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100659

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a table of Crown Prosecution Service child-abuse flagged (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions for each financial year since 2006-07.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	211679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is contained in the attached table, a copy of which has been deposited in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence. This includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and persons under the age of 18. Child abuse includes physical, emotional and sexual criminal offences, as well as neglect of a child and historical child abuse where the victim is now an adult. The data provided is primarily used for monitoring performance on cases that involve allegations of child abuse. The data relies on the application of a monitoring flag and is accurate only to the extent that the flag is correctly applied.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS has published a breakdown of both pre-charge decisions and prosecutions for child abuse flagged cases within the annual ‘Violence against Women and Girls Report 2013-14’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 28/10/2014 13:05:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name 211679 - CPS child abuse data.xlsx title CPS child abuse flagged data
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

100660

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library a list of the local authorities who have adopted the information-sharing protocol launched by the Crown Prosecution Service in January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	211680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not centrally record the number of local authorities that have adopted the national disclosure Protocol.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A survey of Chief Crown Prosecutors found that 82 local authorities have signed a local protocol as of 5 September 2014. The attached list of the local authorities identified in the survey has been placed in the library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 28/10/2014 13:10:13 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name 211680 - Table - information sharing Protocol.docx title List: signatories - protocol
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

101614

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, for which offences the Crown Prosecution Service routinely monitors the number and proportion of cases that fail because of victim issues.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	212435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The CPS defendant case outcome records include an allocation of a reason for each unsuccessful outcome, including the number which did not proceed because of victim issues. These records are centrally collated under the following twelve Principal Offence Categories.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Homicide</p><p> </p><p>Offences against the person</p><p> </p><p>Sexual offences</p><p> </p><p>Burglary</p><p> </p><p>Robbery</p><p> </p><p>Theft and handling</p><p> </p><p>Fraud and forgery</p><p> </p><p>Criminal damage</p><p> </p><p>Drugs offences</p><p> </p><p>Public order offences</p><p> </p><p>Motoring offences</p><p> </p><p>All other offences</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 19/11/2014 12:38:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

101615

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has brought in Crown Courts in Wales in each of the last five calendar years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	212436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the numbers of defendants and the outcome of prosecution proceedings, divided into twelve Principal Offence Categories, including ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p>The category of ‘Fraud and Forgery, includes offences prosecuted by way of the Fraud Act 2006, fraudulently evading income tax, VAT, excise duty or national insurance, bankruptcy offences, money laundering, forgery or using a false instrument and obtaining property, services or pecuniary advantage by deception.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows, in each of the last five calendar years, the number of defendants prosecuted and finalised, in Crown Courts in Wales, where the Principal Offence was categorised as ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Principal Offence Category is assigned at the end of a prosecution to indicate the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged at the time of finalisation. It is not possible to disaggregate the outcomes of individual offences, such as fraud, without undertaking a manual search of case records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This table does not include those cases prosecuted by the DWP prosecution teams that merged with the CPS in 2012, as the DWP Cardiff team prosecutes cases in Crown Courts in England, as well as Wales. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of cases prosecuted solely in Wales without incurring a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/11/2014 15:53:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

101616

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sham Marriage: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has brought on breaches of immigration law arising from sham marriages in each of the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	212437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Offences of breaching immigration law may be prosecuted by way of Section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971 (assisting unlawful immigration to a European Union Member State) or by way of Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act (conspiracy).</p><p>The offence created by Section 25 of the Immigration Act 1971 encompasses both the offence of assisting illegal entry (whether by smuggling someone in a vehicle or by providing false documents for presentation at a port) or by assisting someone to remain by deception (for example, by entering into a sham marriage) which facilitate a breach of the immigration laws. Conspiracies to facilitate breaches of immigration law are charged by way of Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977.</p><p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution commenced at magistrates’ courts for assisting unlawful immigration or conspiracy. However it is not possible to disaggregate which of these offences relate to sham marriages rather than other immigration law breaches without reviewing individual case files which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 04/11/2014 14:31:53 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

101617

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Tesco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what reports he has received on whether the Serious Fraud Office will apply for additional funding from HM Treasury to finance its investigation into Tesco.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	212438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has a core budget to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute the most serious and complex cases of fraud, bribery and corruption, and some exceptionally large cases will arise that require additional resources. However it is not in the public interest to specify in detail what resources the SFO intends to dedicate to each case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/11/2014 15:56:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

155387

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud prosecutions were carried out in England and Wales in each Crown Prosecution Service business area.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	214293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted and finalised in 2013-14 by the Crown Prosecution Service in each business area and the Central Casework Division, where the Principal Offence was categorised as ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The category of ‘Fraud and Forgery, comprises a number of offences including offences prosecuted by way of the Fraud Act 2006, fraudulently evading income tax, VAT, excise duty or national insurance, bankruptcy offences, money laundering, forgery or using a false instrument and obtaining property, services or pecuniary advantage by deception.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>3,196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Casework Division</p></td><td><p>6,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong><strong> &amp; Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,042</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Central Casework Division includes ‘Fraud and Forgery’ prosecutions previously undertaken by the prosecution function of the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Principal Offence Category is assigned at the end of a prosecution to indicate the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged at the time of finalisation. It is not possible to disaggregate the outcomes of individual offences, such as fraud, without undertaking a manual search of case records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/11/2014 15:32:39 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

155390

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Undocumented Workers: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions under section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 have been (a) brought and (b) successful in each year since the introduction of that offence.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	214408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution commenced at magistrates’ courts.</p><p> </p><p>Section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 creates the offence of knowingly employing an adult subject to immigration control who has not been granted leave to enter or remain or whose leave to remain is invalid, has ceased to have effect or is subject to a condition preventing him from accepting the employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of offences in each year since the introduction of the offence, charged by way of Section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Offences Charged</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate which of these offences resulted in a successful outcome without reviewing individual case files which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/11/2014 15:33:53 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

156123

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office has concluded any deferred prosecution agreements with any companies charged with fraud or corruption offences.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	214476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) became available to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on 24 February 2014. To date the SFO has not concluded any DPAs.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 19/11/2014 12:44:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

63459

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) investigations were carried out, (b) individuals were charged, (c) corporates were charged, (d) criminal prosecutions were launched and (e) criminal convictions were secured by the Serious Fraud Office in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) each of the five preceding years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	201977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>11 convictions were secured in 2013/14 and 16 prosecutions were completed in 2013/14 (including those with convictions).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigates and, where appropriate, prosecutes cases of serious or complex fraud (including cases of domestic or overseas bribery and corruption) which, in the opinion of the Director of the SFO, call for the multi-disciplinary approach and legislative powers available to the SFO. Since April 2012, the SFO’s caseload has been recalibrated so that it is taking on fewer and more complex cases, as envisaged by the Roskill model.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The SFO’s Intelligence Unit will assess all matters referred to the SFO whether by the public, the police or other agencies or organisations and refer those considered suitable for acceptance to a Case Evaluation Board before submission to the Director for his decision to open a criminal investigation under the Criminal Justice Act 1987.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SFO investigations are complex, and this can sometimes lead to investigations merging or splitting into different parts. For instance, the Libor investigation is into numerous financial institutions, and there are other large investigations which have been subdivided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested for earlier years is contained in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of investigations opened</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of individuals charged</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of corporates charged</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of convictions secured</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of prosecutions completed by defendant (including those convicted)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note 1: Two cases have been opened, closed, and then re-opened. These have been counted only once in the data above.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note 2: Prior to April 2012 the SFO did not collate all of its casework data centrally and it is therefore possible that some records form this period may not have been identified. The SFO is currently carrying out a project to ensure that its reporting systems are more robust in the future.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 205065 205092 question first answered 01/09/2014 14:33:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76968

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the (a) Serious Fraud Office and (b) Crown Prosecution Service spent on (i) travel, (ii) furniture and fittings and (iii) any dilapidation claims arising from the quitting of premises in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office moved from its premises at Elm House on Elm Street and part of the ITN building on Gray's Inn Road at the end of 2012. It is now located on one site in Cockspur Street.</p><p>The information requested is set out in the table below. There were no relevant costs in 2008/09 or 2009/10.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p><p><strong>£‘000's</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p><p><strong>£‘000's</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p><p><strong>£‘000's</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p><p><strong>£‘000's</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Furniture and fittings</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dilapidations</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Crown Prosecution Service spent the following amounts on furniture and fittings and dilapidations in each year since 2008.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£‘000's</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£‘000's</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£‘000's</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£‘000's</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£‘000's</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£‘000's</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Furniture and Fittings</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>497</p></td><td><p>957</p></td><td><p>4,210</p></td><td><p>4,462</p></td><td><p>3,197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dilapidations</p></td><td><p>1,992</p></td><td><p>917</p></td><td><p>1,595</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Expenditure incurred on dilapidations occurred as a result of quitting premises. Expenditure on furniture and fittings covers all such expenditure. To identify spend that relates solely and specifically to quitting premises would involve the checking of thousands of invoices and would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p>From records held it is also not possible to identify spend on travel arising from quitting premises without incurring a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/07/2014 16:27:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76969

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office spent on civil claims in which it was the respondent in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office spent £10,833k on civil claims in which it was the respondent in 2013-14, including legal costs and other payments.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 01/09/2014 13:50:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76971

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been completed by the Serious Fraud Office in 2013-14 and each of the previous five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>11 convictions were secured in 2013/14 and 16 prosecutions were completed in 2013/14 (including those with convictions).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigates and, where appropriate, prosecutes cases of serious or complex fraud (including cases of domestic or overseas bribery and corruption) which, in the opinion of the Director of the SFO, call for the multi-disciplinary approach and legislative powers available to the SFO. Since April 2012, the SFO’s caseload has been recalibrated so that it is taking on fewer and more complex cases, as envisaged by the Roskill model.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The SFO’s Intelligence Unit will assess all matters referred to the SFO whether by the public, the police or other agencies or organisations and refer those considered suitable for acceptance to a Case Evaluation Board before submission to the Director for his decision to open a criminal investigation under the Criminal Justice Act 1987.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SFO investigations are complex, and this can sometimes lead to investigations merging or splitting into different parts. For instance, the Libor investigation is into numerous financial institutions, and there are other large investigations which have been subdivided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested for earlier years is contained in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of investigations opened</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of individuals charged</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of corporates charged</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of convictions secured</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of prosecutions completed by defendant (including those convicted)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note 1: Two cases have been opened, closed, and then re-opened. These have been counted only once in the data above.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note 2: Prior to April 2012 the SFO did not collate all of its casework data centrally and it is therefore possible that some records form this period may not have been identified. The SFO is currently carrying out a project to ensure that its reporting systems are more robust in the future.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 201977 205065 question first answered 01/09/2014 14:33:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76972

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of judicial orders and instructions were complied with by the Crown Prosecution Service (a) on time, (b) late and (c) not at all in each of the last 15 years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has maintained a central record of the number of, and compliance with, judicial directions since April 2012.</p><p>Current CPS data on the number and proportion of judicial directions complied with by the CPS (and timeliness) is set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>(a) Timely Compliance</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>(b) Late Compliance</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>(c) Not Complied With</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>44,006</p></td><td><p>54.8%</p></td><td><p>25,186</p></td><td><p>31.4%</p></td><td><p>11,090</p></td><td><p>13.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>80,282</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>89,955</p></td><td><p>74.0%</p></td><td><p>21,977</p></td><td><p>18.1%</p></td><td><p>9,575</p></td><td><p>7.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>121,507</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS is evaluating its compliance with Judge’s directions, including its processes for recording such data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No central record of judicial directions was maintained prior to April 2012. Obtaining the above information for periods prior to April 2012 would involve a review of individual case files incurring a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 01/09/2014 14:23:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76973

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of sick days per staff member was at the (a) Crown Prosecution Service and (b) Serious Fraud Office in 2013-14 and each of the five preceding years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is contained in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious Fraud Office</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 15:08:47 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76974

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the value is of outstanding debt under confiscation orders obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service; and what recent estimate he has made of how much such debt is realistically recoverable.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As of 3 April 2014 the total amount of outstanding debt in confiscation orders where the CPS was the lead enforcer was £501,450,120 (excluding interest). 31.8% of this debt has been assessed as recoverable which relates to £159,416,384.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/07/2014 16:30:00 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76975

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been convicted by the Serious Fraud Office in 2013-14 and each of the previous five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>11 convictions were secured in 2013/14 and 16 prosecutions were completed in 2013/14 (including those with convictions).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigates and, where appropriate, prosecutes cases of serious or complex fraud (including cases of domestic or overseas bribery and corruption) which, in the opinion of the Director of the SFO, call for the multi-disciplinary approach and legislative powers available to the SFO. Since April 2012, the SFO’s caseload has been recalibrated so that it is taking on fewer and more complex cases, as envisaged by the Roskill model.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The SFO’s Intelligence Unit will assess all matters referred to the SFO whether by the public, the police or other agencies or organisations and refer those considered suitable for acceptance to a Case Evaluation Board before submission to the Director for his decision to open a criminal investigation under the Criminal Justice Act 1987.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>SFO investigations are complex, and this can sometimes lead to investigations merging or splitting into different parts. For instance, the Libor investigation is into numerous financial institutions, and there are other large investigations which have been subdivided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested for earlier years is contained in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of investigations opened</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of individuals charged</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of corporates charged</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of convictions secured</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of prosecutions completed by defendant (including those convicted)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note 1: Two cases have been opened, closed, and then re-opened. These have been counted only once in the data above.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Note 2: Prior to April 2012 the SFO did not collate all of its casework data centrally and it is therefore possible that some records form this period may not have been identified. The SFO is currently carrying out a project to ensure that its reporting systems are more robust in the future.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 201977 205092 question first answered 01/09/2014 14:33:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76976

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has carried out for (a) dog-fighting and (b) badger persecution in each of the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Prosecutions for dog-fighting and badger persecution are conducted under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and Protection of Badgers Act 1992 respectively. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number or prosecutions for ‘dog fighting’ conducted under the Animal Welfare Act. To obtain this information would require a manual file examination at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The number of offences charged under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection of Badgers Act 1992 { 1(1) }</p><p>Wilfully kill a badger</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection of Badgers Act 1992 { 1(1) }</p><p>Attempt to kill a badger</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection of Badgers Act 1992 { 1(1) }</p><p>Attempt to takea badger</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection of Badgers Act 1992 { 1(1) and 12 }</p><p>Wilfully taking a badger</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection of Badgers Act 1992 { 1(3) and 12 }</p><p>Possess a dead / part of a dead badger</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection of Badgers Act 1992 { 2(1) and 12 }</p><p>Digging for badgers</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Protection of Badgers Act 1992 { 3 }</p><p>Interfering with badger setts</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These are offences which reached a first hearing in the magistrates’ court and the substantive charge when the case was finalised may have been different. It does preclude the possibility that other offences relating to badgers may have been charged under other legislation.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:37:20 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76977

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	CPS Direct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of charging decisions made by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2013-14 and each of the previous five financial years were made by CPS Direct.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number and proportion of charging decisions made by CPS Direct in 2013-14 and each of the previous five financial years are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2008-2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of finalised pre-charge</p><p>decisions</p></td><td><p>532,427</p></td><td><p>477,517</p></td><td><p>466,611</p></td><td><p>367,067</p></td><td><p>299,345</p></td><td><p>298,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of finalised pre-charge</p><p>decisions made by CPS Direct</p></td><td><p>138,946</p></td><td><p>130,672</p></td><td><p>158,775</p></td><td><p>140,163</p></td><td><p>140,096</p></td><td><p>233,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of finalised pre-charge</p><p>decisions made by CPS Direct</p></td><td><p>26.1%</p></td><td><p>27.4%</p></td><td><p>34.0%</p></td><td><p>38.2%</p></td><td><p>46.8%</p></td><td><p>78.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Up to the end of 2012-13 CPS Direct was a purely out of hours service (though assisting the daytime Area-based service during part of 2012/13). Since April 2013 CPS Direct has been a full 24/7 service and has also been piloting digital as well as telephone referral of cases.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:42:04 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76978

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	CPS Direct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, in how many and what proportion of CPS Direct-charged cases the charge was subsequently (a) varied, (b) dropped pre-trial, (c) subject to a prosecution decision to offer no evidence at trial and (d) dismissed by the court in 2013-14 and each of the three preceding years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The CPS holds no central records of the number of cases where one, or more, charge was varied subsequent to a charging decision made by CPS Direct.</p><p>The proportion of cases dropped by the CPS in cases where the original charging decision was made by CPS Direct is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>2010-2011</td><td>2011-2012</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td></tr><tr><td>No of dropped CPSD cases charged</td><td>19,107</td><td>17,423</td><td>14,959</td><td>22,944</td></tr><tr><td>% of CPSD Charged cases dropped</td><td>15.90%</td><td>15.30%</td><td>14.90%</td><td>14.30%</td></tr></tbody></table><p>No record is held of the number of cases where the prosecution decided to offer no evidence specifically at trial.</p><p>The table below shows the number and proportion of prosecutions where the original charging decision was made by CPS Direct which subsequently resulted in a judge directed acquittal or the court dismissing the case at trial, either of its own motion, or on a defence submission of no case to answer, without hearing evidence for the defence.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>2010-2011</td><td>2011-2012</td><td>2012-13</td><td>2013-14</td></tr><tr><td>No of CPSD cases - JDA or NCTA</td><td>512</td><td>531</td><td>444</td><td>760</td></tr><tr><td>% of CPSD Charged cases - JDA or NCTA</td><td>0.40%</td><td>0.50%</td><td>0.40%</td><td>0.50%</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Note. JDA – Judge Directed Acquittal, NCTA – No Case to Answer</p><p>Included here are cases where an acceptable guilty plea was submitted for one or more charges and the prosecution proceeded on other charges which resulted in a judge directed acquittal or a verdict of no case to answer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/07/2014 16:12:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76979

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many Crown Prosecution Service (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) decisions to take no further action, (c) decisions to caution and (d) prosecutions there were in cases of (i) rape, (ii) domestic violence and (iii) child abuse in each police force area in each of the last six years; and what the conviction rate for each such offence in each such area was in that period.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Tables containing the information requested have been placed in the Library of the House. <br> <br></p><p> </p><p>The volumes of pre-charge decisions, prosecutions and convictions rose in 2013-14 from the previous year, across rape, domestic violence and child abuse. The Crown Prosecution Service has worked with the police to address the previous fall in volumes which they identified in 2012-13; succeeding in an overall turnaround during 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The conviction rates for domestic violence and child abuse have risen to 74.6% and 76.2% respectively in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In parallel, cautions fell to the lowest level ever for rape and domestic violence in the same time period; and decisions to take no further action also reached the lowest level ever for rape and child abuse.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For rape, the volume of pre-charge decisions rose by 8% compared with the previous year, reaching 5,850. Decisions to take no further action fell to the lowest level ever - by 15% as compared with a rise in the volume charged of 25%, reaching the highest volume ever of 3,621 defendants. Prosecutions rose by 5% to 3,891and the volume convicted has risen by 0.6%, reaching 2,348.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Director of Public Prosecutions addresses the regional variation across police force Areas through the bi-annual Violence against Women and Girls Assurance scheme, highlighting where specific actions are detailed and targeted for improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2014 12:26:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name charging decisions - CPS.xlsx title CPS charging data - Rape, DV, Child abuse
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76980

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions in 2013-14 the Serious Fraud Office either referred or recommended that a complainant refer a case of alleged fraud, bribery or money-laundering by a UK company to (a) another police force, (b) another UK regulator, (c) an agency in the US and (d) an agency in an overseas jurisdiction other than the US.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) receives a large number of direct complaints each year and in appropriate circumstances the SFO will recommend that the complainants refer the matter to another agency.</p><p>In 2013-14, the SFO referred 2,945 complainants to Action Fraud or to the police. The SFO does not record how many of these complaints relate to UK companies only.</p><p>The table below shows the number of formal referrals made by the SFO during 2013-14to police forces, regulators and to agencies in the US and in other jurisdictions . The SFO does not record whether referrals relate to UK companies only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Police</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK regulator</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>US agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overseas agency</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:24:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76981

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, in what proportion of criminal cases of each type of offence charging decisions were made by the police in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The proportion of charging decisions made by the Police for each of the last five years are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homicide*</p></td><td><p>10.4%</p></td><td><p>11.6%</p></td><td><p>9.5%</p></td><td><p>13.7%</p></td><td><p>9.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offences Against The Person</p></td><td><p>25.9%</p></td><td><p>25.2%</p></td><td><p>33.5%</p></td><td><p>41.1%</p></td><td><p>40.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Offences</p></td><td><p>18.2%</p></td><td><p>16.3%</p></td><td><p>15.4%</p></td><td><p>18.9%</p></td><td><p>17.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>32.5%</p></td><td><p>31.3%</p></td><td><p>31.3%</p></td><td><p>32.0%</p></td><td><p>31.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>16.1%</p></td><td><p>15.2%</p></td><td><p>10.2%</p></td><td><p>12.7%</p></td><td><p>12.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft And Handling</p></td><td><p>70.7%</p></td><td><p>71.9%</p></td><td><p>77.1%</p></td><td><p>81.8%</p></td><td><p>84.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud And Forgery</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.2%</p></td><td><p>35.5%</p></td><td><p>40.3%</p></td><td><p>40.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Damage</p></td><td><p>53.6%</p></td><td><p>54.2%</p></td><td><p>62.8%</p></td><td><p>66.6%</p></td><td><p>65.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drugs Offences</p></td><td><p>65.0%</p></td><td><p>65.2%</p></td><td><p>67.2%</p></td><td><p>68.1%</p></td><td><p>67.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Order Offences</p></td><td><p>66.4%</p></td><td><p>65.8%</p></td><td><p>71.4%</p></td><td><p>75.1%</p></td><td><p>76.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Other Offences (excluding Motoring)</p></td><td><p>66.6%</p></td><td><p>65.6%</p></td><td><p>69.2%</p></td><td><p>70.9%</p></td><td><p>69.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring Offences</p></td><td><p>95.7%</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td><td><p>97.1%</p></td><td><p>98.0%</p></td><td><p>97.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* In previous years ‘threats to kill’ offences were included in the Homicide category and were therefore charged by the police in anticipated guilty plea cases. Despite the change, some such cases may continue to be recorded in this way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 15:04:42 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76982

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of cases were charged by (a) the police, (b) the Crown Prosecution Service and (c) another agency in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) each of the previous three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Director's Guidance on Charging, issued under the provisions of S37A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE), sets out the requirements for police officers and prosecutors during the investigation and prosecution of criminal cases, including those offences which the police and the CPS are responsible for the charge decision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under these arrangements the police are responsible for the charge decision in approximately 70% of all cases, with the CPS retaining the decision to charge in the remaining 30% of cases which are the most complex and serious. The CPS is responsible for making the charging decisions in cases brought by other agencies such as DWP, HMRC and DEFRA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportions for the last three years are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Police Charged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS Charged</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>68.4%</p></td><td><p>31.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>71.0%</p></td><td><p>29.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>69.0%</p></td><td><p>31.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/07/2014 16:29:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76983

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Court Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many wasted cost orders were made (a) in favour and (b) against the Crown Prosecution Service in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) each of the previous three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of wasted cost orders made in favour of, or against, the prosecution. To obtain this information would require a manual file examination incurring a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:43:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76984

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prostitution: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, in how many Crown Prosecution Service prosecutions of prostitution offences in 2013-14 the accused was an (a) alleged prostitute, (b) alleged pimp or brothel-keeper and (c) individual accused of seeking or using the services of a prostitute.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>In 2013-14, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) records indicate that there were 55 charges for the offence of keeping a brothel, contrary to sections 33-36 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 which reached a first hearing in the magistrates court. This does not indicate the number of individuals prosecuted as a defendant may be charged with more than one offence.</p><p>CPS have no record of any prosecutions in 2013-14 under Section 53A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, as amended by Section 14 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, which enables individuals accused of seeking or using the services of a prostitute to be prosecuted.</p><p>To obtain further details of the number of cases in which defendants were alleged to be prostitutes, pimps or brothel keepers, would require a manual review of individual case files which could only be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:28:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76985

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of police-charged cases in each of the last three financial years were subsequently subject to a (a) decision by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to vary the charge, (b) decision by the CPS to drop the charge, (c) decision by the CPS to offer no evidence, (d) dismissal by the court on grounds of no-case to answer and (e) dismissal by the court after trial.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data that would allow the identification of individual charges that had been varied at any point from the original charge.</p><p>The proportion of Police charged cases that resulted in the other requested outcomes are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dropped (includes offered no evidence)</p></td><td><p>7.7%</p></td><td><p>8.1%</p></td><td><p>8.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offered no evidence</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No case to answer (incl. mixed pleas)</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dismissed after summary trial (incl. mixed pleas)</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/07/2014 16:05:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76986

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library the reports by Peter Mason and Alan Wood on data loss at the Serious Fraud Office published in June 2013; and which recommendations of those reports have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In respect of Peter Mason’s report I refer the honourable Member to the answer given by my predecessor on 4 December 2013, Official Report, column 677W.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Mr Mason returned in March 2014 to review progress and was able to give positive assurance to the Director that he could be confident that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) now has the right checks and balances in place to avoid a similar incident from occurring again.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Director of the SFO asked Alan Woods to provide feedback and assurance on processes and controls across the SFO, and to confirm that these were in good order with risks being properly addressed. This feedback was provided to the Director in September 2013. A programme of work has been introduced to oversee the implementation of recommendations made by Mr Woods.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Neither Mr Mason’s report or details of Mr Woods’ feedback have been published because they contain operational information about the SFO.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2014 12:09:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76989

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the conviction rates were in the magistrates' courts for cases prosecuted by (a) Crown prosecutors and (b) paralegals in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number or outcome of prosecutions conducted by Crown Prosecutors or Associate Prosecutors (paralegals) in magistrates' courts. To obtain details of the conviction rates for each would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/07/2014 16:28:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76990

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of Crown Prosecution Service cases in the magistrates' courts were prosecuted by (a) Crown prosecutors and (b) paralegals in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number or proportion of individual prosecutions conducted by Crown Prosecutors or Associate Prosecutors (paralegals) in magistrates’ courts. To obtain these details would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:39:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

76994

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he plans to take in response to the finding of HM Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Inspector in his Annual Report 2013-14, page 12, that there was a considerable decline in performance of the CPS in that year in relation to how it handled its disclosure obligations.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The CPS is committed to the proper application of the disclosure provisions in the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 and is already engaged in a range of activities that will improve performance in this area:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· A disclosure assurance regime is in place for Crown Court disclosure;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· The CPS contributed to the Kinch / Riddle review into disclosure in the magistrates’ courts and is implementing the recommendations as part of the cross-CJS efforts to transform summary justice. This will mean more targeted and effective disclosure at first hearing in magistrates’ courts; and</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· CPS has addressed the recommendations of the Gross reviews and the HMCPSI review of disclosure in R v Mouncher to further improve performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS continues to look at how compliance with the disclosure regime can be improved and will actively consider further initiatives as necessary.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 01/09/2014 15:08:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 10484 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

77509

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2014
	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 Attorney General, how many local authorities have adopted the new Crown Prosecution Service model disclosure protocol for cases of child abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	205498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not centrally record the number of local authorities that have adopted the national disclosure Protocol. However enquiries of CPS Areas indicate that 82 local authorities have signed a local protocol to date, which is the principal method for implementation of the national protocol.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/07/2014 14:45:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93074

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Freezing Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what value of asset freezing orders were applied for by the CPS in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 20/10/2014 15:38:54 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93075

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Protection from Harassment Act 1997
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the conviction rates for offences under Section 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 were in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number or rate of convictions obtained by act and section. To obtain details of the conviction rate for offences charged by way of Section 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (stalking), would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 20/10/2014 15:37:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93076

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Restraining Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the CPS has spent on defending appeals against asset restraining orders in each of the last seven financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 20/10/2014 15:34:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93077

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	GPT Special Project Management
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have met representatives of (i) Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials and (ii) the Ministry of Defence to discuss the SFO's investigation into GPT Special Project Management Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Law Officers and representatives of the Attorney General’s Office have regular meetings with the Director of the Serious Fraud Office and also meet officials in other Government departments on occasion to discuss a variety of issues. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s policy to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 210503 210505 question first answered 21/10/2014 14:24:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93079

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Harassment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions the CPS has prosecuted cases of racially or religiously aggravated harassment in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution commenced at magistrates’ court under Section 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (racially or religiously aggravated harassment), rather than identifying the number of defendants prosecuted. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same victim.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows, in each of the last seven years, the number of offences, charged by way of Section 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (racially or religiously aggravated harassment), and which reached a first hearing at magistrates’ courts, in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Crime and Disorder Act 1998 { 32 }</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007-2008</strong></p></td><td><p>556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-2009</strong></p></td><td><p>527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p>494</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>335</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The last five years have seen a year on year reduction in the overall number of cases referred to the CPS from the police, however the CPS do not hold data related to the number of police referrals of cases in which charges of racially or religiously aggravated harassment would be appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/10/2014 15:08:19 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93080

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Newspaper Press: Telephone Tapping
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether costs from the convicted defendants in the phone-hacking trial that concluded on 25 June 2014 have been recovered.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service applied for costs totalling £1.1m against all those convicted of phone hacking, save for Dan Evans who had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity. The trial judge ordered costs against James Weatherup in the sum of £5000 and the costs application against Andrew Coulson has been adjourned to await further information relating to his means.</p><p>Responsibility for enforcing Crown Court costs orders falls to HM Courts and Tribunal Service and the costs go to central funds. The Crown Prosecution Service does not monitor whether these are recovered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/10/2014 14:11:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93081

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	GPT Special Project Management
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times he has met with the Director of the SFO to discuss the investigation into GPT Special Project Management Ltd in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Law Officers and representatives of the Attorney General’s Office have regular meetings with the Director of the Serious Fraud Office and also meet officials in other Government departments on occasion to discuss a variety of issues. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s policy to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 210499 210505 question first answered 21/10/2014 14:24:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93082

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many exit packages the CPS agreed in the last financial year that were of a value above £100,000; and what the total cost of such packages were to the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The CPS agreed 35 exit packages in 2013/14 that were of a value above £100,000. The total cost of these exit packages was £4.4 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>CPS exit packages data are available in the CPS’s Annual Report and Accounts 2013-2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/10/2014 09:14:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93084

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	GPT Special Project Management
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, under what article of the Protocol between the Attorney General and the Prosecuting Departments he has held discussions with the Director of the SFO about that body's investigation into GPT Special Project Management Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Law Officers and representatives of the Attorney General’s Office have regular meetings with the Director of the Serious Fraud Office and also meet officials in other Government departments on occasion to discuss a variety of issues. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s policy to provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 210499 210503 question first answered 21/10/2014 14:24:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93085

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Freezing Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many asset freezing orders the CPS applied for in each of the last eight years; and how many such applications were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The CPS holds records of the number of asset freezing orders which it has obtained, but not the number of orders which it applied for during the last 8 years. On 30 June 2014, as part of work to tackle organised crime, the Director of Public Prosecutions launched a new service within the CPS which will work exclusively on recovering assets from criminals convicted in England and Wales. CPS Proceeds of Crime (CPSPOC) is responsible for all CPS restraint activity. CPSPOC will compile information as to how many asset freezing orders are applied for and how many are granted. This information will be available in future financial years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the total number of asset freezing orders obtained by the CPS in each of the last eight financial years. There has been a drop in the number of asset freezing orders obtained by the CPS since 2010-11. This is partly due to a fall in the type of investigations that lead to restraint orders being required and partly due to the decision in Windsor v CPS [2011] EWCA Crim 143, which tightened the evidential requirements needed with ex parte applications for restraint orders at the investigation stage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of asset freezing orders obtained </strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>1352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>1567</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1471</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014-Sep 2014</p></td><td><p>553</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/10/2014 14:15:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93086

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there were in child abuse cases in each year since 2006-07.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of cases of child abuse, referred for a pre-charge decision or prosecuted, by way of a monitoring flag.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and includes physical, emotional and sexual criminal offences, as well as neglect of a child and non-recent child abuse where the victim is now an adult. It The data is accurate only to the extent that the flag has been correctly applied.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last eight years the number of pre-charge decisions made, against suspects alleged to have committed offences involving child abuse, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Pre-Charge Decisions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006-2007</strong></p></td><td><p>11,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007-2008</strong></p></td><td><p>11,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-2009</strong></p></td><td><p>11,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p>12,691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>13,015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>11,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>9,379</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>11,187</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the same period, the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted, in cases flagged as child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecuted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Convictions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006-2007</strong></p></td><td><p>7,337</p></td><td><p>5,216</p></td><td><p>71.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007-2008</strong></p></td><td><p>7,587</p></td><td><p>5,499</p></td><td><p>72.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-2009</strong></p></td><td><p>7,381</p></td><td><p>5,479</p></td><td><p>74.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p>8,079</p></td><td><p>6,043</p></td><td><p>74.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>9,235</p></td><td><p>6,855</p></td><td><p>74.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>8,581</p></td><td><p>6,444</p></td><td><p>75.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>7,558</p></td><td><p>5,755</p></td><td><p>76.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>7,998</p></td><td><p>6,096</p></td><td><p>76.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is available within the CPS’s annual ‘Violence against Women and Girls Report 2013-14’.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/10/2014 09:11:58 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93088

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Unfair Practices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the police have contacted the Crown Prosecution Service in regards to whether the practice of payday lenders or others issuing legal demands through letters from fake solicitors constitutes a criminal offence.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is aware that City of London Police, the national police lead in substantial fraud investigations, is currently considering the widely-reported case involving Wonga. To date the CPS have not been asked by the police as to whether the practice of issuing letters from fake solicitors constitutes a criminal offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any referral to the CPS will be made to the CPS Specialist Fraud Division, who would provide wider advice about whether such practices constitute a criminal offence if that was requested by the police.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/10/2014 14:17:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

93089

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Rape
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of Crown Prosecution Service rape-flagged convictions were for (a) a rape charge, (b) another sexual offence, (c) an offence against the person and (d) a non-violent offence in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	210567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains records of the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted, where the rape monitoring flag has been applied to the case.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A rape flag is applied at the onset of a case, and remains in place even if the charges are subsequently amended or dropped. It follows that there may be cases where a person was proceeded against for rape but convicted of another offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS also records prosecution outcomes according to Principal Offence Categories.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS does not record outcome by individual charge and is therefore unable to provide data in respect of (a) as this would require the review of individual case files and incur disproportionate cost. Likewise, it is not possible to distinguish between convictions for rape and for other sexual offences and therefore it is not possible to provide data in respect of (b).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(c) The way in which the CPS recording system operates means only one principal offence category is assigned to each case, and these are assigned in hierarchical order.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We can provide data on those cases flagged as rape and finalised in the ‘offences against the person’ principal offence category, however it is important to note that in such cases, a conviction for the rape charge may have also been secured.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last five years the number and proportion of defendants convicted, for cases flagged as rape and where the Principal Offence Category was identified as ‘Offences against the Person’ is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Offences Against The Person Flagged as Rape</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>9.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>8.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>7.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(d) Each Principal Offence Category includes a broad range of offences; some involving violence and some non-violent. In order to establish the number of rape flagged defendants convicted of a non-violent offence would require the review of individual case files which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 21/10/2014 14:13:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

99762

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many requests for pre-charge decisions the Crown Prosecution Service received from the police with regard to cases of downloading indecent images of children in each of the last five years; and how many of those were prosecuted.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	211048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) do not keep a central electronic record of the charges considered by prosecutors following a request for a pre-charge decision (PCD) by the police. To identify the number of PCDs in which a charge relating to the downloading of indecent images of children was considered would require a manual exercise to review individual PCD files which would attract a disproportionate cost. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide data related to the grounds for declining to prosecute PCD referrals involving allegations of downloaded indecent images.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 211049 question first answered 23/10/2014 10:52:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

99763

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of cases of downloaded indecent images of children the Crown Prosecution Service declined to prosecute on the grounds of (a) failure to pass the evidential threshold and (b) a prosecution was not considered in the public interest in the last financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	211049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) do not keep a central electronic record of the charges considered by prosecutors following a request for a pre-charge decision (PCD) by the police. To identify the number of PCDs in which a charge relating to the downloading of indecent images of children was considered would require a manual exercise to review individual PCD files which would attract a disproportionate cost. For the same reason, it is not possible to provide data related to the grounds for declining to prosecute PCD referrals involving allegations of downloaded indecent images.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 211048 question first answered 23/10/2014 10:52:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

99764

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions there have been between the Director of Public Prosecutions and the head of the National Crime Agency about the capacity of both agencies to bring cases of downloading indecent images of children to justice; and what the conclusions of those discussions were.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	211050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Director of Public Prosecutions has regular bilateral meetings with the Director General of the National Crime Agency. There have been no recent discussions about the capacity of both agencies to bring cases of downloading indecent images of children to justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is currently working with the police to roll out nationally the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID). The introduction of the CAID will allow the police and CPS to identify and prosecute more perpetrators.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 23/10/2014 11:02:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry