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date	2018-10-18
hansard heading	Prosecutions

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uin

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is ministerial correction

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990401

registered interest

date

18/10/2018

answering body

Attorney General

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answering dept short name

Attorney General

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Attorney General

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Prosecutions

house id

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Attorney General, how many times he has been asked to consent to a prosecution; and in how many of those cases he (a) granted and (b) refused consent in each of the last five years.

tabling member constituency

Brighton, Pavilion

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Caroline Lucas

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181270

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

25/10/2018

answer text

<p>The Law Officers have received 705 applications for consent since 1 January 2013. Consent has been declined in 33 applications. Consent was declined on 14 occasions as there was insufficient evidence and on 19 occasions because a prosecution was not in the public interest.</p>

answering member constituency

Torridge and West Devon

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Mr Geoffrey Cox

question first answered

25/10/2018 08:42:15

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1508

	label	Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

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3930

	label	Biography information for Caroline Lucas