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224346

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases since the introduction of the Victims' Right to Review Scheme have the Crown Prosecution Service changed a decision following a victim's request for a review.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
uin	225951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)’s Victims’ Right to Review scheme came into effect on 5 June 2013. Between the date the scheme commenced and 31 December 2014, the CPS has reviewed 2,423 appeals of which 315 (13.0%) were upheld.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of decisions overturned represents a very small fraction of all the decisions made by CPS lawyers. During the period from 1 June 2013 to 31 December 2014, the CPS finalised 198,786 cases with a qualifying decision. This means that approximately 0.16% of cases that would qualify under the scheme resulted in an upheld Appeal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 225952 question first answered 05/03/2015 10:44:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

224348

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many victims of crime have asked the Crown Prosecution Service to review a decision not to bring charges or to terminate proceedings since the introduction of the Victims' Right to Review Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
uin	225952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)’s Victims’ Right to Review scheme came into effect on 5 June 2013. Between the date the scheme commenced and 31 December 2014, the CPS has reviewed 2,423 appeals of which 315 (13.0%) were upheld.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of decisions overturned represents a very small fraction of all the decisions made by CPS lawyers. During the period from 1 June 2013 to 31 December 2014, the CPS finalised 198,786 cases with a qualifying decision. This means that approximately 0.16% of cases that would qualify under the scheme resulted in an upheld Appeal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 225951 question first answered 05/03/2015 10:44:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

224491

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what procedures are in place for informing victims of the reasons for delays in criminal matters relevant to their case being listed for court.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
uin	225839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The joint police/Crown Prosecution Service Witness Care Units are responsible for updating victims on the progress of their case. This includes informing victims of hearing outcomes, and, in any case which cannot be listed within the usual timescales, providing them, where known, with relevant information about why the delay has occurred.</p><p>The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (the Victims’ Code) sets out the services to be provided to victims of crime. Under the Victims’ Code, victims are entitled to be informed of the date, location and outcome of any criminal court hearings in the case by their Witness Care Unit or by the police where they act as a single point of contact for victims. This information must be provided within 1 working day of the Witness Care Unit receiving it from the court. Where victims are due to attend court as a witness they are entitled wherever possible, to receive an explanation from the Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor or representative if there is a delay in proceedings on the day and how long the wait is likely to be.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 09/03/2015 16:43:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

224177

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many re-trials the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has pursued for each type of offence in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of all prosecutions brought by the CPS those re-trials represent.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	225766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of re-trials that have been pursued. To identify the number of these would require a manual exercise to review individual files which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 04/03/2015 09:38:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

222849

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many apprentices employed by (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>As at 31<sup>st</sup> January 2015 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) employed 140 apprentices. A breakdown by age category is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age Band</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16-18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25+</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not centrally record how many of these apprentices were previously employed by the Government. To obtain this information would require a manual check of application forms which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently three apprentices working in the Serious Fraud Office and two in the remaining Law Officer’s Departments, however in order to protect individual’s personal data we are unable to provide any details of age or employment history, as the small numbers involved could lead to individuals being identified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 02/03/2015 15:53:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

179514

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2014 to Question 207315, whether a Shawcross exercise has been conducted in relation to Serious Fraud Office investigations since the date of that Answer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	224413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>It is my department’s usual policy not to comment on any live investigation. In the period referred to there have been no Shawcross exercises in respect of any concluded SFO cases.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 24/02/2015 17:02:26 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 45780 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

179106

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions: Public Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the criteria used to determine whether or not a prosecution is in the public interest.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	224213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Decisions on whether prosecutions are in the public interest are guided by the Code for Crown Prosecutors and CPS Legal Guidance. The Code is produced by the Director of Public Prosecutions after significant public consultation. The CPS Legal Guidance is available for the public to see on the CPS website at <a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/" target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/</a> . There have been seven versions of the Code since 1986 and it was last updated in January 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 23/02/2015 12:54:07 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

179256

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether he has issued a direction under 4(b) of the Protocol Between the Attorney General and the Prosecuting Departments to the Serious Fraud Office on a case under investigation by that office in the last four months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	224228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>It would not be appropriate to give a running commentary on SFO investigations. I am aware of the provisions within paragraph 4(b)4 of the Protocol, which state that if any such direction were to be made then I would make a report to Parliament, so far as was compatible with national security.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 23/02/2015 12:46:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

178787

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Contempt of Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps he has taken to promote awareness of the laws on contempt of court among social media users.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	224010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Where appropriate the Attorney General and I publish online the warnings about potentially prejudicial reporting that Attorneys General had previously only given to the mainstream media. My office also sends tweets warning social media users of the risks of being in contempt of court.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Attorney General has recently issued advice to social media users and others that identifying a victim in a sexual offence case is a criminal offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to look at whether there is anything more that can be done to raise awareness in this area.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 23/02/2015 12:49:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

178788

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	HSBC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the Crown Prosecution Service in respect of the possibility of prosecuting HSBC Bank for conspiracy to assist some of its customers to evade paying tax.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	224063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Attorney General and I frequently meet representatives of the Crown Prosecution Service to discuss a variety of issues. However, as was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s policy to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 23/02/2015 12:47:10 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn