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1486994

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service has taken steps to (a) revise its guidance on joint enterprise and (b) consider its approach to gang prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	31852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The CPS publishes guidance on various matters relating to its criminal prosecutions, which is</p><p>available for the public to view on the CPS website.[1] CPS guidance is reviewed and updated periodically, especially when there is a significant change in law or policy.</p><p> </p><p>(a) The CPS has published guidance on the application of the joint enterprise doctrine since 2012. The 2012 guidance, titled <em>Joint Enterprise charging decisions: Principal, secondary and inchoate liability</em>, was published following a public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance was revised in 2018, to reflect a significant change in the law brought about by the Supreme Court’s decision in <em>R v Jogee</em>. The revisions were informed by another public consultation and the title of the guidance was changed to <em>Secondary Liability: charging decisions on principals and accessories</em>, to reflect the terminology used by the Court.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance was revised further in 2019, following a stakeholder consultation. The main revision related to guidance in respect of children and persons with learning disabilities, autism and mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The CPS guidance ‘Decision making in ‘gang’ related offences' is regularly reviewed and was last updated in November 2021. The guidance urges caution about the use of the word ‘gang’, explaining how it can properly be deployed in a prosecution, where substantiated by the evidence and relevant to a matter in issue in the proceedings. In drafting the guidance, the CPS assessed the potential effect of using ‘gang’ in proceedings and identified that the term is used in legislation and by criminal justice partners.</p><p>The guidance clearly sets out that, given the negative connotations of the term ‘gang’, prosecutors should not refer to a group as a ‘gang’ in proceedings unless there is evidence to support the assertion. However, prosecutors must also ensure that where there is admissible evidence of gang membership, the case is put on a basis that reflects the often very serious gravity of the offending.</p><p> </p><p>[1] https://www.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 12:39:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1487000

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service has taken steps to examine how Modern Slavery legislation can be further used to (a) protect the public and (b) prevent the exploitation of vulnerable young men and women.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	31853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>I am pleased to report that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has had considerable success in using Modern Slavery legislation to increase prosecutions of modern slavery cases involving the criminal and sexual exploitation of vulnerable young people.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecutors work closely with law enforcement and give early investigative stage in all cases of modern slavery to build robust cases with the aim of lessening or removing the need to rely solely upon the evidence of vulnerable victims. The CPS will try to build victimless prosecutions where possible and has obtained convictions without reliance on the victim’s evidence.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS will also, where possible, apply for Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders (STPOs) on conviction of a defendant. This enhances the court’s ability to place restrictions on individuals, ensuring that even after they have served their sentence any future risk of similar criminality is effectively managed. In cases involving unconvicted defendants, the CPS will also work with law enforcement agencies to obtain Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders (STROs) where there is a risk of harm to potential victims or to the public.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 13:00:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1487002

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will publish the data her Department holds on the number of cases in the last 12 months where all identifying information is redacted from case information passed to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police to allow race-blind decisions.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	31854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has delivered all but one of the CPS recommendations in the Lammy review into ‘Black and Ethnic Minority Representation in the Criminal Justice System’.</p><p> </p><p>The Lammy Review recommended that the CPS introduce ‘race-blind’ charging decisions, whereby identifiers of ethnicity are removed from material considered by the police when reaching a charging decision. The CPS rejected this recommendation as it was operationally not feasible. They instead committed to publishing data on ethnicity and charging decisions to monitor disproportionality as part of quarterly performance data.</p><p> </p><p>The data for Q4 2021-22 will be published on the CPS website on 21 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 13:02:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1486551

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>In the period in question The Attorney General’s Office has had no contracts with any of the listed firms.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 12:21:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486679

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of steps taken by the Serious Fraud Office to increase the number of cases it prosecutes.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	31101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>In its role as a specialist law enforcement agency tackling the top level of serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is prosecuting eight cases within the 2022-23 financial year. These involve more than 20 individuals, charged with criminality worth over £550m.</p><p> </p><p>Given this specialist role, as well as the scale and complexity of the cases it takes on, the focus of the SFO is less on increasing the number of cases it takes on, but rather increasing its capacity through the use of technology, reducing manual errors and delivering this year’s trials effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Driving this, the SFO received a funding uplift in the 2021 Spending Review which included £4.4m over three years to invest in technology. This will complement the wider work that it is doing to reduce case lengths and ensure the tools it uses to investigate and prosecute fraudsters match the evolving methods used by these criminals.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 12:24:48 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1486680

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
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, what steps she has taken to increase the number of prosecutions for domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	31102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse is an important priority for this government. Over 10,900 suspects were charged with DA offences in the last quarter with a conviction rate of over 75% and in the last 5 years, the number of coercive and controlling behaviour cases has increased from 5 to 1,403.</p><p> </p><p>We have continued focus on tackling this heinous crime by introducing non- fatal strangulation offence as part of our landmark Domestic Abuse Act. Those who strangle their partners in an attempt to control or induce fear will face up to 5 years behind bars.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 27757 question first answered 12/07/2022 12:45:20 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1486699

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	National Security Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 26698 and with reference to the Answer given by the Secretary of State for Defence on 27 June 2022 to Question 23221, if she will set out how many meetings of the National Security Council she has attended since April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	31000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The National Security Council is a committee of the Cabinet. It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 12:36:37 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1485113

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Ukraine: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 24564, on Armed Conflict: Ukraine, on what occasions (a) she and (b) the Solicitor General have discussed the (i) collection of antemortem records of missing or at risk UK citizens in Ukraine and (ii) identification of deceased UK citizens in that country with the Ukrainian Prosecutor General or her ministers or officials.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	28407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to liaise on various channels with the Ukrainian authorities to support effective identification and collection of evidence of atrocity crimes. It remains for the Ukrainian authorities to maintain any necessary records of those missing or at risk in Ukraine and to identify British nationals that pass away on Ukrainian territory. This particular subject has not arisen in direct discussions that the Law Officers have held as part of the ongoing dialogue with the Ukrainian Prosecutor General.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 12:49:07 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1485119

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the wage ratio was between the highest paid member of staff in her Department and the lowest in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	28384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office wage ratio is as follows (a) 1:6.10 (b) 1:4.45 (c) 1:6.05.</p><p> </p><p>As a small ministerial department with a limited number of staff disclosing salary figures would make staff potentially at risk of being identified.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 12:58:19 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1484662

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he plans to take to increase the (a) prosecution and (b) conviction rates from reported cases of rape.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	27649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>This Government is determined to increase the number of rape prosecutions and convictions.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS is undertaking extensive work to drive up and improve prosecutions through their Joint National RASSO Action Plan with the police, the Rape Strategy, and the Operation Soteria Pathfinders, which are testing methods for best practice in six CPS Areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since this work commenced there has been a steady increase in the number of rape charges, prosecutions and convictions, quarter on quarter.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 05/07/2022 15:14:58 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell