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1145056

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Government is taking to improve the conviction rate for rape and sexual offences.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	287542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</em></p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 09/09/2019 16:42:25 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1145066

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to increase the number of reported rape and sexual offences that are brought to trial.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	287545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</em></p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 09/09/2019 16:42:49 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1144509

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
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, if he will extend the unduly lenient sentence scheme to cover (a) all serious crime cases and (b) cases tried at magistrates' courts.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	286310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The ULS scheme remains an important avenue for victims, family members and the public to ensure justice is delivered in the most serious cases.</p><p> </p><p>Since its inception in 1989, the ULS scheme has been extended to include additional offences, including some sexual offences, and offences involving child cruelty and modern slavery. In 2017 the Government re-committed in our manifesto to look at further extension and, as a result, the scheme was extended in 2017, and again in 2018, to include a number of terror-related offences.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to look carefully at the ambit of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 09/09/2019 08:28:20 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1142163

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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: Legal Profession
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many lawyers have been recruited to the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last four quarters.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has recruited 197 lawyers over the last four quarters (July 2018 to June 2019). A breakdown is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>QTR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of lawyers - All legal grades</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July – September 2018</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October – December 2018</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January – March 2019</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April – June 2019</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>197</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Data Source: Trent HR Database</em></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:21:26 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142175

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of Crown Prosecution Service staff have worked in shared accommodation in each of the last four quarters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the numbers of staff that have worked in shared accommodation in each of the last 3 quarters. Data for Q2 2018-19 is not available as headcount was not previously reported by location.</p><p> </p><p>Buildings occupied by the CPS and at least one other public sector body have been classified as shared.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of staff based in shared buildings</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,619</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,646 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,651</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>% of total CPS staff</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong> 44%</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>44% </strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>44% </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 15:14:21 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142177

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of levels of recycling across the Crown Prosecution Service.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service reports recycling rates and targets to Defra each quarter in line with the Greening Government Commitment targets. At the end of the financial year 2018-19, CPS had reached a recycling rate of 90% and only 2% of waste was sent to landfill (the balance being waste sent to incineration for energy recovery).</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:26:24 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1142178

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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: Bullying and Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of levels of bullying and harassment of Crown Prosecution Service staff.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	282482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Bullying and harassment and any form of discrimination is taken extremely seriously by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The CPS has undertaken an in-depth review of bullying and harassment, culminating in the design and implementation of the CPS Respect – Tackling Discrimination, Bullying, and Harassment Programme. This comprehensive Programme includes the publication of the CPS Respect policy, a campaign of bespoke face to face and digital learning for all CPS employees, managers and leaders and the introduction of Respect (Bullying and Harassment) Allies.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/09/2019 09:24:43 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts