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809956

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date	20/12/2017
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	What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	903067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of sentences considered by the Solicitor General and I has more than doubled since 2010 – from 342 to 837 requests in 2016. Last year we took 190 of these cases to the Court of Appeal for consideration. The Court of Appeal agreed to increase the sentences of 141 offenders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/12/2017 11:39:10 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

809137

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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, what recent discussions he has had with the Serious Fraud Office on tackling economic crime.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	903074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text The Serious Fraud Office does vital work in tackling some of the most serious instances of economic crime. As the superintending Minister for the SFO, I regularly meet with the Director of the SFO to discuss key issues in relation to economic crime. answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/12/2017 11:35:22 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

808973

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on tackling knife crime.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	120082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As a member of the Inter-Ministerial Group on Ending Gang Violence and Exploitation, I meet on a regular basis with colleagues with a focus on the priority to reduce violence and knife crime.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office has recently undertaken a consultation on dangerous and offensive weapons, which includes proposals for new knife offences and to strengthen measures to tackle the cycle of violence and threat to safety posed by knife crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 21/12/2017 13:54:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

808798

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times and for what reasons blockbuster funding requests from the Serious Fraud Office have been denied since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	119907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>There have been eight blockbuster funding applications since 2010, all of which have been approved by the Treasury. Funding for these cases is provided from the reserve. Total reserve funding by year from 2012-13 is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£000s</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6,735</p></td><td><p>19,000</p></td><td><p>23,237</p></td><td><p>18,000</p></td><td><p>7,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6,735</p></td><td><p>24,000</p></td><td><p>25,237</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td><td><p>17,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All of these blockbuster funded cases are still under active investigation and it is not possible for operational reasons to provide a breakdown of how the funding is allocated in each case.</p><p>Reserve funding for years prior to 2016-17 also covers the costs of the SFO’s civil litigation cases.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 21/12/2017 11:02:04 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh