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1694531

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Government Departments: Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what guidance she has provided to Cabinet colleagues on when to publish (a) full and (b) summaries of legal advice.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	17531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>Departments are responsible for procuring their own legal advice and may decide when and how to disclose that advice outside Government. However, advice provided by the Law Officers is subject to the Law Officers’ Convention and may not be disclosed outside Government without the Law Officers’ consent. This is a longstanding principle of Cabinet collective agreement.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2024 10:38:37 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1687817

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Annual Review of Disclosure, published on 26 May 2022, when the next annual review of disclosure will be carried out.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	13284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Publication of the next Annual Review is due shortly. Given the 2022 review of disclosure was extensive, the current review has focused on the disclosure of digital evidence. I will write to the honourable member with the updated guidance as soon as the revisions are published.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 19/02/2024 10:52:29 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1687818

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to support external stakeholders to contribute to the next annual review of disclosure.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	13285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>In conducting any review, it is essential we involve operational partners and stakeholders affected by the changes.</p><p>The 2023 update to the Attorney General’s Guidelines has been focused on digital evidence and a working group was established with representatives including the Crown Prosecution Service, Serious Fraud Office, HM Revenue and Customs, National Crime Agency, police, Ministry of Justice, and Home Office. In addition, specific sessions were held with the legal defence community.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 19/02/2024 10:54:05 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1665105

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many confiscation orders of what value the Serious Fraud Office obtained in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	202798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office has obtained 68 confiscation orders totalling £202,000,000 since 1st April 2014.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/10/2023 10:13:47 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1665106

registered interest
date	16/10/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Acquittals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what costs the Serious Fraud office incurred in cases where individuals were acquitted in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	202799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office has paid out £7.485 million in judge-directed acquittals in cases where individuals were acquitted during the past 10 years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/10/2023 15:22:05 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1663022

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	G4S: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what provision the Serious Fraud Office made in its Annual Report 2022-23 for special payments for the case involving three executives of G4S.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	200876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2022-23 included a provision of £6 million to cover any claims that could be made during the year in relation to casework outcomes, this would include any settlements that result from ongoing claims relating to G4S, which have yet to be agreed.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 18/10/2023 09:37:13 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1663023

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many corporate self-reports the Serious Fraud Office has received in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	200877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>In financial year 2018/19 the SFO received <del class="ministerial">8</del><ins class="ministerial">7</ins> corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2019/20 the SFO received <del class="ministerial">17</del><ins class="ministerial">6</ins> corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2020/21 the SFO received <del class="ministerial">11</del><ins class="ministerial">3</ins> corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2021/22 the SFO received 8 corporate self-reports.</p><p>In financial year 2022/23 the SFO received 8 corporate self-reports.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 18/10/2023 09:37:34 question first ministerially corrected 23/10/2023 15:52:36 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson previous answer version 98035 answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1507019

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Unaoil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has spent on (a) the (i) investigation and (ii) prosecution of former Unaoil employees and (b) (I) defending and (II) paying appellants’ costs in the appeals of those cases.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	51483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not disclose the costs of its cases as this risks prejudicing the administration of justice and is against the public interest.</p><p>the SFO legal costs settled with defendants to date amount to £2.15m. The figure was published in the SFO's recent <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/download/annual-report-and-accounts-2020-2021/" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts</a>. Other settlements have yet to be confirmed. <strong></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 23/09/2022 08:50:13 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1507021

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Unaoil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) spent on the (a) Employment Tribunal Mr T Martin v Serious Fraud Office and (b) SFO’s subsequent appeal of that tribunal decision.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	51484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The Employment Tribunal case in question initially concluded in February 2021. The cost to the SFO at that time was approximately £83,000.</p><p>The associated Employment Appeal Tribunal concluded in July 2022. The proceedings have been remitted to the Employment Tribunal, a date is yet to be confirmed, and costs will be finalised once this has concluded.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 23/09/2022 11:15:42 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1507022

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has spent on the (a) investigation into ENRC and (b) defending the proceedings brought against the SFO by ENRC.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	51485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>As stated in the response to the Hon. Member’s previous question [45309] the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) investigation into ENRC is ongoing. The ENRC have brought two civil actions for alleged misfeasance against the SFO. This matter remains ongoing and as such the final costs are not yet determined.</p><p> </p><p>The SFO does not disclose the costs associated with its cases as this risks prejudicing the administration of justice and is against the public interest. Information on how the SFO uses resources is published in aggregate in its <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/download/annual-report-and-accounts-2020-2021/" target="_blank">Annual Report and Accounts</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 23/09/2022 08:51:20 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter