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479031

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many unduly lenient sentences were given out to (a) British nationals, (b) non-British EU nationals and (c) nationals from outside the EU in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	31332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>The nationality of the offenders referred to the court is not collated centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/03/2016 10:25:56 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

479032

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2016 to Question 30579, which outsourced providers the Law Offices use for security services; and if he will request information from those providers on the rate of pay for security guards providing services to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	31326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>The available information is detailed in the following tables.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Law Officers’ </strong> <strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contracted security providers </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Security Guards</strong> <strong>hourly pay rates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General’s Office</p></td><td><p>Amey</p></td><td><p>Between £8.95 and £11.64 per hour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>Bilfinger Europa Facility Management Limited</p></td><td><p>Between £8.09 and £10.31 per hour</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Law Officers’ </strong> <strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contracted security providers </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Security Guards</strong> <strong>hourly pay rates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Government Legal Department<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>MITIE (One Kemble Street office, London)</p></td><td><p>Between £12.51 and £15.57 per hour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MITIE (Southern House office, Croydon)</p></td><td><p>Between £7.75 and £9.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walford Security (Riverside Chambers, Taunton)</p></td><td><p>£7.30 per hour</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup>HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate are tenants in the One Kemble Street building.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office is a tenant in a managed building where security guarding is outsourced by the landlord, the Canadian High Commission. The details of these arrangements are subject to the contract between the landlord, the Canadian High Commission, and the outsourced security provider. The decision about whether to publish details is a matter for the Canadian High Commission.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/03/2016 10:34:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

458860

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to the public purse of legal proceedings involving actions taken by the Government against (a) devolved administrations, (b) local government in England and (c) non-departmental public bodies has been in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	30454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD) conducts litigation for most government departments. GLD charges its government department clients for the litigation services it provides on an hourly fee basis. The Solicitor’s Office of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conduct litigation for HMRC.</p><p>(a) In the last 6 years there have been three cases where the Government has taken action against devolved administrations. The costs to the UK government in these cases was approximately £180,000.</p><p>(b) Neither GLD nor HMRC have centralised records that enable identification of the cost of litigation taken against Local Authorities. Carrying out a manual review of the stock of thousands of cases, would exceed the cost limit.</p><p>(c) Similarly, there is no central record which would enable the identification of cases against non – departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/03/2016 10:50:04 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

458963

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much security guards in the Law Officers' Departments are paid.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>None of the Law Officers’ Departments employ any security guards directly. Security costs for all departments are instead paid as part of wider contracts for building services.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 16/03/2016 12:26:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

456451

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Legal Opinion: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what criteria he uses when deciding whether to make public legal advice made available to Government; and on what occasions such legal advice has been made public since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	29279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>It is a longstanding constitutional convention, set out in the Cabinet Manual and the Ministerial Code, that the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised, and the content of their advice, must not be disclosed without their authority. The convention exists for fundamental constitutional reasons and to promote the public interest in the Rule of Law. Whether the Law Officers have advised and the content of that advice is part of the collective Cabinet decision-making process. The convention reflects the public interest in collective Cabinet responsibility. It also reflects the fact that Law Officers’ advice is confidential legal advice and, as with all professional legal advice, it is subject to legal professional privilege. In addition, it acknowledges the feature of Law Officers’ advice which sets it apart from other legal advice, namely that it is sought in relation to issues of particular complexity, sensitivity and constitutional importance. It is a matter of constitutional importance that the provision of advice in these circumstances should be protected in the public interest.</p><p> </p><p>A decision to disclose would require an exceptional countervailing public interest. No such case has arisen since May 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/03/2016 15:42:28 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

456650

registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will take steps to ensure that at the point of sentencing all available information on previous offences committed by the person to be sentenced is made available to the court.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	29046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>It is vital that all relevant available information on previous convictions and sentences (antecedents) is made available to the court that passes sentence. This allows the court to pass a sentence commensurate with the seriousness of the offence taking account the offender’s previous convictions. There are already procedures in place to ensure this</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service, or other prosecuting authority in the case, obtains relevant antecedents and previous convictions from the police so that it is available for service on the court, with further copies being served on the defence and Probation Services. It is the responsibility of the prosecution advocate to ensure that the information required is made available to the court at any sentencing hearing.</p><p>The Criminal Practice Directions [2013] EWCA Crim 1631 prescribe minimum standards for the provision of antecedent information in the magistrates’ and Crown Court. There is an additional requirement in the Crown Court for brief details of convictions likely to be of interest to the court to be made available prior to sentence being imposed.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/03/2016 15:32:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

455184

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the CPS has taken to ensure that administrative errors do not prevent victims from giving evidence at trial.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	28443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does all that it can to make sure that administrative errors do not prevent victims from giving evidence at trial.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS introduced a national standard operating practice for magistrates’ court activity in May 2015. The process is digital and task-based and is designed to ensure consistency of approach and timing of activity in managing casework which will further reduce the risk of administrative errors being made. Testing of Crown Court standard operating practice commenced at the beginning of February 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Joint police/CPS Witness Care Units (WCUs) provide a single point of contact for victims and witnesses and ensure they have access to tailored support to make sure they are able to attend court and give their best evidence. Most WCUs use the Witness Management System (WMS) to record the contact they have with victims and witnesses. WMS is a bespoke IT system designed to support WCUs in managing their cases, thereby reducing the risk of administrative errors.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/03/2016 14:39:39 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

455384

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Elections: Tower Hamlets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the deadline is for criminal prosecutions to be brought by the Metropolitan Police against people implicated in electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets as a result of the Election Court rulings against former mayor Lutfur Rahman.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	28599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The time limit for bringing proceedings for a criminal offence depends on the court in which the case can be heard. Proceedings for those offences which can only be tried in the magistrates court must usually be brought within 6 months of the alleged offence being committed. There is not usually a time limit for those offences which can only be prosecuted in the Crown Court or which can be prosecuted in either the magistrates or Crown Court. There are exceptions in relation to individual offences.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/03/2016 10:39:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

454680

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have an agreement or understanding with Sinn Fein (1) not to bring to court republicans on charges relating to tax fraud in South Armagh, or (2) to bring to court members of the Army who were on duty on Bloody Sunday and who now live in Great Britain.
tabling member printed	Lord Laird
uin	HL6430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The government does not have any such agreements or understandings in place with Sinn Fein.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 04/03/2016 12:11:00 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

454735

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Harassment: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what account the CPS takes of mental health conditions when deciding whether to prosecute people under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	28427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service is committed to taking into account the mental health condition of an offender when considering bringing a prosecution. Each case is considered on its merits, taking into account all available information about any mental health issues, and their relevance to the offence, in accordance with the principles set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code).</p><p> </p><p>The Code explains that there is a balance to be struck between the public interest in diverting a defendant with significant mental illness from the criminal justice system and other public interest factors in favour of prosecution, including the need to safeguard the public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/03/2016 12:37:12 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger