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1675473

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much their Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	5199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish this data, as has been the case under successive administrations.</p><p>All Business Units within the Attorney General's Office (AGO) have a responsibility to keep official hospitality costs as low as possible and demonstrate good value for money. Details of ministerial and senior official hospitality are published on a quarterly basis and are available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 13/12/2023 15:06:47 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1676296

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2023
	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: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department has (a) procedures and (b) notification systems in place for potential errors made by the Government Legal Department (GLD); whether errors by the GLD are recorded; whether financial losses arising from errors made by the GLD are recovered from the GLD; whether processes are in place to ensure that citizens receive redress when there has been a failure to process (i) applications, (ii) court orders and (iii) other maladministration by HM Courts and Tribunals Service; who in her Department is responsible for identifying and recording errors by the GLD; and what records her Department maintains of (A) apologies, (B) payments of compensation and (C) other matters relating to the GLD.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	5764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>Where members of the public wish to raise a complaint about the Government Legal Department (GLD) or any of its staff, there is a relevant complaints procedure. Complaints will be investigated in accordance with the GLD complaints policy, which is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-legal-department/about/complaints-procedure#:~:text=Examples%20of%20maladministration-,What%20to%20do%20if%20you%20have%20a%20complaint,from%20receipt%20of%20your%20complaint." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-legal-department/about/complaints-procedure#:~:text=Examples%20of%20maladministration-,What%20to%20do%20if%20you%20have%20a%20complaint,from%20receipt%20of%20your%20complaint.</a></p><p>There is then a right of appeal to the Treasury Solicitor. If the appellant is not satisfied with the department’s reply, and they feel that they have sustained injustice as a result of maladministration, they can consider bringing the matter to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (the Ombudsman).</p><p>The Ombudsman can recommend that organisations make payments if a complainant has sustained financial loss or to acknowledge the complainant’s distress. However, the Ombudsman will not investigate complaints where the complainant has the option to pursue legal action.</p><p>The Attorney General and Treasury Solicitor also meet regularly to discuss performance and serious errors can be flagged.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has an administrative complaints procedure that allows citizens to complain about administrative failures to process applications and court orders or other maladministration. If HMCTS receives a complaint then it will investigate and take steps to put things right where any administrative error has been made. More information about this complaints process is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/complaints-procedure" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/complaints-procedure</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/12/2023 14:21:46 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1676354

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential application of the Offences Against the person Act 1861 in tackling the use of conversion practices with LGBT people.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
	uin	5874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The Law Officers' Convention enables the Attorney General and I to have frank discussions with our Ministerial colleagues.</p><p>The Law Officers' Convention means that we cannot disclose whether or not we have advised on a legal issue or whether we will do so in the future.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/12/2023 14:41:37 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1676357

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether his Department has issued guidance to the (a) police and (b) Crown Prosecution Service on using existing legislation to tackle conversion practices against LGBT People.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
	uin	5875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>The police are the responsibility of the Home Office.</p><p>While the Attorney General's Office superintends the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the CPS are operationally independent. The CPS bring prosecutions in line with the Code for Crown prosecutors.</p><p>The Attorney General's Office has not issued any guidance to the CPS.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/12/2023 14:36:02 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1677907

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Scottish Government on the potential impact of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill on the Act of Union 1707.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	6928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Convention prevents me from disclosing outside Government whether the Attorney General has been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a longstanding principle of Cabinet collective agreement. The Attorney General has not had any discussions with the Scottish Government on this topic.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 19/12/2023 11:29:31 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1679586

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for assaults against prison officers have been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service on the grounds of not being in the (a) public interest and (b) interests of justice in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	7943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data on the number of prosecutions for offences relating specifically to assaults on prison officers. The number of prosecutions commenced in the last five years for charges relating to assault and/or battery against <em>emergency workers</em> (charged by way of section 39 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and section 1 of the Assaults on Emergency Workers<br>(Offences) Act 2018), which <em>include prison officers</em>, is set out below. It would not be possible to determine the outcome of these prosecutions or whether the charge related specifically to an assault on a prison officer without an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>2019-2020</p></td><td><p>2020-2021</p></td><td><p>2021-2022</p></td><td><p>2022-2023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Section 39, Criminal Justice Act 1988; Section 1, Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018</p></td><td><p>4,401</p></td><td><p>23,676</p></td><td><p>28,906</p></td><td><p>35,301</p></td><td><p>31,996</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 16/01/2024 12:39:56 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1038535

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will provide a written statement to the House on the legal implications of any potential changes the Government may negotiate to the Withdrawal Agreement with the EU in relation to the sovereignty of decision-making by Parliament on the Northern Irish backstop.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	206758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the legitimate desire of Parliament to understand the legal implications of the Withdrawal Agreement. I have today written to the Prime Minister about an exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission. Given the exceptional circumstances surrounding the vote on the Withdrawal Agreement and the Government's commitment to provide Parliament with information to assist it to understand the Agreement, I have agreed that this letter should be published</p><p>It is available online <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-the-attorney-general-to-the-prime-minister-on-the-northern-ireland-protocol" target="_blank">here</a> and copies have been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 14/01/2019 17:37:33 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1046116

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the effective prosecution of criminals.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	211357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed the outline terms of a comprehensive future security relationship including law enforcement, criminal justice, and judicial cooperation.</p><p>I have regular meetings and briefings with the Director of Public Prosecutions and senior officials of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). A significant amount of planning for EU Exit has taken place and the CPS is making preparations for both for the implementation period or for an exit without a deal.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 28/01/2019 14:47:55 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1054711

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	John Broadhurst
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the sentence delivered in the case of R v Broadhurst in December 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	216140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office received a number of referrals under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) Scheme for the case of R v Broadhurst.</p><p> </p><p>The Law Officers can only refer a sentence as unduly lenient if there has been a “gross error” resulting in the sentence being significantly below the level that any judge could reasonably have imposed. The power is one that should only be used in exceptional circumstances and it is not an automatic prosecution right of appeal.</p><p> </p><p>After reviewing the case I am satisfied that the judge approached the sentencing in the correct way and I have concluded that the sentence was not outside the range of sentences that were reasonably available to the judge. It would therefore not be right for me to refer the sentence to the Court of Appeal.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice while charging decisions are an independent matter for the Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 11/02/2019 15:18:29 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1056658

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library his advice on the legal implications of any changes made to the Withdrawal Agreement text between the UK and the EU ahead of the forthcoming vote on that Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	218243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the legitimate desire of Parliament to understand the legal implications of the Withdrawal Agreement and will look at what assistance it can provide the House. The Government has already published a collection of material to support public and parliamentary assessment of the deal. In addition, on 14 January, I agreed to the Government publishing a letter from me to the Prime Minister about the exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and the Presidents of the European Council and Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 12/02/2019 12:28:47 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main