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1341425

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, for what reason does the CPS withdraw its support for rape cases going to full trial after a trial date has been set.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	23267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>When deciding whether to prosecute a criminal case, prosecutors must follow the Code for Crown Prosecutors. This is the starting point for every decision they make and requires prosecutors to apply two key tests: the evidential test and the public interest test.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecutors have a continuous duty to review cases, and there are a range of reasons that may mean a case no longer meets the Code test. The most common changes that result in a discontinuance include new undermining evidence, existing evidence being ruled as inadmissible, and victim withdrawal from proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS is committed to improving victims’ confidence in and experience of the criminal justice process. The CPS is working tirelessly with its cross-government and criminal justice partners to make sure victims are supported from the moment they report a rape or sexual assault through the criminal justice process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/07/2021 13:51:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1484403

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	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, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State in response to the Urgent Question of 28 June 2022 on prosecution of incidences of rape, what steps he plans to take to enable more survivors of rape to bring forward a prosecution in the event that the CPS determines the case to be one of the survivors word against the perpetrators.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	26796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>This Government is determined to improve support for victims and increase the number of rape cases going to court.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year the CPS published their Rape Strategy update confirming their aim to significantly increase year on year the number of rape cases going to court. In each of their RASSO Units their specially trained prosecutors will always look to charge when the Code for Crown Prosecutors is met.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS are also undertaking extensive work to enhance support for rape victims including a ‘digital walk through’ outlining for victims the process of a criminal trial.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 05/07/2022 07:59:39 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

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

1359716

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what overseas visits have been made by (a) herself, her predecessor or senior officials in her Department, (b) the Director of Public Prosecutions or senior CPS officials and (c) the Director of the Serious Fraud Office or senior officers over the last 12 months; which countries were visited; what matters were discussed; and whether covid-19 quarantine rules were followed by all people making such visits.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
	tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
	uin	57006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Attorney General, Solicitor General and senior officials in the department have not undertaken any overseas visits in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2021, Lisa Osofsky (The Director of the Serious Fraud Office) and John Carroll (Chief Operating Officer of the Serious Fraud Office) visited the United States of America (USA). The purpose of the visit was to meet strategic partners and discuss collaboration and cooperation in tackling serious and complex economic crime. They both followed Covid protocols throughout their time abroad and on returning to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2021, on a visit to the USA, the Director attended a work meeting with DOJ Senior Officials. In this meeting, she met with American Operational partners and discussed collaboration and cooperation in tackling serious and complex economic crime. The Director followed Covid protocols in place for foreign travel.</p><p> </p><p>No overseas visits have been undertaken by any other Senior SFO Officer over the past 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Over the past 12 months, the Director of Public Prosecutions completed two overseas business trips, to Poland and the United States. During both visits, the DPP met key stakeholders, including HMG officials. Both of these visits provided an important opportunity to demonstrate support for CPS Liaison Prosecutors based in these jurisdictions and to cement the importance of their role and our cooperation with our international partners.</p><p> </p><p>On both occasions, there were no requirements to quarantine on entry into either country, or on return to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 25/10/2021 08:01:17 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1181947

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery: Car Washes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases have been brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions in respect of modern slavery at hand car washes; and how many convictions there have been as a result of those cases.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	23669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>The data published by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) shows the number of defendants prosecuted for offences of human trafficking for all forms of exploitation. To obtain details on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences relating to exploitation at hand-car washes would require a manual examination of individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted in cases flagged as human trafficking offences in England and Wales from 2015/16 to September 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Non-Convictions</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 16</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>65.1%</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>34.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>295</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - 17</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>61.4%</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>38.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>295</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 - 18</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>65.1%</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>34.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>284</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018 - 19</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>68.0%</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>32.0%</p></td><td><p><strong>322</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April - Sept 19</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>72.2%</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>27.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>158</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 06/03/2020 11:12:25 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1346303

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to strengthen young people's (a) engagement with and (b) understanding of (i) the work of the Crown Prosecution Service and (ii) other services provided by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	uin	32516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>The CPS has a strong record of outreach programmes to engage young people in its work, and to promote career opportunities, including through apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has over 400 apprentices currently enrolled onto programme across England and Wales and has a strong record of consistently meeting the apprenticeship targets as set out by Cabinet Office. At the end of June 2021, CPS was at 4.9% apprenticeship starts against the 2.3% target. 49% of the apprentices are aged 16 to 24 years old and 4% are aged under 19 years old.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/07/2021 14:46:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1470248

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service is adequately resourced to prosecute hate crime against members of religious minority communities.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	uin	18052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) recognises the serious impact hate crimes have on peoples’ lives and will always seek to prosecute where there is sufficient evidence to do so, regardless of the offence, or how it is committed. In 2021/22, the proportion of successful outcomes in religiously aggravated hate crime with an announced and recorded sentence uplift was 79.8%.</p><p> </p><p>Each CPS Area has a Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor as a strategic hate crime lead and a network of dedicated Hate Crime Coordinators operates across all 14 CPS Areas, providing their expertise on matters relating to hate crime and acting as a local point of contact for all external partner agencies.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the CPS has created a hate crime External Consultation Group, which is responsible for providing a community perspective on CPS activity, providing an important check and balance in respect of CPS casework quality, and includes representatives from Tell MAMA and the Community Security Trust (CST).</p><p> </p><p>The CPS also sits on the cross-government working groups on anti-Muslim Hatred and on Antisemitism.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/06/2022 08:24:35 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1483508

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Emergency Services and Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking with the CPS to improve prosecution rates for offences against retail and emergency workers.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	uin	26004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2022 answer text <p>The CPS treats assaults against retail and emergency workers extremely seriously. In accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors, charges are selected to reflect the seriousness and extent of the offending and give the court adequate powers to sentence.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS is a signatory to a <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/publications/Joint%20Agreement%20on%20Offences%20against%20Emergency%20Workers.pdf" target="_blank">Joint Agreement on Offences against Emergency Workers</a> which provides a framework to ensure the more effective investigation and prosecution of cases where emergency workers are the victim of a crime. It also sets the standards victims of these crimes can expect.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has issued <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/assaults-emergency-workers-offences-act-2018" target="_blank">legal guidance</a> to prosecutors on the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. This guidance highlights that the Act requires courts to consider an offence against an emergency worker as an aggravating factor in sentencing. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 has extended the statutory aggravating factor cover to assaults on those providing a public service including those who provide goods or facilities to the public.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 01/07/2022 07:57:21 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1416874

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many ongoing investigations are underway at the Serious Fraud Office to recover public money lost to fraud and economic crime from the emergency covid-19 support schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
	tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
	uin	112521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>Although no investigations have been formally announced, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating a number of suspected fraudulent applications for COVID loans.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect the investigative process, it is not always possible, or even desirable, for investigative bodies such as the SFO to announce investigations prematurely, or provide any details of the matters under investigation. The SFO proactively publishes information about its cases on its website whenever it is appropriate</p><p> </p><p>SFO investigations follow the evidence, and their focus or scope may change as an investigation advances. The number of staff working on a specific case will fluctuate throughout an investigation’s lifecycle and will depend on factors such as the complexity of the allegations being investigated, and intelligence gathered or provided.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 112522 question first answered 02/02/2022 10:21:15 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden

1416877

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many members of staff at the Serious Fraud Office are working full time on the recovery of public money lost to fraud and economic crime from emergency covid-19 support schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South East
	tabling member printed	Pat McFadden
	uin	112522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>Although no investigations have been formally announced, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating a number of suspected fraudulent applications for COVID loans.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect the investigative process, it is not always possible, or even desirable, for investigative bodies such as the SFO to announce investigations prematurely, or provide any details of the matters under investigation. The SFO proactively publishes information about its cases on its website whenever it is appropriate</p><p> </p><p>SFO investigations follow the evidence, and their focus or scope may change as an investigation advances. The number of staff working on a specific case will fluctuate throughout an investigation’s lifecycle and will depend on factors such as the complexity of the allegations being investigated, and intelligence gathered or provided.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 112521 question first answered 02/02/2022 10:21:15 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1587 label Biography information for Pat McFadden