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451152

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2016 to Question 22400, if he will meet the hon. Member for Torfaen to discuss the case of Norman James.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	26354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>I am happy to meet any Honourable Member where appropriate to discuss any issues for which I am accountable to this House. However, in this case I do not believe that a meeting would serve a particular purpose as I am accountable only for the decisions of the Crown Prosecution Service, and the specific allegations raised by Mr James are ones that would be more appropriate for the police to investigate. As I pointed out in my previous answer the CPS has no investigatory powers in this regard.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/02/2016 16:21:46 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

451360

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been charged with paying for sexual services of a child under section 47 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where (a) the victim was under 18, and those charged did not reasonably believe that the victim was 18 or over and (b) the victim was under 13 in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	26208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants prosecuted for offences brought under section 47 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 or the ages of victims. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost. However, records are held showing the overall number of offences, rather than defendants, in which a prosecution commenced at magistrates’ courts. These are detailed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.47</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: A single defendant may be prosecuted for multiple offences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 12/02/2016 10:09:37 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

450781

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the recommendations in the report by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, entitled Thematic Review of the CPS Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Units, published in February 2016, (a) that a new protocol should be developed with each police force capturing early investigative advice and file quality and (b) in respect of training for lawyers and paralegal staff.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	25920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The way in which the Criminal Justice System investigates and prosecutes rape allegations is changing and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is taking a leading role. In September 2015 the CPS and Police set up a joint National Rape Steering Group, supported by a joint Delivery Board, to drive forward a co-ordinated programme of work. This programme includes the development of an optimum model for working (in rape and serious sexual offence cases) between the CPS and the Police which will address early investigative advice and file quality.</p><p>It is a CPS priority that its staff have the tools and skills necessary to prosecute effectively. A detailed CPS/Police Joint National Rape Action Plan was published in June 2014 which identified a programme of training activity to deliver improvements in investigation and prosecution outcomes. This extensive programme, consisting of a range of face to face specialist training measures, is currently underway.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/02/2016 15:45:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

450292

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rendition and Torture: Libya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether he has been consulted by the Crown Prosecution Service about a charging decision in Operation Lydd.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	25717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service routinely provides the Law Officers with updates on cases and casework issues. In accordance with the practice adopted by previous Law Officers I do not usually comment on which individual cases are raised with me.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/02/2016 15:40:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

448563

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Department for Education: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will estimate the costs attributed to the Department for Education by the Government Legal Department since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	24782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department was renamed the Government Legal Department (GLD) on 1 April 2015. It is primarily funded through the fees it charges for its legal services. It provides Litigation, Employment, Commercial and Advisory legal services to the Department for Education (DfE). The fees charged to DfE for this work, including the cost of disbursements, are as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fees (excluding VAT) £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>4,208,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>4,499,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>4,805,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>4,409,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>4,098,629</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Providing information on the costs attributed to cases relating to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 would incur disproportionate cost as it would involve a manual exercise to identify those historical cases that relate to FOI.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 24783 24784 24785 question first answered 04/02/2016 14:27:01 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

448564

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Department for Education: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will estimate the costs attributed to the Department for Education by the former Treasury Solicitor's Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	24783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department was renamed the Government Legal Department (GLD) on 1 April 2015. It is primarily funded through the fees it charges for its legal services. It provides Litigation, Employment, Commercial and Advisory legal services to the Department for Education (DfE). The fees charged to DfE for this work, including the cost of disbursements, are as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fees (excluding VAT) £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>4,208,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>4,499,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>4,805,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>4,409,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>4,098,629</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Providing information on the costs attributed to cases relating to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 would incur disproportionate cost as it would involve a manual exercise to identify those historical cases that relate to FOI.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 24782 24784 24785 question first answered 04/02/2016 14:27:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

448565

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Department for Education: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will estimate the costs attributed to the Department for Education in cases relating to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by the Government Legal Department since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	24784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department was renamed the Government Legal Department (GLD) on 1 April 2015. It is primarily funded through the fees it charges for its legal services. It provides Litigation, Employment, Commercial and Advisory legal services to the Department for Education (DfE). The fees charged to DfE for this work, including the cost of disbursements, are as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fees (excluding VAT) £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>4,208,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>4,499,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>4,805,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>4,409,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>4,098,629</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Providing information on the costs attributed to cases relating to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 would incur disproportionate cost as it would involve a manual exercise to identify those historical cases that relate to FOI.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 24782 24783 24785 question first answered 04/02/2016 14:27:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

448566

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Department for Education: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will publish an estimate of the costs attributed to the Department for Education in cases relating to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by the former Treasury Solicitor's Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	24785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department was renamed the Government Legal Department (GLD) on 1 April 2015. It is primarily funded through the fees it charges for its legal services. It provides Litigation, Employment, Commercial and Advisory legal services to the Department for Education (DfE). The fees charged to DfE for this work, including the cost of disbursements, are as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fees (excluding VAT) £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>4,208,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>4,499,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>4,805,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>4,409,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>4,098,629</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Providing information on the costs attributed to cases relating to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 would incur disproportionate cost as it would involve a manual exercise to identify those historical cases that relate to FOI.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 24782 24783 24784 question first answered 04/02/2016 14:27:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

447669

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2016 to Question 22432, by what measure the Director of the Serious Fraud Office judges whether there is a significant public interest element in a case.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	24101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>The Criminal Justice Act 1987 provides that “The Director may investigate any suspected offence which appears to him on reasonable grounds to involve serious or complex fraud.”</p><p>Each case is assessed on its own facts and merits.</p><p>The Statement of Principle sets out some of the factors that the Director will take into account when considering the matter for investigation. All of these will be considered, and there is no minimum requirement or measure in respect of the different factors.</p><p>Each on its own or taken in combination can establish sufficient grounds for the Director to decide that the case is sufficiently large, complex or of wide public interest that it should be dealt with by the Serious Fraud Office.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 24099 24102 24189 24190 question first answered 03/02/2016 12:08:46 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

447670

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2016 to Question 22432, what measure the Director of the Serious Fraud Office uses to judge actual or potential economic harm.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	24102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>The Criminal Justice Act 1987 provides that “The Director may investigate any suspected offence which appears to him on reasonable grounds to involve serious or complex fraud.”</p><p>Each case is assessed on its own facts and merits.</p><p>The Statement of Principle sets out some of the factors that the Director will take into account when considering the matter for investigation. All of these will be considered, and there is no minimum requirement or measure in respect of the different factors.</p><p>Each on its own or taken in combination can establish sufficient grounds for the Director to decide that the case is sufficiently large, complex or of wide public interest that it should be dealt with by the Serious Fraud Office.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 24099 24101 24189 24190 question first answered 03/02/2016 12:08:46 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies