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	registered interest
	date	07/02/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Children: Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of successful prosecutions for cases involving child abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	119570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>Child sexual abuse cases are some of the most challenging, complex and sensitive cases. They are dealt with by specially trained prosecutors, working closely with the police to build the strongest possible cases that meet the legal test. In 2020-2021 there were 6,402 prosecutions for cases classified as child abuse. In the same period the conviction rate was 85.6%, an increase of 2.7% on the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>The government has successfully rolled out Section 28 for vulnerable victims and witnesses, including children, in all Crown Courts from November 2020. We know that Section 28 provisions which provide for pre-recorded cross-examination can help to improve the experience of victims by enabling them to give their evidence earlier in the process and outside of the courtroom.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has comprehensive Legal Guidance for prosecutors on cases involving child abuse. This Guidance supports prosecutors to build strong cases and bring effective prosecutions. It is currently being updated to take account of the latest developments in law and policy.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 15/02/2022 15:59:00 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1505002

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, wither reference to Section 109(4) of the Equality Act 2010, whether she has had discussions with (a) human resources and (b) employment law experts in her Department on the implications for her Department’s liability to Section 109 proceedings of removing mandatory training for civil service staff regarding their obligations under that Act.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	47417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>There has been no change to the mandatory training for civil servants at the Attorney General’s Office.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 22/09/2022 09:08:03 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1422061

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Government Legal Department: Edenred
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to transaction 232566 in the transparency data Complete transaction records 2021- 2022 25k and over November 2021, published on 9 February 2022, for what services EdenRed was awarded a £25,890 bonus payment by the Government Legal Department on 18 November 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	122614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>Edenred is the sole supplier of employee benefits and reward solutions under the Crown Commercial Service’s Employee Benefits Framework. Edenred supplies the Government Legal Department with both employee benefits and reward solutions, including childcare vouchers, a cycle to work scheme, payroll giving, employee discounts and reward and recognition bonuses. Edenred invoiced Government Legal Department £25,890 for providing reward and recognition bonuses to Government Legal Department, Attorney General’s Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate employees during October 2021. Bonuses may take the form of paper vouchers, eGift Cards and Gift Cards.</p><p> </p><p>334 bonuses of a value of between £30.00 and £100.00 were awarded to staff in October 2021, the average (mean) value of which was £73.79 and the most frequent (mode) value was £100.00. Employees receive the full value of the bonus and there is no additional cost for using the service.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 21/02/2022 13:02:45 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1656720

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Federalist Society
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the transparency data entitled AGO transparency data - January to March 2023, published on 21 July 2023, whether any matters related to the work of her Department were discussed during the hospitality she received from the Federalist Society on 9 February 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	196464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>Neil M. Gorsuch spoke at a lunch hosted by the Federalist Society on his role as a Supreme Court Justice. The Attorney attended, she did not speak at the lunch or discuss her role in detail.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 11/09/2023 16:54:42 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1465533

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Government Legal Department
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the readout of the Cabinet meeting by the Prime Minister's spokesman on 24 May 2022, who conducted the review into the performance of the Government Legal Department; what the terms of reference were for that review; and whether a copy of the review findings will be laid before Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	7939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Attorney General commissioned a review into the Government Legal Department in October 2020. This was an internal review and as such it is not suitable for publication.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Risk Guidance is a fundamental document lawyers in government use in all aspects of their work. It was recently refreshed in light of the collective experience of Ministers and lawyers of its practical application.</p><p> </p><p>The updated guidance will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The previous version is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-note-on-legal-risk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-note-on-legal-risk</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 7940 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:06:07 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1465534

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Government Legal Department
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the readout of the Cabinet meeting by the Prime Minister's spokesman on 24 May 2022, if she will publish the (a) revised guidance given to the Government Legal Department on the type of service it is tasked with providing to other departments and (b) previous guidance that it has replaced.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	7940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Attorney General commissioned a review into the Government Legal Department in October 2020. This was an internal review and as such it is not suitable for publication.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Risk Guidance is a fundamental document lawyers in government use in all aspects of their work. It was recently refreshed in light of the collective experience of Ministers and lawyers of its practical application.</p><p> </p><p>The updated guidance will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The previous version is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-note-on-legal-risk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-note-on-legal-risk</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 7939 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:06:07 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

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

1645934

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Data Protection
	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 for Data and Digital Infrastructure of 14 June 2023 at Topical Questions, T7, Official Report, column 286, what plans her Department has to (a) utilise the provisions in Part 3 of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill and (b) use smart data in new sectors.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	190401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office do not have plans to utilise the provisions in Part 3 of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill, there is work still to be done to understand how Smart Data can be used across Government.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/06/2023 09:53:56 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1536790

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Official Hospitality and Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the ministerial transparency data for January to March 2022, published by her Department on 14 July 2022, for what reason the published declaration (a) for meetings is a duplicate of the published information for overseas travel and (b) of hospitality is a duplicate of the published declaration for gifts; and if she will update the publication with accurate declarations of (i) meetings and (ii) hospitality for that period.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	72952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Ministerial transparency data published by the Attorney General's Office for January to March 2022 contained two errors, namely a duplication of the declarations both for overseas travel and for gifts. I apologise for these errors. The transparency data has now been rectified, and the full publication of the meetings, overseas travel, hospitality and gifts can be viewed by the public on the official website of the Attorney General's Office.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 01/11/2022 16:21:24 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1491641

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Unaoil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the meeting between her predecessor and Mr David Tinsley referred to in chapter 10, paragraph 5(h)-(i) of Sir David Calvert Smith's report into the Serious Fraud Office’s handling of the Unaoil Case, if she will set out (a) when, (b) where, (c) for what purpose that meeting took place and (d) whether it was declared in her Department's transparency publications for ministerial meetings or hospitality.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	41958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The then Attorney General (the Rt Hon member for Torridge and West Devon), met David Tinsley for 20 minutes in the waiting room of his barristers’ chambers on 18 October 2018, after an acquaintance requested that he meet informally with an unnamed contact with links to the US government about a matter affecting the public interest.</p><p> </p><p>It transpired that Mr Tinsley wished to draw the then Attorney General’s attention to the value of his services and those of his company in facilitating a better working relationship between the English investigation and prosecution authorities and US authorities. The then Attorney General brought the meeting to an end, pointing out that he did not have responsibility for the issues Mr Tinsley had raised.</p><p> </p><p>Neither the Serious Fraud Office’s investigation into Unaoil, Mr Tinsley’s involvement in it, nor the defendants in that case or any other case, were raised in the meeting or discussed. The then Attorney General took no action in connection with the meeting and had no further contact with Mr Tinsley.</p><p> </p><p>The meeting was not declared in the transparency returns for the Attorney General’s Office as the then Attorney General did not meet Mr Tinsley in his ministerial capacity.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 06/09/2022 09:13:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry