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1724392

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Legal Opinion: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Solicitor General, what the Government's policy is on the publication of its legal advice.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	2310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Convention, reflected in paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code, is a long-standing convention observed by successive governments. It exists to preserve the ability of the Government and ministers to seek the advice of the Law Officers and not to be disadvantaged by disclosing when they have done so, and what advice they received.</p><p>As you may know, on some occasions the Government has published summaries of its legal position on specific matters, for example, on military activity in the Red Sea (see here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/summary-of-the-uk-government-legal-position-the-legality-of-uk-military-action-to-target-houthi-facilities-in-yemen/summary-of-the-uk-government-legal-position-the-legality-of-uk-military-action-to-target-houthi-facilities-in-yemen" target="_blank">Summary of the UK Government Legal Position: The legality of UK military action to target Houthi facilities in Yemen on 12 January 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>).</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Sarah Sackman question first answered 06/09/2024 08:48:59 answering member 5204
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1724009

registered interest
date	29/07/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that there are sufficient counsel available to prosecute rape offences.
tabling member printed	Lord Sandhurst
uin	HL451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/08/2024 answer text <p>Good quality prosecutorial advocacy underpins our ability to deliver timely justice. The criminal justice system needs a resilient supply of advocates – both prosecution and defence – and the Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”) recognises that this is currently proving challenging, particularly in rape cases. Addressing this shortfall is a priority for the CPS.</p><p>The CPS Advocate Panel is a time-limited quality-assured list of external junior advocates – self-employed barristers and solicitor agents – who undertake criminal prosecution advocacy for the CPS.</p><p>There are currently around 770 advocates on the CPS’ specialist Advocate Panel for Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (the “RASSO Panel”). Whilst there has been a decline in numbers over the past five years, there has been a notable increase of just under 100 RASSO Panel advocates during the last 12 months.</p><p>Notwithstanding this increase, with RASSO caseloads at record levels, further action is needed to drive up numbers to provide sufficient counsel. The CPS has taken steps to do so, which have included revising the entry requirements for the RASSO Panel, moving away from a written application for experienced advocates but still requiring them to have completed CPS-accredited RASSO training (or commit to do so within 3 months). A further change to support the progression of advocates into RASSO work and improving the pipeline will be announced later this month.</p><p>The CPS is also working with the Bar to improve the provision of RASSO training, to support wellbeing, and to promote the fact that – notwithstanding the challenges – RASSO work can be hugely fulfilling and support career progression.</p> answering member printed Lord Hermer question first answered 12/08/2024 15:54:49 answering member 5365 label Biography information for Lord Hermer
tabling member	4920 label Biography information for Lord Sandhurst

1312007

registered interest
date	26/04/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many victims contacted the CPS to make a referral under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme in the most recent time period for which figures are available; whether his Department holds data on the number of referrals by type of offence in the relevant cases; and how many of those referrals resulted in a change to the sentence length of the offender.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	187283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>Requests for referral under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) Scheme are made to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). Many victims contact the AGO directly and do not go to the CPS, and therefore the CPS do not hold all relevant data. All requests made via the CPS are reflected in the AGO statistics.</p><p>The AGO received 787 requests to review sentences under the ULS in 2020 and 144 requests were from victims and family members of victims. Of those 84 were eligible for review within the scheme and 14 of those were referred to the Court of Appeal. The data held by the AGO shows of the 14 cases referred: 4 were homicide cases, 8 were non-fatal offences against the person and 2 cases were categorised as rape and sexual offences. The Court of Appeal increased the sentence in 9 of those cases.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/04/2021 09:23:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1311093

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what mandatory training on domestic abuse CPS prosecutors have received in the last 12 months; what proportion of prosecutors have completed that training; and what evaluation has been undertaken on effectiveness of that training.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	185461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service takes cases of domestic abuse extremely seriously. CPS prosecutors undertake specific e-learning modules with domestic abuse training delivered to all new lawyers joining CPS Areas. In the past 12 months, 349 staff have completed evidence led prosecution e-learning and 303 advocates have completed the domestic abuse drills course (an advocacy-based course supporting prosecutors dealing with domestic abuse cases, which covers issues around bail, guilty pleas, special measures, and case management). In addition to these mandatory modules, wider training on domestic abuse is also available to prosecutors.</p><p>As part of an ambitious domestic abuse programme launched in January 2021, the CPS is working with sector experts to review the current e-learning modules, to create additional learning opportunities and share messages with staff. The recent Domestic Abuse Best Practice Framework Conference demonstrates how key information can be shared virtually with prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/04/2021 12:49:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1283250

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Corruption: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) commercial organisations, and (2) individuals, have been prosecuted each year under the Bribery Act 2010 for failure to prevent bribery; and what outcome was secured in each such case.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL12913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2021 answer text <p>Section 7 of the Bribery Act 2010 provides that a commercial organisation is guilty of an offence of failing to prevent bribery if a person associated with the organisation bribes another person, intending to obtain or retain business or an advantage for the company. The offence can only be committed by a corporate body.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of the two prosecuting agencies that the Attorney General superintends:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Crown Prosecution Service has prosecuted one commercial organisation under Section 7, securing a conviction against Skansen Interiors Ltd in 2018.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Serious Fraud Office (‘SFO’) has prosecuted one commercial organisation under Section 7, with Sweett Group plc pleading guilty in 2015. The SFO has also separately entered into six Deferred Prosecution Agreements (‘DPAs’) with companies for this offence:</li></ul><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of DPAs </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Company</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Standard Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Sarclad</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Rolls-Royce</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Guralp Systems ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Airbus SE Airline Services ltd</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 16/02/2021 15:06:57 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1278026

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Slavery: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences against children there have been for the Offence of Slavery, Servitude and forced or compulsory Labour under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since its enactment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	140123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. This data may be further disaggregated by the child abuse case monitoring flag. The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>Section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 provides an offence of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour; Section 2 provides for a single offence of human trafficking covering sexual and non-sexual exploitation; and, Section 4 provides that it is an offence to commit another offence with a view to committing a trafficking offence under Section 2.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Act came into force and up to the end of March 2020, the number of Modern Slavery Act offences flagged as child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </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>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 1 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 2 }</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 4 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data does not indicate the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the charged offence.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately report the nature of, or type of exploitation carried out on victims of modern slavery or trafficking offences other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 140124 question first answered 21/01/2021 08:19:50 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1278027

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences against children have there been for Human Trafficking under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since its enactment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	140124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) maintains a central record of the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced, including offences charged by way of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. This data may be further disaggregated by the child abuse case monitoring flag. The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>Section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 provides an offence of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour; Section 2 provides for a single offence of human trafficking covering sexual and non-sexual exploitation; and, Section 4 provides that it is an offence to commit another offence with a view to committing a trafficking offence under Section 2.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Act came into force and up to the end of March 2020, the number of Modern Slavery Act offences flagged as child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </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>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 1 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 2 }</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modern Slavery Act 2015 { 4 }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data does not indicate the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the charged offence.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately report the nature of, or type of exploitation carried out on victims of modern slavery or trafficking offences other than by manually examining case files at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 140123 question first answered 21/01/2021 08:19:51 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1276962

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Halifax Bank of Scotland: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, how many (1) bank directors, (2) insolvency practitioners, (3) estate agents, (4) lawyers, and (5) accountants, have been prosecuted since the publication of the report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking Project Lord Turnbull report, published on 22 June 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL12174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) do not have a mechanism for recording the profession of defendants and so are unable to provide the data requested.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS continue to play an important role in prosecuting professionals, whether they be professionals who have used their position to commit crimes or whether they have enabled others to commit crimes. This includes bank directors, insolvency practitioners, estate agents, lawyers, and accountants.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that alongside prosecuting professional individuals, prosecutors should have the right tools to pursue and prosecute corporate bodies. In November last year, this government announced the Law Commission Project on Corporate Criminal Liability, which will be conducted over a 12-month period with a view to setting out potential options for reform.</p><p> </p><p>The above answer represents the position for England and Wales only, and not for Scotland, for which the data, if available, would be held by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 26/01/2021 12:13:58 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1274730

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
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, on how many occasions since 2010 the CPS has decided that a prosecution for rape is not in the public interest where the perpetrator has confessed.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	134626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) collects data showing the outcome of charging decisions, including cases flagged as rape where a decision not to prosecute was taken for public interest reasons. However, the CPS has no central record of the number of cases or suspects where a confession to the offence of rape (or any other offence) has been admitted. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table below therefore shows the number of rape-flagged suspects where a no prosecution decision for public interest reasons was the outcome. The proportion of decisions where no further action is taken due to public interest reasons is fewer than 2% of all decisions. However, data on cases in which a confession has been admitted is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>No Prosecution - Public Interest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><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 13/01/2021 09:30:39 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

1272026

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Immigration: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2020 to Question 128184 on Immigration: Prosecutions, if she will publish the Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the Crown Prosecution Service and Home Office Immigration Enforcement in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	131294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Memorandum of Understanding agreed between the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Home Office Immigration Enforcement in 2016 will be published on the CPS website in January 2021. In the meantime, I will ensure that a copy is placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 11/01/2021 09:32:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald