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1716811

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Oil: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what prosecutions referred by HMRC are (a) ongoing, (b) pending and (c) complete into the illegal importation of Russian oil branded as (i) refined and (ii) from other countries.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	25586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>It would not be possible to determine the number of cases involving the illegal importation of Russian oil referred by HM Revenue &amp; Customs to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) without an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/05/2024 12:40:46 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1491112

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	40931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>For the last five years, The Attorney General’s Office has had a nil spend for external consultants*</p><p> </p><p>Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fcontracts-finder&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cemmy.clarkson%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C332dd3e59a5f4b1b1e5308da6b104a3e%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C637940014946084226%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EHT%2Bj9EH86g04c73Xn7YYL0Qyi3Lc4Dm8J%2F8B8YuCNE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p><p>All Government Departments and their individual ALBs and agencies are required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.</p><p> </p><p>* <em>Whilst preparing this response the department have not considered the use of specialist counsel or short-term contractor contracts as consultancy.</em></p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/09/2022 08:32:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1491114

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
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: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Crown Prosecution Service has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	40932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The spend on externally contracted consultancy services for CPS in each of the last five years, as recorded in the CPS’ published accounts, is shown in the table below: <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> 2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£219,000</p></td><td><p>£64,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table>Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are in the public domain and published on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fcontracts-finder&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cemmy.clarkson%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C332dd3e59a5f4b1b1e5308da6b104a3e%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C637940014946084226%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EHT%2Bj9EH86g04c73Xn7YYL0Qyi3Lc4Dm8J%2F8B8YuCNE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 22/09/2022 14:38:30 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1491116

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Government Legal Department: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Government Legal Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	40933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD) spent the following amounts on external consultants over the past five financial years. This information is available in the public domain and is as follows:</p><p><strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£79,000</p></td><td><p>£101,000</p></td><td><p>£144,000</p></td><td><p>£111,000</p></td><td><p>£342,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The breakdown of this consultancy spending by each firm contracted is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of consultancy firm</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount paid to firm</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Specific matters on which they were consulted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Highland</p></td><td><p>£80,000</p></td><td><p>Productivity improvements in legal activity delivery</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quo Imus Ltd</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td><td><p>Work on a review of shared service communications across AGO, GLD and HMCPSI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AMEO Professional Services Ltd</p></td><td><p>£99,000</p></td><td><p>Improvements to GLD's recruitment and resourcing strategy and processes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TPX Ltd</p></td><td><p>£228,000</p></td><td><p>Improvements to GLD's recruitment and resourcing strategy and processes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ixia Consultancy Ltd</p></td><td><p>£40,000</p></td><td><p>Design work on programme to enhance GLD’s Leadership capability</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mike Curtis Reward Solutions Ltd</p></td><td><p>£137,000</p></td><td><p>Support to the development of a new pay framework for GLD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Incendium Consulting Ltd</p></td><td><p>£57,000</p></td><td><p>Provision of specialist legal market analysis to development of GLD’s future accommodation strategy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alexander Mann Solutions Ltd</p></td><td><p>£32,000</p></td><td><p>A review of corporate services capability and design for GLD and its shared service customers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rainmaker Solutions</p></td><td><p>£79,000</p></td><td><p>Development of cloud analytical solutions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Various</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>Short-term project and consultancy support</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 22/09/2022 09:10:47 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1491117

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	40934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The spend on externally contracted consultancy services for the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last five years is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> 2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£95,000</p></td><td><p>£42,000</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fcontracts-finder&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cemmy.clarkson%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C332dd3e59a5f4b1b1e5308da6b104a3e%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C637940014946084226%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EHT%2Bj9EH86g04c73Xn7YYL0Qyi3Lc4Dm8J%2F8B8YuCNE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used.</p><p> </p><p>Government departments, their individual agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p><p>All Government Departments and their individual ALBs and agencies are required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/09/2022 08:29:52 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1491119

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	40935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>For the last five years, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has had a nil spend for external consultants.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 05/09/2022 08:17:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1342271

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of malicious prosecution the Crown Prosecution Service or any other previous prosecuting has [had upheld against it] since 1999.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	25167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>In respect of the two prosecuting agencies I superintend – the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) - neither have had any cases of malicious prosecution upheld against them since 1999.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/07/2021 14:07:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1283565

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prorogation: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2021 to Question 143130, what the total legal costs were in the (a) Scottish Courts and (b) Supreme Court in respect of litigation relating to the prorogation of Parliament in 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	148928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government defended a petition for Judicial Review in relation to the prorogation of Parliament in 2019 raised by Joanna Cherry QC MP and others in (1) the Outer House in the Court of Session, (2) the Inner House of the Court of Session, and (3) the Supreme Court where it was joined with R (on the application of Miller) (Appellant) v The Prime Minister (Respondent).</p><p> </p><p>The Office of the Advocate General and Government Legal Department have determined that the total legal costs incurred by the Government in relation to the <em>Cherry</em> litigation in the Outer and Inner Houses of the Court of Session was £83,715 (net of VAT). The total legal costs incurred by the Government in the Supreme Court in relation to <em>Cherry</em> was £83,715 (net of VAT), and in relation to <em>Miller </em>was £142,590. These figures include Counsel fees, Government Legal Department litigator costs and court dues.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also incurred £30,000 in adverse costs in relation to the <em>Cherry</em> proceedings. It is not possible to attribute these costs between proceedings in the different courts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/02/2021 09:19:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1280001

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prorogation: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to the public purse was of the Government defending cases in the Scottish courts relating to the prorogation of Parliament in 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	143130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government defended a petition for Judicial Review in relation to the prorogation of Parliament in 2019 raised by Joanna Cherry QC MP and others in (1) the Outer House in the Court of Session, (2) the Inner House of the Court of Session, and (3) the Supreme Court, where it was joined with R (on the application of Miller) (Appellant) v The Prime Minister (Respondent).</p><p>The Office of the Advocate General and Government Legal Department have determined that the total costs of defending this litigation were £127,062.33 (net of VAT). This figure includes Counsel fees, Government Legal Department litigator costs and court dues. The Government also incurred £30,000 in adverse costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 28/01/2021 14:33:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill