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91843

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much compensation has been paid by the Treasury Solicitor in response to claims on behalf of victims of trafficking in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
uin	HL1901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Claims relating to human trafficking can arise in a range of different types of litigation –for example immigration, unlawful detention or claims under Article 4 of the ECHR (prohibition of slavery and forced labour).</p><p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department does not maintain data which would readily enable claims from victims of trafficking to be distinguished from the other claims they handle. To obtain an accurate compensation figure would therefore involve disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Tankerness question first answered 13/10/2014 13:05:11 answering member 630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness
tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

91881

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many stalking and harassment cases were recorded in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	209434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution commenced at magistrates’ courts, rather than identifying the number of defendants prosecuted. The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 created the offence of harassment and latterly, as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, stalking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In each year since 2011-12 the number of offences charged by way of the stalking or harassment offences under the Act is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p><p>{ 2A(1) and (4) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>529</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p><p>{ 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p><p>{ 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) }</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL - STALKING OFFENCES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>91</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>743</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p><p>{ 2(1) and (2) }</p></td><td><p>7,713</p></td><td><p>7,159</p></td><td><p>8,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</p><p>{ 4(1) and (4) }</p></td><td><p>1,632</p></td><td><p>1,398</p></td><td><p>1,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL - HARASSMENT OFFENCES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,345</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,557</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,792</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL S2, S2A, S4 &amp; S4A PHA </strong></p><p><strong>1997 OFFENCES</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,345</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,648</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,535</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same victim.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 14/10/2014 09:59:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

91882

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) direct employees, (b) outsourced workers and (c) workers in agencies which report to the Law Officers' Departments are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	209462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The CPS currently employs one member of staff whose salary is below the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation. As a result of proposed changes to pay ranges, this employee will be paid a salary in excess of the living wage once the associated collective bargaining process has concluded. This will be backdated to 1 April 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No direct employees of the Treasury Solicitor’s Office are paid less than the living wage. However, at 30 September 2014 The Treasury Solicitor’s Office had eleven temporary workers in London receiving less than the living wage although this position will change after 12 weeks of engagement in line with the Agency Workers legislation. At that point, their salary will increase to a higher rate of pay comparable to the rate of a direct employee. All other temporary workers are paid more than the living wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No direct employees or temporary workers employed by the remaining Law Officers' Departments are paid less than the living wage.</p><p>A complete record on the pay arrangements for staff employed by companies contracted to provide services to the Law Officers' Departments is not held and could not be provided without incurring a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 14/10/2014 13:58:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

92101

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many officials in the Law Officers' Departments of each (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) age received the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System's (i) exceeded, (ii) met and (iii) must improve performance mark in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	209473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The following tables contain the information requested for officials in the Law Officers’ Departments who received a performance appraisal in the 2013-14 reporting year. Ethnicity data is based on confidential voluntary declarations and therefore only covers staff who have chosen to make such a declaration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceeded</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Achieved</strong></p><p><strong>(Met)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not Achieved</strong></p><p><strong>(Must Improve)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>474</p></td><td><p>3225</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>1675</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceeded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Achieved</strong></p><p><strong>(Met)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not Achieved</strong></p><p><strong>(Must Improve)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>762</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>562</p></td><td><p>3513</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceeded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Achieved</strong></p><p><strong>(Met)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not Achieved</strong></p><p><strong>(Must Improve)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>16-19</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>20-29</strong></p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>30-39</strong></p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>1162</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>40-49</strong></p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>1887</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>50-59</strong></p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>1275</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>60-64</strong></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>65+</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1.</sup></strong> <em>The source data has been extracted from the CPS e-PDR database using the base data report of 29/09/14. Consequent change to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>* Staff</em><em> numbers which are less than five have been suppressed to preserve staff confidentiality.</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s Department <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceeded</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Met</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceeded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Met</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian/Asian British</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black/African/Carib</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed/multiple ethnic</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Ethnic</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceeded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Met</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>16-24</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>25-29</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>30-34</strong></p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>35-39</strong></p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>40-44</strong></p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>45-49</strong></p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>50-54</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>55-59</strong></p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>60-64</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>65+</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><sup>1.</sup></em> <em>Tsol data also covers staff employed by the Attorney General’s Office and HMCPSI.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>* Staff</em><em> numbers which are less than five have been suppressed to preserve staff confidentiality.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding</strong></p><p><strong>(Exceeded)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Effective</strong></p><p><strong>(Met)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unsatisfactory</strong></p><p><strong>(Must Improve)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding</strong></p><p><strong>(Exceeded)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Effective</strong></p><p><strong>(Met)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unsatisfactory</strong></p><p><strong>(Must Improve)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding</strong></p><p><strong>(Exceeded)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Effective</strong></p><p><strong>(Met)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unsatisfactory</strong></p><p><strong>(Must Improve)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>25 or under</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>26-35</strong></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>36-45</strong></p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>46-55</strong></p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>56+</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* Staff</em><em> numbers which are less than five have been suppressed to preserve staff confidentiality.</em></p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 14/10/2014 14:36:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

92102

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Public Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what targets have been set for the release of The Law Officers' Departments' material to the National Archives; what progress has been made in meeting those targets; and how many staff in The Law Officers' Departments are engaged in reviewing records for that purpose.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Beith
uin	209604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office and the HM Crown Prosecution Service do not have any internal targets for the release of material to the National Archives (TNA) beyond the normal annual transfer. Neither office has anyone working full time on the transfer of material to TNA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office, which was formed in 1988, is currently undertaking an extensive review of all aspects of data and record retention and disposal, including transfer of material to the TNA under the 20 year rule. A number of staff are engaged in this work but it is not possible to separate staff resources involved in reviewing records for transfer from the overall staff resources involved in the review.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has an internal target to transfer approximately 80 criminal case files per calendar year to the TNA. To date the CPS has transferred cases up to 1977.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To meet the transitional timetable for moving from the 30 to 20 year rule, the CPS has outsourced the work required to prepare cases for permanent preservation for the years 1978 to 1984. 1978 cases will be ready for transfer to TNA by January, 2015. For 1979 to 1984 cases, applications for closure will be put before the next Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Council meeting in February, 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS has two full time case reviewers.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>In 2013 the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) transferred 10 records to The TNA under the 20 year rule. TSol will meet the targets set to transfer records to TNA this year. An outstanding backlog of 300 files identified prior to the introduction of the 20 year rule was also transferred to TNA during 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently two staff in TSol engaged in reviewing records for that purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 14/10/2014 14:00:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	513 label Biography information for Lord Beith

92104

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many officials in the Law Officers' Departments who received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark under the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System (i) had a disability, (ii) worked full-time and (iii) worked part-time in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	209621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The following tables contain the information requested for officials in the Law Officers’ Departments who received a performance appraisal in the 2013-14 reporting year. Disability data is based on confidential voluntary declarations and therefore only covers staff who have chosen to make such a declaration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceeded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Achieved</strong></p><p><strong>(Met)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not Achieved</strong></p><p><strong>(Must Improve)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Declared - Disabled</strong></p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Full Time</strong></p></td><td><p>635</p></td><td><p>3601</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Part Time</strong></p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>1299</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1.</sup></strong> <em>The source data has been extracted from the CPS e-PDR database using the base data report of 29/09/14. Consequent change to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future.</em></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s Department<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceeded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Met</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Declared - Disabled</strong></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Full Time</strong></p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>658</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Part Time</strong></p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><sup>1.</sup></em> <em>TSol data also covers staff employed by the Attorney General’s Office and HMCPSI.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>** Staff</em><em> numbers which are less than five have been suppressed to preserve staff confidentiality.</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><strong><br> </strong><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outstanding</strong></p><p><strong>(Exceeded)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Effective</strong></p><p><strong>(Met)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Unsatisfactory</strong></p><p><strong>(Must Improve)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Declared - Disabled</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Full Time</strong></p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>177</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Part Time</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* Staff</em><em> numbers which are less than five have been suppressed to preserve staff confidentiality.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 14/10/2014 14:15:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

92105

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many companies have been prosecuted for not paying minimum wage in each of the last nine years.
tabling member constituency	Stourbridge
tabling member printed	Margot James
uin	209683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>Records are available from 2006-07. With the agreement of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, HMRC started considering prosecution for minimum wage offences from May 2006.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of employers who have been prosecuted with offences connected with the National Minimum Wage (NMW) since then, and of those prosecutions, the number who have been prosecuted under Section 31(1) “Employer refuses or wilfully neglects to pay NMW” alongside other offences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Prosecutions started</strong></p><p><strong> for any NMW offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Charges of failure/</strong></p><p><strong>refusal to pay NMW</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The majority of employers identified as paying below the NMW pay arrears on receipt of a formal Notice of Underpayment. Where they do not do so, HMRC pursues recovery through the civil courts. For deliberate non-compliance or obstructive behavior HMRC operates a policy of selective and exemplary criminal investigation action to enhance their enforcement strategy. HMRC‘s approach to tackling underpayment of NMW through the civil courts is the best way to ensure that money is paid back to the person underpaid and provides the most effective resolution for tax-payers. Criminal investigations may not result in arrears being paid to workers and are therefore reserved for the most serious cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 16/10/2014 09:35:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4115 label Biography information for Margot James

92349

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
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
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
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.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	209736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 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> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 14/10/2014 14:41:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

91342

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech of 15 August 2011 calling for a family test to be applied to all domestic policy, which policies of the Law Officers' Departments have been so assessed to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	208844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On 18 August 2014 the Prime Minister announced that the family test was being formalised as part of the impact assessment for all domestic policies. From October 2014, every new domestic policy will be examined for its impact on the family.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 13/10/2014 14:22:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

91343

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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 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.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	209019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 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> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 13/10/2014 14:20:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson