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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-05-25more like thismore than 2022-05-25
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Criminal Proceedings: Gangs remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service on 4 November 2021 entitled Gang related offences - Decision making in, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of the guidance on the use of the term gang by prosecutors during proceedings. more like this
tabling member constituency Stockton North more like this
tabling member printed
Alex Cunningham more like this
uin 8997 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-06-06more like thismore than 2022-06-06
answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) 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. 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> more like this
answering member constituency Cheltenham more like this
answering member printed Alex Chalk more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-06-06T08:01:46.187Zmore like thismore than 2022-06-06T08:01:46.187Z
answering member
4481
label Biography information for Alex Chalk more like this
tabling member
4122
label Biography information for Alex Cunningham more like this