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1105814

registered interest
date	28/03/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Lord Janner of Braunstone
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Crown Prosecution Service were first made aware of the omission in the report by Sir Richard Henriques, An Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of non-recent sexual offence investigations alleged against persons of public prominence, published on 19 January 2016, to refer to exculpatory unused material in relation to criminal offences, accusations, references to known persons with criminal records and other material held in Government records which might affect decisions in the case of Lord Janner of Braunstone.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL14900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>In 2015 the then Director of Public Prosecutions commissioned Sir Richard Henriques to conduct an Independent Inquiry into allegations made against Lord Greville Janner, which was published on 19 January 2016. Sir Richard was asked to conduct a thorough and independent review into the approach and decision making of the CPS in relation to past investigations by Leicestershire Police which concluded in 1991, 2002 and 2007. He made a number of recommendations with regard to CPS procedures and guidance. This inquiry was separate to and independent of the prosecution of Lord Janner which concluded in March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>As to the Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of non-recent sexual offence investigations in 2016, I refer the noble Lord to my previous answer [HL14520].</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/04/2019 11:47:17 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1104714

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	London Capital & Finance: Company Investigations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the timetable is for the Serious Fraud Office investigation into London Capital & Finance.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	236382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The criminal investigation into London Capital &amp; Finance Plc has only recently been announced by the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) who acts independently in making such decisions.</p><p> </p><p>It is not appropriate for me to provide a running commentary on a live criminal investigation or estimate when it will be completed. Whilst the SFO does make every effort to ensure that it progresses its investigations as quickly and efficiently as possible, its cases are by their nature complex, lengthy and resource intensive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/03/2019 11:01:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1104715

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Extradition: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the The Attorney General, for what reasons three former Credit Suisse employees, Andrew James Pearse, Surjan Singh and Detelina Vaneva Subeva who are subject to an extradition request from US authorities, have not been charged under UK law.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	236253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Charging decisions are matters for the Directors of the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office, who act independently. Such decisions are made by applying the Code for Crown Prosecutors. I cannot comment on individual cases.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/04/2019 10:30:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1104761

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Evidence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to address failures relating to disclosure of evidence through the encouragement of early engagement between prosecution and defence in criminal cases.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	236509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s <em>Review of the efficiency and effectiveness of disclosure in the criminal justice system</em>, published in November 2018, highlights the need for early engagement. The Review includes recommendations on pre-charge engagement and proportionate frontloading to ensure there is a better balance between streamlining work and performing disclosure obligations early. This National Disclosure Improvement Plan, which contains commitments made by the CPS, NPCC and College of Policing, also highlights the importance of engagement between the prosecution and the defence.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/03/2019 11:03:49 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1104780

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many consultants his Department has hired in each year since 2016; and what the cost has been to the public purse.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	236404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has not hired any consultants since 2016 to the present time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/03/2019 11:05:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1088469

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the change has been in the level of funding allocated to the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	231891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The change in the level of funding allocated to the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2009 has been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>CPS Funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total CPS funding</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>648</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>689.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>642.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>591.15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>562.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>551.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>508.55</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>488.19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>498.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>528</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change in funding</p></td><td><p>-0.4</p></td><td><p>41.2</p></td><td><p>-46.3</p></td><td><p>-51.75</p></td><td><p>-28.55</p></td><td><p>-11</p></td><td><p>-43.05</p></td><td><p>-20.36</p></td><td><p>10.41</p></td><td><p>29.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% change</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>-7%</p></td><td><p>-8%</p></td><td><p>-5%</p></td><td><p>-2%</p></td><td><p>-8%</p></td><td><p>-4%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* Accounts not yet subject to audit</em></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/03/2019 14:19:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1088560

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Lord Janner of Braunstone
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Crown Prosecution Service were first made aware of the omission in the report by Sir Richard Henriques, An Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of non-recent sexual offence investigations alleged against persons of public prominence, published on 8 November 2016, to refer to exculpatory unused material in relation to criminal offences, accusations, references to known persons with criminal records and other material held in Government records which might affect decisions in the case of Lord Janner of Braunstone.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL14520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Sir Richard Henriques was commissioned by the Metropolitan Police Service to review their handling of Operation Midland; his report was published in November 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It would therefore have had no bearing on decisions made by the Crown Prosecution Service in the prosecution of Lord Janner, which concluded in March 2016.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/03/2019 13:26:11 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

1087528

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Obscenity: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the (1) Director of Public Prosecutions, and (2) Crown Prosecution Service, on whether an imported child sex doll falls within the definition of an obscene article under the Customs Consolidation Act 1876.
tabling member printed	Baroness Howe of Idlicote
uin	HL14452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service has prosecuted the importation of child sex dolls under the provisions of the Customs Consolidation Act 1876, in conjunction with the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, where there is sufficient evidence to do so and a prosecution is required in the public interest. The CPS intends to issue guidance to assist prosecutors considering such allegations shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 25/03/2019 13:45:06 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3610 label Biography information for Baroness Howe of Idlicote

1086753

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many consultations by his Department (a) are open, (b) are closed awaiting a Government response and (c) have been initiated since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	230833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office does not currently have any open consultations. There is one consultation that is closed awaiting a Government response. Three consultations have been initiated since 2016.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/03/2019 11:06:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1083604

registered interest
date	07/03/2019
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	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on weight given to victim statements under the unduly lenient sentencing scheme.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	229766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Making a personal statement gives a victim of crime a voice in the criminal justice system. It enables them to explain the impact the crime has had on them in their own words so that it can be taken into account when an offender is sentenced.</p><p>The weight to be given to the impact a crime has had on a victim is a matter of discretion for the sentencing judge and will vary from case to case. It is one of several factors that the sentence judge will have to consider.</p><p>Where the case is one within the unduly lenient sentencing scheme and the a Law Officer considers that the sentencing judge has not given proper weight to the impact a crime has had on the victim, then they may decide to refer the case to the Court of Appeal as being potentially unduly lenient.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/03/2019 17:10:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon