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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 HM Government won 14 and lost 2 of those cases, 15 cases were settled, and 31 cases withdrawn by the Good Law Project.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 HM Government won 19 and lost 6, 7 cases were settled, and 9 cases were withdrawn by the Good Law Project.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

1669076

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv) external hard drives that have been (A) lost and (B) stolen in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	1221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has not had any laptops, mobile phones, memory sticks or external hard drives lost or stolen in the last year.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 17/11/2023 09:45:42 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1669137

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Transphobia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the propriety of Crown Prosecution Service staff referring to live criminal cases as examples of transphobic hate in published material such as newsletters, and roundtable reports, and what guidance they have issued in this regard.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) emphasises that criminal proceedings in live cases are active and the defendants have a right to a fair trial. It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.</p><p>The CPS has published legal guidance on reporting restrictions, it can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/contempt-court-reporting-restrictions-and-restrictions-public-access-hearings" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/contempt-court-reporting-restrictions-and-restrictions-public-access-hearings</a></p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 15:05:27 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1669138

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Serivce: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what meetings or conversations the Crown Prosecution Service has had with (1) Stonewall or other campaigners for transgender rights, and (2) campaigners for the gender critical point of view, in the past three years; and on what policies or practices were these groups consulted during that time.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold a central record of all local and national meetings with stakeholders across all 14 CPS Areas and Central Casework Divisions over the past three years. The level of resource involved in obtaining this information would be disproportionate.</p><p>It has been possible to identify the number of meetings the CPS has had with Stonewall at a national headquarters level during the years 2022, and 2023, and this has been answered in <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-08/671" target="_blank">PQ 671</a>. The level of resource involved in obtaining the same information from earlier years would be disproportionate.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 23/11/2023 15:02:08 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1669139

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Crown Prosecution Service’s assertion that there is a “Global narrative attacking the rights of all protected characteristics” as stated in its Pride Month Hate Crime Roundtable report of 23 June, published on the Crown Prosecution Service website.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The article in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) community newsletter published in June 2023 relates to a Pride month hate crime roundtable event. The roundtable was a local community engagement event held with members of the LGBT community affected by homophobic and transphobic hate crime. The quote represents reportage of discussion amongst external attendees at the event and was not intended to reflect organisational views of the CPS.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 15:05:47 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1668382

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Stonewall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Crown Prosecution Service met Stonewall in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023 to 8 November.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold a central record of local meetings with stakeholders across all 14 CPS Areas and Central Casework Divisions.</p><p>At a national headquarters level, the CPS met with Stonewall three times in 2023 in the context of national forums on hate crime, where a broad range of other external stakeholders were also in attendance. There were no meetings with Stonewall at a national level in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 17/11/2023 09:49:06 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1668670

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Crown Prosecution Service carried out an impact assessment with regards to (1) the protected characteristic of sex, and (2) belief in the immutability of sex, before the 2022 revision of its domestic abuse guidance; and if so, whether they will place a copy of this impact assessment in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>In accordance with the Public Sector Equality Duty, under s.149 of the Equality Act 2010, a full Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) was conducted when the Domestic Abuse Prosecution Guidance 2022 was revised in order to appropriately identify and consider its potential impact in terms of equality. It gave due regard to equality considerations for protected characteristics as detailed within the body of s.149.</p><p>The EIA for the Domestic Abuse Prosecution Guidance remains under review and has been updated on several occasions since the guidance was published in 2022. The CPS do not intend to place a copy of the EIA in the Library as it is continuously reviewed and updated. A copy of the document as it appeared in 2022 has been provided.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 15:29:49 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton attachment 1 file name Domestic Abuse Legal Guidance Equality Impact Assessment.pdf title DA Legal Guidance EIA 2022 Copy
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1668671

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) consulted individuals or organisations outside the CPS about its plans to revise its domestic abuse guidance in 2022; and, if so, which individuals or organisations.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Domestic Abuse Prosecution Guidance was revised in 2022 to reflect changes brought in by the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (DA Act).</p><p>The new legislation created the need for an updated document that accurately reflects the law relating to domestic abuse and appropriately supports prosecutors in their application of it. The revision was necessary, and as such, no external organisations or individuals were consulted as to whether the CPS should revise the Guidance.</p><p>External stakeholders were consulted on later revisions of the guidance</p><p>The Solicitor General has answered a question regarding the organisations consulted when Annex D of the guidance was being developed (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-07/604" target="_blank">PQ 604</a>).</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 17:38:24 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1668672

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what action the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has taken to ensure that it operates an inclusive environment for employees with gender critical beliefs and those opposed to those beliefs; and whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of any CPS employee guidance or other documents that bear on this issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>All employees are expected to act in accordance with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Values which state, “We will treat everyone with respect. We will respect each other, our colleagues, and the public we serve, recognising that there are people behind every case.”</p><p>A member of the National D&amp;I team is a member of the Sex Equality and Equity Network (SEEN) civil service network to ensure that a gender critical perspective is considered when commenting on policy and process change.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 17:41:07 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1668673

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has taken to ensure that people with gender critical beliefs are represented on CPS panels and forums where such beliefs are relevant, such as hate crime panels.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>Members of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) National External Consultation Group on Hate Crime are selected for their expertise in hate crime and are drawn from academia and the third sector.</p><p>The CPS keeps membership of all external stakeholder groups under review to ensure that they contain relevant expertise and are representative of the communities the CPS serves.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 12:08:18 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas