proposals giving powers to Ministers to breach international law.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	87561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>Parliament is sovereign as a matter of domestic law and can pass legislation, even if such legislation is in breach of the UK’s treaty obligations. From time to time tensions arise between our international obligations and domestic legislation. In 2012, The House of Lords Reform Bill 2012-13 was brought forward with the statement that the Deputy Prime Minister at the time was ‘unable to make a statement of compatibility under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998’ which reflects the UK’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (this Bill was later withdrawn for other reasons). Whilst pre-dating 2010, a further example from 2002 was when the then Government introduced the Communications Bill with a section 19(1)(b) certificate under the Human Rights Act 1998 (ie that whilst the Minster is unable to make a statement of compatibility the government nevertheless wishes to proceed with the Bill) because it was perceived that clause 309 of that Bill could be considered to violate our international obligations under article 10 of the ECHR. The current legislative proposal, if enacted, would deliver the wider objectives of the Protocol, which is to protect peace in NI and the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 14/09/2020 17:47:29 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1232954

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many members of staff in their Department have one or more of the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race in their job title.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	87658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2020 answer text <p>No job titles in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD), and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) include the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) employs 6260 members of staff and 21 members of staff within the Department have one or more of the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race in their job title.</p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has no staff with these words in their job titles, however, one of the SFO’s Strategic Objectives is to build an effective and inclusive workforce, treating their staff fairly and with respect and dignity. There are also a large number of people in the organisation engaged on improving equality, diversity and inclusion across the office.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/09/2020 13:39:32 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1233151

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 8 September that provisions of the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill do "break international law in a very specific and limited way” (HC Deb, col 509), whether that statement reflects their position; and if so, what assessment they have made of the impact of such an approach on international relations.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL7999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The government’s legal position on the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill and Northern Ireland Protocol was set out in a statement published on 10 September, and remains unchanged. That statement makes clear that clauses 42 and 43 of the Bill may be exercised in a way which is incompatible with the provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement, and that the ‘notwithstanding provision’ in clause 45 partially disapplies Article 4 of the Withdrawal Agreement, regardless of whether any regulations made under clause 42 or 43 of the Bill are in fact compatible with the Withdrawal Agreement. The statement of 10 September also makes clear that it is an established principle of international law that a State is obliged to discharge its treaty obligations in good faith, and that this is, and will remain, the key principle in informing the UK’s approach to international relations. However, in the difficult and highly exceptional circumstances in which we find ourselves it is important to remember the fundamental principle of Parliamentary sovereignty.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 23/09/2020 12:09:32 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1230657

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Personnel Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department's human resources section in April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	84194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent HR staff at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for April 2020:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO*</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD</p></td><td><p>67.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI*</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS</p></td><td><p>134.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFO</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>*These staff also perform other non-HR duties in their roles.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/09/2020 11:15:13 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

1228799

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Trespass: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what is the prosecution rate is for trespass committed in (a) Sussex and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffith
uin	82648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The CPS does not maintain a central record of prosecutions which involved trespass. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Trespass is not of itself a criminal offence. However, there are some offences in which trespass is an essential element. The tables below set out the most common examples of such offences, where a prosecution commenced in the Sussex Police Force Area and in England, during each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>Offences recorded in the CPS Case Management Information System are those which reached a hearing. There is no indication of the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It may be the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.</p><p><strong>TABLE (A) SUSSEX POLICE FORCE AREA</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 61(4) }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a police direction to leave land</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 62B }</p></td><td><p>Failure to comply with a direction under s62A to leave land: alternative site available</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 63 }</p></td><td><p>Failure to comply with a direction to leave land: attending or preparing for a rave</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 65 }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction not to proceed to a rave</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 68 }</p></td><td><p>Aggravated trespass</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 69 }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction: aggravated trespass</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 76 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing during the currency of an interim possession order (“IPO”)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 6 }</p></td><td><p>Violence to secure entry</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 7 }</p></td><td><p>Adverse occupation of residential premises.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 8 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing with a weapon of offence</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 9 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing on premises of a foreign mission</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms Act 1968 { 20(1) of and Schedule 6 }</p></td><td><p>Trespass in a building with a firearm or imitation firearm</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms Act 1968 { 20(2) of and Schedule 6 }</p></td><td><p>Trespass on land with a firearm</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Act 1986 { 14B(3) and (7) }</p></td><td><p>Inciting another knowingly to take part in a prohibited assembly</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Act 1986 { 14C(3) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction: trespassory assembly.</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment Act 2012 { 144(1) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Squatting in residential premises.</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>TABLE (B) ENGLAND </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> <strong> </strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 61(4) }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a police direction to leave land</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 62B }</p></td><td><p>Failure to comply with a direction under s62A to leave land: alternative site available</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 63 }</p></td><td><p>Failure to comply with a direction to leave land: attending or preparing for a rave</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 65 }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction not to proceed to a rave</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 68 }</p></td><td><p>Aggravated trespass</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 69 }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction: aggravated trespass</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 { 76 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing during the currency of an interim possession order (“IPO”)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 6 }</p></td><td><p>Violence to secure entry</p></td><td><p>1,413</p></td><td><p>1,271</p></td><td><p>1,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 7 }</p></td><td><p>Adverse occupation of residential premises.</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 8 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing with a weapon of offence</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Law Act 1977 { 9 }</p></td><td><p>Trespassing on premises of a foreign mission</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms Act 1968 { 20(1) of and Schedule 6 }</p></td><td><p>Trespass in a building with a firearm or imitation firearm</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Firearms Act 1968 { 20(2) of and Schedule 6 }</p></td><td><p>Trespass on land with a firearm</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Act 1986 { 14B(3) and (7) }</p></td><td><p>Inciting another knowingly to take part in a prohibited assembly</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Act 1986 { 14C(3) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a direction: trespassory assembly.</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment Act 2012 { 144(1) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>Squatting in residential premises.</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/09/2020 09:00:32 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith

1227862

registered interest
date	23/07/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Forced Marriage: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions were initiated in relation to forced marriage in (1) 2014, (2) 2015, (3) 2016, (4) 2017, (5) 2018, and (5) 2019; and how many such prosecutions were successful in each year.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL7247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>From 2014 to date, CPS data for the number of cases prosecuted and the outcomes is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-Convictions</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>44</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Between 2014 – 15 and 2017 – 18, this data included cases that included the forced marriage flag on the CPS’s case management system as well as cases charged as forced marriage. In 2018 – 19, the CPS conducted quality assurance checks on the guidance for applying the forced marriage flag. The data for that year does not include flagged cases but only cases charged as a forced marriage offence. The most recent data (2019 – 20) includes flagged cases but reflects the updated guidance on applying the flag which has resulted in improved accuracy.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 03/08/2020 13:26:48 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans