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1600015

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Poaching: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been made under the Night Poaching Act 1828 in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	155201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of defendants charged with and prosecuted for offences created by the Night Poaching Act 1828. However, management information is held showing the number of offences of charged by way of the Night Poaching Act 1828 in which a prosecution commenced from each year from 2010/11. The table below shows the number of these offences to the latest available year, 2021/22. <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></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><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Night Poaching Act 1828</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="13"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table>The figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants and it can be the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 03/03/2023 14:20:23 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1599265

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Russia: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an assessment with her Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of allowing UK courts to be used for hearings about damage to Ukrainian infrastructure caused by Russian forces.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	153751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Those responsible for the atrocities that have been committed in Ukraine will be held to account, including military commanders and other individuals in the Putin regime. Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is barbaric. The UK stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine, and we are committed to helping them secure justice for a growing catalogue of war crimes, which would of course include deliberate or disproportionate damage caused to civilian infrastructure by Russian forces. The international community is rightly focused on prosecution for war crimes. That is the right focus to ensure accountability and to have a deterrent effect on the behaviour of those fighting this conflict at the moment. At Ukraine’s invitation, the UK will play a leading role in a core group of like-minded partners to pursue criminal accountability for Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. The Attorney General has just returned from Ukraine, supporting our training of Ukrainian judges. Cases are already being heard in Ukraine itself. Although consideration could be given to using the courts in England and Wales, it will be necessary to have an international tribunal, and we are determined to help secure justice for the growing catalogue of war crimes in Ukraine.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 07/03/2023 17:35:07 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1599266

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Courts: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in the devolved administrations on court delays due to covid-19; and if she will take steps to support those administrations in tackling those delays.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	153752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Attorney General’s Office have had no recent discussions with counterparts in devolved administrations in relation to court delays. In England and Wales, court delays are a matter for the Ministry of Justice and HM Courts and Tribunal’s Service.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 07/03/2023 11:25:56 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1588121

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) men and (b) women were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted for domestic abuse in (A) 2020-21 and (B) 2021/22.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	150447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds data showing the number of defendants flagged with a domestic abuse monitoring flag. These records can be separated to show the outcome of the prosecution and by the sex of the defendant. The table below shows the number of defendants, by sex, prosecuted and convicted in the two years ending March 2022. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2020-2021</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2021-2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prosecuted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convicted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Convicted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prosecuted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convicted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Convicted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>4,354</p></td><td><p>3,223</p></td><td><p>74.0%</p></td><td><p>4,445</p></td><td><p>3,246</p></td><td><p>73.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>50,090</p></td><td><p>39,302</p></td><td><p>78.5%</p></td><td><p>48,663</p></td><td><p>37,325</p></td><td><p>76.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table>The data above is classed as management information as defendants are flagged when allegations of domestic abuse are made.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 02/03/2023 15:47:24 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1586205

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Economic Crime: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to ensure the effective prosecution of fraud and economic crime.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	146810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>We continue to work closely with the SFO and CPS to identify any policy changes that could support their work. This is why we sought the introduction of a provision in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill to extend the SFO’s pre-investigation powers under section 2A of the Criminal Justice Act 1987. The CPS published its first ever Economic Crime Strategy in March 2021 to focus its efforts in tackling the economic crime threat. The Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID) ensures that the CPS has the resilience, expertise and flexibility in its staff and organisational structure to best respond to new and changing areas of complex crime. The CPS and SFO continue to deliver real success in the fight against economic crime. This financial year alone, the SFO has brought seven cases to trial involving criminality valued at above £500 million. Five of these trials have already concluded, and each case resulted in guilty pleas or convictions. The SFO prosecution of Glencore saw the company pay a record fine of £280 million for its actions. In the year ending September 2022 the CPS prosecuted 6,381 defendants, where Fraud and Forgery was the principal offence, and the conviction rate was 83.4%. The CPS Fraud and Forgery charge rate was at 79% in Q2 22/23, 5 percentage points higher than the previous quarter.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/02/2023 10:42:37 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1585118

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Barristers: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of the increase in fees for prosecution barristers acting on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service; and whether her Department has made an impact of assessment of this decision.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	141655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>The estimated annual cost to keep parity between the prosecution and defence schemes will be around £30 million. The Crown Prosecution Service have modelled where the changes to the scheme need to be made and have been in liaison with the Bar Council.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 20/02/2023 19:10:41 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1583607

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2021 to Question 90844 on Crown Prosecution Service: Staff, how many (a) prosecutors and (b) other staff were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service as of 31 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	139145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>Please find data in response attached.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/02/2023 11:59:48 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson attachment 1 file name PQ 130223.docx title Data Response
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1583608

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) associate prosecutors, (b) crown prosecutors, (c) senior crown prosecutors, (d) Level 1-3 crown advocates, (e) Level 4 senior crown advocates and (f) principal crown advocates were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service as of 31 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	139146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>Please find data response attached.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/02/2023 15:27:39 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson attachment 1 file name PQ 130223.docx title Data Response
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1583609

registered interest
date	03/02/2023
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors and (b) other staff were employed in the Crown Prosecution Service’s (i) Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate and (ii) Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division as of 31 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	139147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>Please find data response attached.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/02/2023 15:28:42 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson attachment 1 file name PQ 130223.docx title Data Response
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1582650

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Economic Crime: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to ensure effective prosecution of fraud and economic crime.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	903445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) continue to play a significant role in bringing fraudsters to justice. In 2021/2022, the CPS prosecuted 7,200 defendants, where Fraud and Forgery was the principal offence and the conviction rate was 84.1%.</p><p>In 2022-23 the SFO have successfully prosecuted three fraud cases resulting in four criminals being sentenced to a total of 48 years in prison; and also secured the largest ever corporate confiscation order in the UK against Glencore Energy (UK) Ltd, at £93m.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 01/02/2023 14:37:03 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn