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1606892

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2023 to Question 163750 on Crown Prosecution Service: South West, what accounts for the difference between the figure provided in that answer for the total number of prosecutors employed by the Crown Prosecution Service as of 31 December 2022 (2,703) and the equivalent figure provided in the Answer of 13 February 2023 to Question 139145 (2,389).
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	172366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>They are not equivalent figures. As stated in answer to Question 163750, the grand total was 2,703. Whereas the table in answer to Question 139145 gave a breakdown and not a grand total. In addition to the 2,389 prosecutors in that table are Crown Advocates; Associate Prosecutors; and qualified and experienced prosecutors in corporate roles such as legal trainers. Further, as stated in answer to Question 163750, consequential changes to data input may mean that the data will change at some point in the future.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/04/2023 07:58:44 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1606893

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2023 to Question 163750 on Crown Prosecution Service: South West, what proportion of the difference between the figure provided in that Answer for the number of prosecutors employed in the Crown Prosecution Service regions as of 31 December 2021 (2,230) and the figure provided in the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 90844 for the total number of prosecutors employed by the CPS on the same date (3,118) is accounted for by the inclusion in the latter figure of prosecutors employed in the CPS Direct and CPS Central Casework divisions.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	172367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The total of 3,118 in the answer to question 90844 includes 438 prosecutors (including managers) employed in CPS Direct and CPS Central Casework Divisions. The figures were not from the same date. As stated in answer to question 90844, the data was correct as of 30 November 2021. As stated in answer to question 16370, the data was correct as of 31 December 2021.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/04/2023 08:00:04 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1606894

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March to Question 163750 on Crown Prosecution Service: Staff, what proportion of the difference between the figure provided in that answer (2,182) for the number of prosecutors employed in the Crown Prosecution Service regions as of 31 December 2020 and the figure provided in the answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 90844 on Crown Prosecution Service: Staff for the total number of prosecutors employed by the CPS on the same date (3,025) is accounted for by the inclusion in the latter figure of prosecutors employed in the CPS Direct and CPS Central Casework divisions.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	172368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The total 3,025 in answer to question 90844 includes 436 prosecutors (including managers) employed in CPS Direct and CPS Central Casework Divisions</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/04/2023 08:00:54 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1606895

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March to Question 163750 on Crown Prosecution Service: Staff, what proportion of the difference between the figure provided in that answer for the number of prosecutors employed in the Crown Prosecution Service regions as of 31 December 2019 (2,009) and the figure provided in the answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 90844 for the total number of prosecutors employed by the CPS on the same date (2,800) is accounted for by the inclusion in the latter figure of prosecutors employed in the CPS Direct and CPS Central Casework divisions.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	172369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The total of 2,800 in the answer to question 90844 includes 414 prosecutors (including managers) employed in CPS Direct and CPS Central Casework Divisions.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/04/2023 08:01:35 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1606287

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme on allowing victims of crime to seek appeals of sentencing.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	171541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme is an important mechanism to ensure that victims of crime can have confidence that justice will be served. The Victims’ Code entitles victims to be informed about the scheme, promptly after sentence, so that they may refer sentences for consideration by the Law Officers within the time limit. The Attorney General’s Office receives requests to review sentences from victims; their family members; the CPS; the police; MPs and members of the public. In 2022, 139 sentences were referred to the Court of Appeal and in 95 cases (68%), sentences were increased.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 28/03/2023 16:53:21 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1606545

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Offences against the Administration of Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions for making false rape allegations were brought in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL6737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds no data showing the number of prosecutions for making false allegations of rape. The CPS has strict guidance for charging perverting the court of justice and wasting police time in cases involving allegedly false allegations of rape and/or domestic abuse. The guidance makes clear that prosecutions for these offences will be extremely rare and by their very nature they will be complex and require sensitive handling.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 18/04/2023 11:08:13 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

1605879

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Illegal Migration Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the Illegal Migration Bill with (a) the 1951 Refugee Convention, (b) the European Convention on Human Rights and (c) the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	170650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Law Officers’ Convention prevents me from disclosing outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a longstanding and well-known principle of Cabinet collective agreement.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/03/2023 09:57:53 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1605880

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Illegal Migration Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of clauses 21 to 28 of the Illegal Migration Bill with Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	170651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Law Officers’ Convention prevents me from disclosing outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a longstanding and well-known principle of Cabinet collective agreement.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/03/2023 09:56:23 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1605881

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the (a) scope of delegated powers granted to Ministers under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and (b) potential effect of those powers on the principles of (i) democracy, (ii) the rule of law and (iii) Parliamentary sovereignty.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	170652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Law Officers’ Convention prevents me from disclosing outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a longstanding and well-known principle of Cabinet collective agreement.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/03/2023 09:44:07 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1606063

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the Crown Prosecution Service in the next Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	170737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>In the 2021 Spending Review, the CPS secured a significant funding increase enabling it to respond to growing pressures in the criminal justice system. This settlement saw a significant investment in CPS funding, increasing its budget from £630m a year to £728m by 2024/25. That settlement has been maintained by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/03/2023 09:40:28 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby