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1058908

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Intestacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people that die without (a) known entitled relatives and (b) leaving a will were referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Mr Robert Goodwill
uin	219364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of estates referred to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department in each financial year since 2012 is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1794</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>1639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>1455*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*to date</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/02/2019 09:23:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1058909

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Duchy of Cornwall and Duchy of Lancaster: Intestacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many estates of people that die without (a) known entitled relatives and (b) leaving a will in the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall were referred to the law firm Farrer and Co. Solicitors in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
tabling member printed	Mr Robert Goodwill
uin	219365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury Solicitor is appointed by Royal Warrant to administer the estates of persons domiciled in England &amp; Wales who die without leaving a will or entitled relatives (known as ‘bona vacantia’) but this explicitly excludes the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster.</p><p> </p><p>The bona vacantia estates of persons domiciled in Cornwall and Lancaster are administered by Farrer &amp; Co Solicitors on behalf of the Dukes of Cornwall and Lancaster and are referred directly to them.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury Solicitor does not hold any information about the numbers of estates which are referred to Farrer &amp; Co.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/02/2019 09:24:46 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1059076

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, which EU agencies his Department plans to seek continued membership of after the UK has left the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	219252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>During the Implementation Period, the terms of the UK’s participation in EU agencies and bodies will be as set out in Article 128 of the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Following our exit from the European Union, we are committed to maintaining a close and collaborative relationship with the EU. Our future partnership is a matter for the next phase of negotiations and we look forward to constructive discussions with the EU.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/02/2019 09:15:52 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1059216

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sir Philip Green
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Sir Phillip Green or any company, trust or other entity associated with him, has obtained an injunction against Her Majesty's Government or any government departments, agencies or public bodies since May 2010; if so, when any such injunction was granted; and when it was withdrawn.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL13602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD) conducts civil litigation on behalf of most government departments and many (but not all) executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies.</p><p>GLD has no record of any injunctions obtained by Sir Philip Green, or any entity known by GLD to be connected with him, against any of the departments, agencies or bodies to which GLD provides litigation services.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 21/02/2019 12:19:00 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1056995

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
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, what criminal convictions he has referred to the Court of Appeal as being unduly lenient in the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	218755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Annual data for the cases that have been referred to the Court of Appeal are publicly available for the years 2014-2016 on the gov.uk website at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=attorney-generals-office" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=attorney-generals-office</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, 173 cases were referred to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, 140 cases were referred to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient, although two of those cases are yet to be heard.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/02/2019 09:56:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1057044

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Court: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of Crown Court trials did not complete due to a prosecution failure to disclose evidence to the defence in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	218823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of Crown Court trials which resulted in a non-conviction outcome due to a prosecution failure to disclose evidence to the defence. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the work under the National Disclosure Improvement Plan, the CPS has introduced new data collection measures designed to monitor disclosure performance. These measures include all prosecutors now being required to confirm at the conclusion of every case that has been stopped after charge whether disclosure had a primary or contributory impact on the outcome. This will allow us to capture more data than ever before on cases in which disclosure does not ultimately cause the case to end but where it was a secondary factor, and will enable performance to be examined by police and prosecutors at local, regional and national level and to drive further improvements. The first set of this data will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/02/2019 16:36:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1056658

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library his advice on the legal implications of any changes made to the Withdrawal Agreement text between the UK and the EU ahead of the forthcoming vote on that Agreement.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	218243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the legitimate desire of Parliament to understand the legal implications of the Withdrawal Agreement and will look at what assistance it can provide the House. The Government has already published a collection of material to support public and parliamentary assessment of the deal. In addition, on 14 January, I agreed to the Government publishing a letter from me to the Prime Minister about the exchange of letters between the Prime Minister and the Presidents of the European Council and Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 12/02/2019 12:28:47 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

1056746

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many officials from his Department have been seconded from their primary role to make preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	218149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office, along with all of HM Government, is committed to ensuring that we make a success of EU Exit. No officials from the Attorney General’s Office, a small ministerial department, have been seconded from their primary role to make preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; officials working on EU Exit are preparing for all scenarios.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/02/2019 16:38:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1055969

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 213932, what the change has been in the case load of the Crown Prosecution Service for each crime type, in the West Midlands, in each year from 2010 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	217439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of offences recorded against crime types. However, the CPS does collect data which reports the number of prosecuted defendants allocated to twelve Principal Offence Categories which is collated in financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The tables in Annex A show the number of finalised prosecution outcomes by Principal Offence during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18 in the West Midlands CPS Area and in England.</p><p> </p><p>During the 8 year period reported in the table, magistrates’ courts caseload has fallen by 31% and Crown Court caseload by 23% in the West Midlands Area, compared to falls of 47% and 34% respectively across England as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Despite the falling caseload it is important to be aware that the types of cases prosecuted in the West Midlands and England have changed significantly in the period between 2010 and 2018. The CPS is prosecuting more serious and complex cases in the West Midlands Area as evidenced by a 46% rise in homicide (35% in England), a 34% increase in fraud and forgery (compared to a fall of 17% in England) and a 55% increase in sexual offences cases (26% in England). During this period, minor motoring cases have fallen by 67% in the Area with a similar fall reflected across England. This followed changes to the list of specified offences made in 2012 which transferred responsibility for prosecuting many low level motoring offences back to the police</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 217441 question first answered 11/02/2019 11:35:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name 217439 & 217441 - Annex A.docx title Annex A
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1055970

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the change has been in the level of funding allocated by the Crown Prosecution Service at (a) a regional level and (b) CPS Direct level in each year from 2010 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	217440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The table below provides a breakdown of the funding at regional level and for CPS Direct from 2010 to 2018.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FY18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cymru Wales Area</strong></p></td><td><p>26.5</p></td><td><p>24.8</p></td><td><p>22.5</p></td><td><p>22.3</p></td><td><p>20.2</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td><td><p>19.2</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England Area</strong></p></td><td><p>25.5</p></td><td><p>24.1</p></td><td><p>21.8</p></td><td><p>20.7</p></td><td><p>19.5</p></td><td><p>20.6</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands Area</strong></p></td><td><p>30.6</p></td><td><p>29.4</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td><td><p>26.3</p></td><td><p>24.5</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td><td><p>23.3</p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td><td><p>25.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London </strong></p></td><td><p>110.1</p></td><td><p>104.1</p></td><td><p>98.5</p></td><td><p>94.1</p></td><td><p>85.5</p></td><td><p>80.4</p></td><td><p>79.0</p></td><td><p>81.2</p></td><td><p>79.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mersey Cheshire Area</strong></p></td><td><p>21.0</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td><td><p>17.8</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>14.6</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East Area</strong></p></td><td><p>23.7</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td><td><p>18.4</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td><td><p>17.1</p></td><td><p>17.9</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West Area</strong></p></td><td><p>45.6</p></td><td><p>45.6</p></td><td><p>40.4</p></td><td><p>40.1</p></td><td><p>37.9</p></td><td><p>34.6</p></td><td><p>33.9</p></td><td><p>33.7</p></td><td><p>30.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East Area</strong></p></td><td><p>29.1</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td><td><p>25.4</p></td><td><p>23.8</p></td><td><p>22.2</p></td><td><p>23.1</p></td><td><p>21.8</p></td><td><p>21.8</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West Area</strong></p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td><td><p>20.8</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td><td><p>18.8</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td><td><p>17.3</p></td><td><p>16.8</p></td><td><p>16.5</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Thames and Chiltern Area</strong></p></td><td><p>26.4</p></td><td><p>25.6</p></td><td><p>24.4</p></td><td><p>24.2</p></td><td><p>22.5</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td><td><p>21.0</p></td><td><p>20.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wessex Area</strong></p></td><td><p>22.1</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td><td><p>18.2</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td><td><p>17.8</p></td><td><p>17.1</p></td><td><p>15.4</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands Area</strong></p></td><td><p>45.5</p></td><td><p>42.6</p></td><td><p>39.3</p></td><td><p>36.0</p></td><td><p>33.1</p></td><td><p>32.7</p></td><td><p>34.4</p></td><td><p>36.8</p></td><td><p>35.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and Humberside Area</strong></p></td><td><p>42.6</p></td><td><p>40.3</p></td><td><p>36.8</p></td><td><p>35.8</p></td><td><p>33.8</p></td><td><p>32.5</p></td><td><p>32.2</p></td><td><p>31.8</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Direct</strong></p></td><td><p>13.5</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td><td><p>16.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 11/02/2019 11:38:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe