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1692750

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much funding her Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	16303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) uses advertising to promote vacancies in the Department.</p><p>The table below sets out what, in the last three years, the AGO budgeted for all communication and marketing and what it spent on advertising.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Budget for communication and marketing</p></td><td><p>£26,500.00</p></td><td><p>£35,000.00</p></td><td><p>£40,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend on advertising</p></td><td><p>£714.00</p></td><td><p>£714.00</p></td><td><p>£714.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (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 05/03/2024 11:11:28 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1692396

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Magazine Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much funding her Department (a) allocated for (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	16086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office’s (AGO) paid subscriptions to magazines provide AGO officials with a valuable resource of public discourse on topics relevant to the Department.</p><p>The AGO’s allocated budget and spend on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years is set out in the table below.</p><p>Please note that figures for the allocated budget include magazine and other subscriptions (e.g., newspapers and online journals), whereas spend is for magazine subscriptions only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allocated budget</p></td><td><p>£8,000.00</p></td><td><p>£8,000.00</p></td><td><p>£8,000.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend on magazine subscriptions</p></td><td><p>£152.50</p></td><td><p>£145.00</p></td><td><p>£145.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (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 04/03/2024 15:38:50 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1692046

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what subscriptions to (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) online journals her Department has paid for in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	15857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office’s (AGO) paid subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, and online journals provide AGO officials with a valuable resource of public discourse on topics relevant to the Department.</p><p>The AGO’s paid subscriptions for the last three financial years are set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newspapers</p></td><td><p>Financial Times; Telegraph</p></td><td><p>Financial Times; Telegraph</p></td><td><p>Financial Times; Sunday Times; Telegraph</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Magazines</p></td><td><p>Critic Magazine; Counsel Magazine</p></td><td><p>Counsel Magazine</p></td><td><p>Counsel Magazine</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Online journals</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>Thomson Reuters; Joshua Rozenberg</p></td><td><p>Thomson Reuters; Joshua Rozenberg</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note that I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (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 04/03/2024 15:30:44 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1692088

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	15901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy for the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is managed by the Government Legal Department (GLD). The GLD also manages the apprenticeship levy for HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI). These apprenticeship levies are combined into one pot and it is not possible to isolate them by department. However, it is possible to isolate the levy fees spent by the AGO to support its apprentices.</p><p>Between 01 September 2021 and 31 August 2023, the apprenticeship levy fees paid for the AGO, GLD, and HMCPSI were £1,380,581. This includes the 10% government top up.</p><p>During the same period, the AGO spent £30,173 to support AGO apprentices.</p><p>Please note that, except for the references to the GLD and HMCPSI above, I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by the Attorney General and I (the Crown Prosecution Service, HMCPSI, GLD, and Serious Fraud Office).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 04/03/2024 16:19:40 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1691672

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of digital posts in her Department are vacant.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	15608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) does not have any Digital and Data (DDaT) posts.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the AGO’s shared IT service provider. The total number of vacant DDaT posts in the CPS is 32, 10.5% of DDaT posts in the CPS.</p><p>As part of the <em>2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data</em>, all government departments made a commitment to reduce their digital and data vacancies to under 10% of total Government Digital and Data headcount by 2025. Overall good progress has been made, with total vacancies now at 15%.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 29/02/2024 16:52:00 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1691326

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much funding her Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on software updates to legacy computer systems in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	15425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is responsible for the provision and management of up-to-date IT infrastructure and applications for the Attorney General’s Office (AGO).</p><p>The CPS does not currently maintain any legacy IT infrastructure on behalf of the AGO.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 27/02/2024 15:34:32 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1690842

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Humphrey Burke
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will (a) review the sentence in the case of Humphrey Burke and (b) make an assessment of whether it might be regarded as an unduly lenient sentence.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	15158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General and I have 28 days from the date of sentence to refer a case to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenience Sentence (ULS) scheme.</p><p>This is a statutory time limit and cannot be extended in any circumstances.</p><p>Humphrey Burke was sentenced in 2022 and therefore his case cannot be referred under the ULS scheme.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 26/02/2024 11:00:56 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1689908

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Accountability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she is taking steps to encourage the legal sector to engage in corporate social responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	14469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General and I are champions of pro bono legal work in Government. Pro bono publico is undertaken for the public good and supports corporate social responsibility. As Solicitor General, I chair the Attorney General’s Pro Bono Committee, which meets twice annually and brings together professional representative bodies, and those from the public and the private sectors to share ideas and encourage greater cross-sector collaboration.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/02/2024 13:45:27 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1689928

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Domicil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether any non-executive directors in her Department are non-domiciled as of 19 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	14587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) does not have any appointed non-executive directors (NEDs).</p><p>However, the <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/about-cps" target="_blank">Crown Prosecution Service</a>, <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/about-us/#ourpeople" target="_blank">Serious Fraud Office</a>, and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-legal-department" target="_blank">Government Legal Department</a>, which are superintended by the Law Officers, do have appointed NEDs.</p><p>NEDs are not employees of the AGO, nor the above departments superintended by the Law Officers, and act in an advisory capacity. NEDs’ personal data, including those relating to personal taxation or status, are protected by the UK General Data Protection Regulation. Collection of personal data on non-dom status is not routinely collected and is generally not required for making public appointments. If any such data was held it could only be published if doing so was in compliance with data protection law.</p><p>Data relating to public appointments are covered by the Public Appointments Privacy Statement found here: <a href="https://apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/privacy" target="_blank">https://apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/privacy</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/02/2024 16:44:05 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1689028

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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, how many prosecutions under section 44 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 there have been in each of the last two years; and how many and what proportion of those cases involved a child being encouraged to commit an offence.
tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
uin	13855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of defendants prosecuted under section 44 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (the Act) or how many involved a child being encouraged to commit an offence. To obtain this information would involve a manual examination of CPS case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, management information is held showing the number of offences charged by way of section 44 of the Act in which a prosecution commenced in the magistrates’ courts. The table below shows the number of these offences in each of the last two years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2021-2022</p></td><td><p>2022-2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Section 44 of the Serious Crime Act 2007</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same complainant. No data is held showing the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/02/2024 13:56:12 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford