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1249062

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that the revised Guidelines on Disclosure will result in improved performance across the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
	uin	908177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>I am delighted that my revised Disclosure Guidelines have now been published. These Guidelines will come into force on 31 December and will be key to the requisite culture change and thinking approach needed when investigators and prosecutors carry out their disclosure obligations.</p><p> </p><p>This will ensure that better, fairer decisions are made in criminal cases, which will help to ensure that fewer cases are dropped post-charge due to issues arising due to late disclosure.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 05/11/2020 14:25:52 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

1249063

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Rule of Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on upholding the rule of law.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	908178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The freedoms and protections that we all enjoy rely on the rule of law. This is an important constitutional principle which demands: equality under the law; access to independent and impartial justice; government subject to the law; law that is clear and certain.</p><p> </p><p>The duty of the Law Officers is to give the Government full and frank legal advice, and to ensure the Government acts in full knowledge of the legal position. I take that responsibility seriously, and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 05/11/2020 14:29:43 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1247732

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been of British citizens who returned to the UK from north-eastern Syria since March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	110089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The CPS has a strong record of bringing successful prosecutions in terrorism cases and works extremely closely with Counter Terrorism policing and partners to help build strong cases.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not collate or publish data on categories of offender such as British citizens who have returned to the UK. However, latest figures from the Home Office for <em>all</em> types of terrorism cases show that in the year ending 30 June 2020, 49 persons were tried for terrorism-related offences, resulting in 45 convictions.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 05/11/2020 16:32:51 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1249060

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2020
	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	What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the extension to the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	908175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The unduly lenient sentence scheme was extended to incorporate further serious offences, in November of last year.</p><p> </p><p>The horrendous crime of stalking involving serious alarm or distress was one of the offences which was added.</p><p> </p><p>I am pleased to tell the House that this extension meant I was able to refer a case recently to the Court of Appeal, one in which the sentence of the offender was more than doubled.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 908176 question first answered 05/11/2020 14:24:11 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1249061

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2020
	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	What recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the extension to the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	uin	908176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The unduly lenient sentence scheme was extended to incorporate further serious offences, in November of last year.</p><p> </p><p>The horrendous crime of stalking involving serious alarm or distress was one of the offences which was added.</p><p> </p><p>I am pleased to tell the House that this extension meant I was able to refer a case recently to the Court of Appeal, one in which the sentence of the offender was more than doubled.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 908175 question first answered 05/11/2020 14:24:11 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1249064

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) effectiveness of the digital capability of the CPS during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Wantage
	tabling member printed	David Johnston
	uin	908180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The CPS successfully enabled almost its entire workforce to move to remote working at the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak, without business interruption. Working with partners, the CPS has helped the criminal justice system to continue to function throughout the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS Inspectorate published a report on the performance of the CPS at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. It commended the organisation’s digital capability and strategic planning and its foresight in upgrading its digital capabilities.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 05/11/2020 14:30:50 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4761 label Biography information for David Johnston

1249065

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2020
	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: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of cases in the CPS.
	tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
	tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
	uin	908181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The CPS is working closely with partner agencies across the criminal justice system to reduce the current backlog of cases created by the Covid-19 outbreak. This includes both internal measures to deal with larger live caseloads in CPS Areas and working closely with partners to ensure maximum throughput of cases at court.</p><p> </p><p>Considerable progress is being made. In the honourable member’s constituency, Merthyr Magistrates’ Court has now reduced its backlog to pre-COVID levels.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 05/11/2020 14:34:17 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1245663

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Leader of the House of Commons: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are in the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL9428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>I refer the noble Lady to the answer given to PQs HL8861 and HL8862 as below -</p><p>Cross civil service information can be found at the Diversity and Inclusion dashboard at: <a href="https://public.tableau.com/profile/cabinet.office.diversity.and.inclusion#!/vizhome/CivilServiceDiversityandInclusiondashboard/Introduction?publish=yes" target="_blank">https://public.tableau.com/profile/cabinet.office.diversity.and.inclusion#!/vizhome/CivilServiceDiversityandInclusiondashboard/Introduction?publish=yes</a></p><p>As the dashboard’s data tables show 7% of Cabinet Office Senior Civil Servants declared that they were from an ethinic minority.</p><p>18% of Cabinet Office overall civil servants declare that they are from an ethnic minority. Details of individual grades will not be disclosed to avoid identifying individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 05/11/2020 16:53:52 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1247752

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with business representative organisations on the effect on businesses of the covid-19 pandemic.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	110242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>Ministerial colleagues and I have engaged closely with business representative organisations throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and we continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers hold regular sector calls with all the industries that BEIS covers, including but not limited to manufacturing, energy, construction, life sciences, professional services, retail and hospitality. Attendees include business representative organisations, trade associations and trade unions. We use these on-going engagements to collect direct intelligence on the impact of Covid-19 on industries and sectors that informs the response from BEIS and other Government departments and ensures the effectiveness of the Government’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/11/2020 17:16:08 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1247780

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Public Houses: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will allow pubs to sell takeaway alcohol during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Jane Stevenson
	uin	110245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>During the new national restrictions in place from 5 November, pubs and bars are permitted to sell alcohol through delivery or via click and collect where remote ordering has been utilised.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/11/2020 17:14:27 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4750 label Biography information for Jane Stevenson