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1681647

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2024
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when she plans to respond to Questions 6773 and 6774 on Attorney General: Redundancy Pay, tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 13 December 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	9197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to my substantive response to UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-13/6773" target="_blank">6773</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-13/6774" target="_blank">6774</a> tabled on 24 January 2024.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/04/2024 15:38:48 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis previous answer version 11524 answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

990407

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Money Laundering: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have been made by the Crown Prosecution Service under (i) Section 330 and (ii) Sections 327-329 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	181274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office. Official statistics relating to sentencing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The number of prosecutions and convictions for offences under sections 327-330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 can be found <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/738814/HO-Code-Tool-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">here</a>.</ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Number of prosecutions and convictions for offences under sections 327-330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, 2013-2017</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2017</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Prosecutions</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 327</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">981</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">880</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,063</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">841</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">878</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 328</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">310</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">266</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">317</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">355</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">288</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 329</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,050</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">944</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">921</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">797</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">737</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 330</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Convictions</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 327</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">520</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">447</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">550</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">601</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">537</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 328</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">213</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">150</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">188</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">257</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">225</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 329</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">527</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">541</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">594</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">567</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">581</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Section 330</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(1) The figures given in the pivot table relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(3) A defendant who appears before both magistrates’ court and Crown Court may not do so within the same year, meaning for a given year convictions may exceed prosecutions or sentences may not equal convictions. Defendants who appear before both courts may be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court.</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">Data on prosecutions and convictions is published by the MoJ and can be found <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx%20" target="_blank">here</a>.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">A breakdown of prosecutions and convictions for money laundering is as follows:</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Table 1. Number of prosecutions and convictions for money laundering, 2007-2017 (1)(2)(3)</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Money Laundering</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2015</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2016</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Prosecutions</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,349</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,095</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,307</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,998</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,906</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Convictions</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,269</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,143</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,336</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,435</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,347</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">(1) The figures given in the pivot table relate to defendants for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">(3) A defendant who appears before both magistrates’ court and Crown Court may not do so within the same year, meaning for a given year convictions may exceed prosecutions or sentences may not equal convictions. Defendants who appear before both courts may be convicted at the Crown Court for a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against at magistrates’ court.</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/10/2018 10:41:57 question first ministerially corrected 24/10/2018 08:17:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 80104 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1663023

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many corporate self-reports the Serious Fraud Office has received in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	200877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>In financial year 2018/19 the SFO received <del class="ministerial">8</del><ins class="ministerial">7</ins> corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2019/20 the SFO received <del class="ministerial">17</del><ins class="ministerial">6</ins> corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2020/21 the SFO received <del class="ministerial">11</del><ins class="ministerial">3</ins> corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2021/22 the SFO received 8 corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2022/23 the SFO received 8 corporate self-reports.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 18/10/2023 09:37:34 question first ministerially corrected 23/10/2023 15:52:36 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson previous answer version 98035 answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1671388

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Good Law Project: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what was the total sum (a) paid to and (b) received from the Good Law Project by HM Government in respect of legal costs in each financial year since 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	2472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There were 52 cases against His Majesty’s Government in which the Good Law Project were involved as a party which concluded in the period since the start of the 2017-18 financial year. HM Government won 14 and lost 2 of those cases, 15 cases were settled, and 31 cases withdrawn by the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In total, the Good Law Project has paid £539,766.19 in legal costs to HM Government, while HM Government has paid £63,738.71 in legal costs to the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2017-2018, no payments were made or received.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2018-2019, £40,000.00 was paid to, and £4,753.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2019-2020, £0 was paid to, and £59,013.19 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2020-2021, £0 was paid to, and £10,000.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2021-2022, £0 was paid to, and £270,000.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2022-2023, £23,738.71 was paid to, and £196,000.00 was received from, the Good Law Project.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In financial year 2023-2024 to date, no payments have been made or received.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There were 42 case files opened in respect of actual court proceedings between His Majesty’s Government and the Good Law Project during the period since the start of the 2017-18 financial year. HM Government won 19 and lost 6, 7 cases were settled, and 9 cases were withdrawn by the Good Law Project. One has yet to deliver an outcome.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In total, in regard to these 42 cases:</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Good Law Project has paid £984,098.45 in legal costs to HM Government, while HM Government has paid £160,925.71 in legal costs to the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2017-2018, no payments were made or received.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2018-2019, £40,000 was paid to, and £4,753 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2019-2020, £0 was paid to, and £59,013.19 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2020-2021, £85,000 was paid to, and £10,000 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2021-2022, £0 was paid to, and £286,000 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2022-2023, £35,925.71 was paid to, and £544,000 was received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In financial year 2023-2024, £0 has been paid to, and £80,332.26 has been received from, the Good Law Project.</ins></p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/11/2023 17:25:30 question first ministerially corrected 04/12/2023 15:24:45 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson previous answer version 3541 answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1138100

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Coroners: Government Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) legal advice and (b) representation at inquests for Government Departments in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	275781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out the total amounts billed by the Government Legal Department (GLD) Litigation Group in relation to inquests in which they have been instructed by Government Departments and other public bodies.</p><p>GLD represents most, but not all, Government Departments in litigation. In addition, during parts of the period covered by the table, a small number of Departments (that GLD now acts for in litigation) handled their own litigation (including inquests).</p><p>The amounts are set out by financial year from 2010-11 and are exclusive of VAT. It is not possible to provide a separate breakdown of the totals by reference to legal advice and representation.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010-11</p><p>2011-12</p><p>2012-13</p><p>2013-14</p><p>2014-15</p><p>2015-16</p><p>2016-17</p><p>2017-18</p><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£2,600,951</p><p>£2,476,100</p><p>£2,621,377</p><p>£3,575,348</p><p>£3,405,809</p><p>£3,883,929</p><p>£4,283,521</p><p>£4,851,059</p><p>£5,783,648</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/07/2019 14:21:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 129156 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1537616

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Email
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of whether her predecessor forwarded official documents from her government email to her personal email address from (a) 13 February 2020 to 2 March 2021 and (b) 10 September 2021 to 6 September 2022; and what was the outcome of that assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	74597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>There is a place for the use of a variety of digital channels in fast moving modern environments. Ministers will have informal conversations from time to time, in person or remotely, and relevent content from such discussions is passed back to officials. They will also use a variety of digital communications channels for personal, political, and Parliamentary matters.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 74598 question first answered 03/11/2022 14:37:24 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1537617

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Email
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department has carried out checks to determine if any classified documents were forwarded by her predecessor from her government email to her personal email address from (a) 13 February 2020 to 2 March 2021 and (b) 10 September 2021 to 6 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	74598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>There is a place for the use of a variety of digital channels in fast moving modern environments. Ministers will have informal conversations from time to time, in person or remotely, and relevent content from such discussions is passed back to officials. They will also use a variety of digital communications channels for personal, political, and Parliamentary matters.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 74597 question first answered 03/11/2022 14:37:24 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1581465

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gender Based Violence: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to increase the proportion of cases relating to violence against women and girls that are prosecuted.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	903444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>Tackling violence against women and girls remains one of the government’s top priorities, and we are doing all we can to make our streets and homes safer.</p><p>We’re prioritising prevention, supporting survivors, and strengthening the pursuit of aggressors.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 01/02/2023 13:56:48 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1601799

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	War Crimes: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what progress has been made on setting up a Special Tribunal on Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	160261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>On 20 January 2023, the Foreign Secretary announced that the UK will play a leading role in a core group of likeminded partners to pursue criminal accountability for Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Alongside other international partners invited by Ukraine, the UK will shape thinking on how to ensure criminal accountability for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. The first meeting of the core group took place in Prague on 26 January 2023. On 4 March 2023 at the United for Justice conference in Lviv, it was announced that an International Centre for the Prosecution of Crimes of Aggression against Ukraine will be established in The Hague, within the structure of Eurojust’s Joint Investigation Team for Ukraine. I was delighted to represent the UK at that conference: this government stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukraine in its search for justice.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 13/03/2023 16:04:12 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1601800

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	War Crimes: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the ability of Ukraine and its international partners to (a) gather and (b) analyse evidence of Russian war crimes for the Special Tribunal in Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	160262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>On 20 January 2023, the Foreign Secretary announced that the UK will play a leading role in a core group of likeminded partners to pursue criminal accountability for Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. Alongside other international partners invited by Ukraine, the UK will shape thinking on how to ensure criminal accountability for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. An investigation into the Crime of Aggression by any new tribunal could complement established mechanisms investigating war crimes, including the International Criminal Court and Ukraine’s domestic investigations and prosecutions. In joining this additional core group focused on Crimes of Aggression, the UK will complement its support on those other mechanisms in pursuit of accountability for war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide. Investigations for those international crimes are well underway, supported by UK initiatives such as the UK-US-EU Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group, and judicial training by Sir Howard Morrison KC and Uk-based Advocates for International Development. On 4 March 2023, it was announced that an International Centre for the Prosecution of Crimes of Aggression against Ukraine will be established in The Hague, within the structure of Eurojust’s Joint Investigation Team for Ukraine.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 13/03/2023 16:06:57 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz