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928754

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Legal Profession: Voluntary Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how he plans to encourage practising lawyers to volunteer pro bono hours for Citizens Advice Bureaux in their local communities.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	156426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>As the Government's pro bono champions, the Attorney and I chair the pro bono panel and committee to bring together key players to steer and coordinate the overall work in this area. The panel and committee feature members from across the legal community, including Citizens Advice.</p><p>Each year the Attorney and I take part in National Pro Bono week. We attend and support pro bono events across the country, to encourage the excellent work being done by the pro bono community. This year Global Pro Bono Week is taking place 29<sup>th</sup> October – 2<sup>nd</sup> November, and will involve many organisations across the legal community including members of our pro bono panel and committee like Citizens Advice.</p><p>In the past year over 1,000 lawyers provided pro bono help through local Citizens Advice offices and I will continue to encourage more lawyers to do this.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/07/2018 13:52:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 68157 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

927920

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the main policy priority is for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	155733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The priorities I have set for my Department include:</p><ul><li><p>Helping deliver Government policy in the context of the Law Officers’ constitutional role in relation to the Rule of Law.</p></li><li><p>Defining and delivering the Law Officers’ public interest functions in the interests of the administration of justice.</p></li><li><p>Performing a visible and effective role as a leader in the domestic and international legal community.</p></li><li><p>Sponsoring the Law Officers’ Departments and connecting the work of the prosecutors with wider criminal justice policy.</p></li><li><p>Ensuring a high performing and efficient Attorney General’s Office which meets its legal and performance obligations.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 29/06/2018 18:32:24 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

926768

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2018 to Question 146172 on procurement, what the daily rate of pay is of each of those contractors who have been employed by his Department for five years or more.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	154652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The answer of 6 June 2018 stated there were 8 contractors in the Government Legal Department (GLD) who had worked in GLD for five or more years at 30 April 2018. Their daily rates of pay are: £167.20, £254.45, £285, £369.08, £375, £380, £389.50, and £418.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 02/07/2018 13:29:31 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

926769

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2018 to Question 146799 on procurement, how long that contractor has been employed by his Department at that daily rate.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	154653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>With reference to the previous question 146799 the Crown Prosecution Service currently has one contractor engaged whose fees exceed £1,000. The contract commencement date was 25th May 2018 with an estimated duration of 40 days in total to be carried out on an ad-hoc basis.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/07/2018 14:34:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

917648

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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 plans he has to extend the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	150015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>Whilst in the vast majority of cases sentencing judges get it right, the ULS scheme is essential in ensuring that victims, family members and the public are able to request that sentences they think are unduly lenient can be reviewed.</p><p>The Government re-committed in our manifesto that we will extend the scope of the scheme. As a first step, an extension of the scheme to further terrorism offences came into effect last August.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2018 10:39:06 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

917649

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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, how many people have applied for sentences to be reviewed under the unduly lenient sentence scheme in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	150016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>Approximately 2,347 people have applied for sentences to be reviewed over the last 12 months. A total of 1040 sentences have been referred to my office for consideration as unduly lenient.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2018 10:40:39 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

917651

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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, how many applications under the unduly lenient sentence scheme have been rejected due to falling outside the remit of that scheme in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	150017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>354 applications under the unduly lenient scheme have been rejected as they did not fall within the remit of the scheme. 30 applications would have been in the scheme but were received outside the statutory time limit of 28 days from sentence.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2018 10:44:33 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

917655

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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, how many sentences referred to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme were (a) increased and (b) kept the same in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	150018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>In the 12 months from May 2017 to April 2018, of the sentences which were referrred to the Court of Appeal and have been heard, 116 were increased and 39 remained unchanged. 15 have yet to be heard.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2018 10:46:33 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

915189

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Non-departmental Public Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) women and (b) men his Department has appointed to each of his Department's non-Departmental Public Bodies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	148749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>The Commissioner for Public Appointments completed and publishes an annual data survey of all new appointments and reappointments made to boards of public bodies by Government including the overall gender diversity.</p><p>Data on the gender diversity of new non-executive appointees to public boards for 2012 to 2015 is published on Gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 15/06/2018 12:39:24 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

911214

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many CPS applications to extend the custody time limit for bail have been made for (a) drug offences, (b) rape charges, (c) firearms offences, (d) other dangerous weapon offences, (e) grievous bodily harm, (f) manslaughter, (g) murder and (h) all other offences in (i) Derbyshire and (ii) each region of the UK in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	147968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data on the number of applications made by the CPS to the courts to extend custody time limits or on applications made by the CPS to the court to extend pre-charge bail periods. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/06/2018 07:52:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George