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759163

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service always considers that racial motivation may be an aggravating factor for seeking higher sentences for conviction for child abuse.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	9841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2017 answer text <p>The Sentencing Council has issued a definitive guideline on the sentencing of sexual offences. Racial aggravation increases an offender’s culpability under the guideline and therefore the starting point and sentence range for the court to consider.</p><p>Prosecutors should assist the Court as necessary during the sentencing process, including drawing the Court’s attention to any relevant sentencing guidelines and the aggravating and mitigating features of the case.</p><p>Ultimately, sentencing is a matter for the court. Racial aggravation makes an offence more serious and the court has a duty to take this into account when it sentences a defendant.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 22/09/2017 13:26:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

759164

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Government's review of subsection 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, (a) what exercises were carried out to collate that information, (b) from what source the information has been obtained and (c) when his Department plans to publish the review.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	9827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The work on section 41 has been led by officials in my Office and at the Ministry of Justice. They have sought a range of views from those familiar with how the legislation operates in practice as well as those who provide support to victims of sexual violence. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has reviewed a sample of finalised rape prosecution files to assess the frequency and outcome of applications to introduce a complainant’s sexual history under section 41.</p><p> </p><p>The Lord Chancellor and I will give our response to that work as soon as we can.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/09/2017 13:12:28 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

758949

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what services the Law Officers' Departments has received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The CPS has met the Behavioural Insights Team as part of a project to encourage higher rates of defendant engagement with the CJS but have made no payment to the team.</p><p>Otherwise, the Law Officers’ Departments have not received services from the Behavioural Insights Team.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/09/2017 15:39:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758038

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Behavioural Insights Team
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments paid to the Behavioural Insights Team in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	9180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The CPS has met the Behavioural Insights Team as part of a project to encourage higher rates of defendant engagement with the CJS but have made no payment to the team.</p><p>Otherwise, the Law Officers’ Departments have not received services from the Behavioural Insights Team.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/09/2017 15:40:26 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758412

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have issued any guidance to the Crown Prosecution Service concerning the extent to which insults constitute hate crimes.
tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
uin	HL1416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>In order for an offence to constitute a “hate crime”, first a “basic” crime has to be committed. There are a number of such possible offences which can be committed by way of an insult, particularly offences under the Public Order Act 1986, the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and the Communications Act 2003.</p><p>Such offences could be designated as a “hate crime”, if they meet the required criteria for the three strands of hate crime offences – (a) racially and religiously aggravated offences; (b) homophobic, transphobic and biphobic offences and (c) disability hate crime.</p><p>The Government does not issue legal guidance to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which is independent. The CPS hate crime guidance, which must be followed by all prosecutors, was reviewed and published in June 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/09/2017 15:11:38 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson

757523

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Law: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to improve public legal education.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	8850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text In July, I launched a Public Legal Education panel to support and drive forward legal education initiatives. Bringing together key organisations will mean a more joined up approach to Public Legal Education and will ensure that more people can reap the benefits of the good work being done. answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 11/09/2017 13:45:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

757524

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the work of the Serious Fraud Office in investigating and securing convictions for fraud offences.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	8851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has played an important role in the fight against serious and complex fraud, bribery and corruption. Between 2012/13 and 2016/17, 66 defendants were convicted from 94 who were prosecuted giving an overall defendant conviction rate of 70.2%. In terms of cases, 31 were successful out of 36. This gives a case conviction rate of 86.1%. In addition the SFO has concluded four deferred prosecution agreements.</p><p>The SFO also works closely with other justice partners on tackling serious fraud, as well as participating in a number of strategic delivery and working groups.</p><p>The SFO continues to work to improve performance and, following a report by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) in May 2016, progress has been made to bolster governance and ensure greater efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 12/09/2017 07:53:55 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

757525

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme to offences beyond those which are already covered by that scheme.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	8852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government re-committed in our manifesto that we will extend the scope of the scheme. As a first step, an extension of the scheme to further terrorism offences came into effect last month. We are considering with the Lord Chancellor how further to fulfil our commitment to extending the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 12/09/2017 07:43:11 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

757781

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been for moped-enabled crimes in each London borough in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	8598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants prosecuted for offences which involved the use of mopeds. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 12/09/2017 10:14:16 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

755524

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime of aggression
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the ratification of crimes of aggression as defined by the International Criminal Court into domestic law.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	7380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>I regularly meet ministerial colleagues to discuss important issues of common interest, including on matters of international criminal law. By longstanding convention, the fact that the Law Officers have or have not given advice to Cabinet on a particular issue, and the content of their advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/09/2017 14:14:51 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts