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61569

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	12/06/2014
	date tabled	12/06/2014
	ddp created	12/06/2014 20:40:34
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:25:51
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	identifier	200438
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	16/06/2014 15:47:31
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many parliamentary questions tabled to the Law Officers' Departments in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200438
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200438
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>None.</p> question first answered 16/06/2014 15:47:31 answering member 69
	creator	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

66226

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/07/2014
	date	02/07/2014
	date tabled	02/07/2014
	ddp created	08/07/2014 12:10:04
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 15:05:54
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	identifier	904727
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/07/2014 14:17:46
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Director of the Services Prosecution Authority about its effectiveness in prosecuting rape and other sexual offences in the armed forces in the UK and overseas.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 904727
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904727
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Attorney General and I meet regularly with the Director of Service Prosecutions and discuss casework issues at these meetings. This includes the prosecution of rape and other sexual offences.</p> question first answered 08/07/2014 14:17:46 answering member 69
	creator	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

92349

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/10/2014
	date	26/09/2014
	date tabled	26/09/2014
	ddp created	26/09/2014 20:02:07
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 00:18:03
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Havering
	house id	1
	identifier	209736
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/10/2014 14:41:31
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many recipients of benefits resident in the London Borough of Havering have been prosecuted as a result of fraudulent claims in each year since January 2011.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 209736
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209736
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since April 2012, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been responsible for prosecuting benefit fraud offences investigated by the DWP and Local Authorities. The CPS does not hold data for prosecutions of benefit fraud prior to April 2012.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Furthermore the CPS does not keep records of prosecutions of benefit fraud by recipients of benefits resident in the London Borough of Havering.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>To produce this information would require reviewing individual case files which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 14/10/2014 14:41:31 answering member 4106
	creator	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

61435

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2014
	date	11/06/2014
	date tabled	11/06/2014
	ddp created	11/06/2014 22:32:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 08:21:37
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Nigeria
	house id	1
	identifier	200209
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/06/2014 12:36:28
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether officials of the Crown Prosecution Service have (a) met the Attorney General of Nigeria since January 2012, (b) had any conversations about the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession in Nigeria involving Shell and ENI with (i) the Attorney General of Nigeria and (ii) any other senior official of the Nigerian government and (c) received any requests for mutual legal assistance regarding the OPL 245 case.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200209
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200209
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The CPS Criminal Justice Advisor in Abuja has met with the Attorney-General of Nigeria a number of times since January 2012 to discuss criminal justice reform. The CPS are not aware of any other contact between CPS officials and the Attorney General of Nigeria.</p><p>The CPS is not aware of any of its officials having conversations with the Attorney General of Nigeria or with any other senior official of the Nigerian government about the sale of the OPL 245 oil concession in Nigeria involving Shell and ENI.</p><p>Requests for mutual legal assistance attract a duty of confidentiality to the requesting country and, therefore, the CPS can neither confirm nor deny the receipt of any such requests.</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/06/2014 12:36:28 answering member 69
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

90404

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/09/2014
	date	03/09/2014
	date tabled	03/09/2014
	ddp created	03/09/2014 21:30:24
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 21:16:24
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	identifier	208123
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/09/2014 13:09:50
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions of (a) cyber and (b) cyber-enabled crimes have been initiated in each the last five years; and how many such prosecutions were successful.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208123
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208123
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Neither the Crown Prosecution Service nor the Serious Fraud Office centrally record the number of prosecutions initiated, or those which resulted in a successful outcome, relating to cyber or cyber-enabled crime. A number of offences may involve the use of a computer or a network in the commission of the offence. To obtain details of the number of cases where defendants were alleged to have been involved in cyber or cyber-enabled crimes would require a manual review of individual case files to be undertaken which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 08/09/2014 13:09:50 answering member 4106
	creator	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

62137

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	19/06/2014
	date	16/06/2014
	date tabled	16/06/2014
	ddp created	16/06/2014 22:21:37
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:18:25
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Rape
	house id	1
	identifier	200919
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	19/06/2014 15:39:55
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the number of rape convictions.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 200919
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	200919
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Increasing the number of rape convictions continues to be a priority in the criminal justice system. On 6 June 2014, a Rape Action Plan was jointly published by the police and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which sets out a series of actions designed to improve the criminal justice response in rape cases. This followed a Rape National Scrutiny Panel led by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the National Policing lead for rape, which considered the investigation and prosecution of rape cases including their referral from the police to the CPS. The Action plan can be found on the CPS website at; <a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 19/06/2014 15:39:55 answering member 69
	creator	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

77457

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/07/2014
	date	11/07/2014
	date tabled	11/07/2014
	ddp created	11/07/2014 16:01:11
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 16:46:39
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Children: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	identifier	205395
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	16/07/2014 15:46:37
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many children with mental health difficulties have been prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 205395
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205395
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants, including those identified as children, with mental health difficulties who have been prosecuted. To obtain details of the number of cases where such circumstances apply would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> question first answered 16/07/2014 15:46:37 answering member 4106
	creator	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

65623

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/07/2014
	date	02/07/2014
	date tabled	02/07/2014
	ddp created	03/07/2014 18:50:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 14:15:16
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
	house id	1
	identifier	904723
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	08/07/2014 14:21:37
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what progress the Crown Prosecution Service has made in reducing costs.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 904723
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904723
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In 2010-11, the baseline year for the current Comprehensive Spending Review Period, the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) gross resource expenditure was £684,725,000.</p><p>The department is on target to meet its cost reduction plans through to 2015-16 and in 2013-14 the uncertified Annual Accounts report gross resource expenditure of £616,342,000, a reduction of £68,383,000, or 10%, in cash terms.</p><p> </p> question first answered 08/07/2014 14:21:37 answering member 16
	creator	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

91343

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/10/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:10:32
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 22:43:57
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	identifier	209019
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/10/2014 14:20:51
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many referrals were made to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police regarding child sexual offences in each of the last five years; and in how many such cases there were subsequent (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 209019
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209019
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect specific data on suspects referred to the CPS for a charging decision where child sexual abuse is alleged. However, data is available for the number of defendants whose prosecution was completed, where the case has been flagged as child abuse, and where the principal offence at finalisation is categorised as a sexual offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>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 of crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last five years the number of defendants prosecuted, in cases flagged as child abuse and whose principal offence was identified as a sexual offence, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Unsuccessful</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p>3,133</p></td><td><p>75.7%</p></td><td><p>1,004</p></td><td><p>24.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>4,137</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>3,551</p></td><td><p>74.1%</p></td><td><p>1,243</p></td><td><p>25.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>4,794</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>3,530</p></td><td><p>75.8%</p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td><td><p>24.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>4,655</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>3,070</p></td><td><p>75.8%</p></td><td><p>981</p></td><td><p>24.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>4,051</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>3,344</p></td><td><p>76.5%</p></td><td><p>1,027</p></td><td><p>23.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>4,371</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate figures to show separately the volume and outcome of proceedings for individual offences within the Sexual Offences Category. A single defendant may be charged with more than one offence.</p><p> </p> question first answered 13/10/2014 14:20:51 answering member 4106
	creator	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

93073

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/10/2014
	date	14/10/2014
	date tabled	14/10/2014
	ddp created	14/10/2014 21:00:52
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 01:21:17
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	identifier	210322
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/10/2014 09:10:38
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many referrals were made about child abuse to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police in each of the last five years; and how many such cases resulted in subsequent (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 210322
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210322
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of cases of child abuse, referred for a pre-charge decision or prosecuted, by way of a monitoring flag.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>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 physical, emotional and sexual criminal offences, as well as neglect of a child and Non-recent child abuse where the victim is now an adult. It includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s. The data is accurate only to the extent that the flag has been correctly applied.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last five years the number of pre-charge decisions made against suspects alleged to have committed offences involving child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Pre-Charge Decisions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p>12,691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>13,015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>11,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>9,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>11,187</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the same period, the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted, in cases flagged as child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecuted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Convictions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p>8,079</p></td><td><p>6,043</p></td><td><p>74.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>9,235</p></td><td><p>6,855</p></td><td><p>74.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>8,581</p></td><td><p>6,444</p></td><td><p>75.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>7,558</p></td><td><p>5,755</p></td><td><p>76.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>7,998</p></td><td><p>6,096</p></td><td><p>76.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is available within the CPS’s annual ‘Violence against Women and Girls Report 2013-14’.</p> question first answered 17/10/2014 09:10:38 answering member 4106
	creator	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson