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428970

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Evidence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of hearsay evidence in court proceedings in reducing the number of unsuccessful cases due to victim or witness issues; and what estimate he has made of the number of cases where hearsay evidence has been used by prosecutors in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	16836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors will apply to admit hearsay evidence where they consider it appropriate to do so and the legislation permits. However, the CPS does not record information on the number of cases where hearsay evidence has been used in the course of criminal proceedings. It follows, therefore, that no assessment of the effectiveness of the use of hearsay evidence in court proceedings in reducing the number of unsuccessful cases due to victim or witness issues is routinely conducted. answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/11/2015 09:36:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

909046

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been initiated by the (a) Crown Prosecution Service and (b) Serious Fraud Office against corporate bodies for offences committed under (i) section 327-329 and (ii) section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	146242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>This answer is based on ‎reference having been intended to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 rather than 2017.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of prosecutions against corporate bodies for offences committed under (i) section 327-329 and (ii) section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. Nor is it possible to identify whether the defendant was a corporate body. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The SFO has not prosecuted any cases under these sections of the 2002 Act.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/05/2018 14:18:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

869437

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Money Laundering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127856 on money laundering, how many of those businesses have been fined more than once; and what the (a) average, (b) lowest and (c) highest value of those fines was.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	133951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The ‎work of the FCA is a matter for HMT. Officials at HMT have advised that in January 2017, the FCA fined Deutsche Bank £163 million, its largest ever financial penalty for AML failings.</p><p> </p><p>All FCA fines levied against businesses are published online. The link to the webpage can be found below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/news/news-stories/2017-fines" target="_blank">www.fca.org.uk/news/news-stories/2017-fines</a></p><p> </p><p>HMT does not hold data on how many firms have been fined more than once, the lowest fine, nor the average value of fines.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/03/2018 14:53:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 49945 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

426983

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) victim liaison officers and (b) witness care officers were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	15560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>The total number of (a) victim liaison officers and (b) witness care officers that were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service at the end of each year since 2010-11<strong>, </strong>can be seen in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p><strong>Victim Liaison [1]</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Witness Care</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>182.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>137.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>118.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>89.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><br> 44.11</p></td><td><p>76.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>Data extracted from the CPS HR Database iTrent as at the 31<sup>st</sup> March in each year. Data may be subject to change due to retrospective changes in the HR database. Data may differ from previously published data due to differing specifications.</p><br /><p>There has been a reduction in total staff numbers and the proportion of the workforce that is employed in witness care units from a peak in 2008. Witness care has been dealt with primarily by the joint CPS/police Witness Care Units. However, most of the staff in WCUs are, and have always been, police staff. Witness attendance rates (which are used as a proxy for satisfaction) have remained above 80%.</p><br /><p>[1] Dedicated Victim Liaison Units were established by the CPS in 2014</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/11/2015 14:00:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

427434

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	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: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2015 to Question 12365, what savings have resulted from the police-led prosecution initiative in each year since 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	15710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The police-led prosecution initiative has led to a significant reduction in motoring offences prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in magistrate courts, as the following figures indicate:</p><p>Motoring offence cases finalised in the Magistrates Court</p><p>2012-13: 229,875</p><p>2013-14: 171,517</p><p>2014-15: 112,955</p><br /><p>While the reduction has led to a fall in expenditure on these low-level cases, the overall effect on CPS budgets has been cost-neutral. A high proportion of these cases are dealt with as summary first-time guilty pleas, in which the Court requires the defendant to pay the prosecution costs as part of any financial penalty. Therefore, whilst the CPS has benefitted from a reduction in expenditure, it has foregone the receipt of cost awards that are routinely made in motoring offence cases, as these awards are now payable to the police.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/11/2015 10:58:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

421296

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2015
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors, (b) associate prosecutors, (c) caseworkers and (d) administrators were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of each such category were engaged in frontline services.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	11886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The number of (a) prosecutors, (b) associate prosecutors, (c) caseworkers and (d) administrators that were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010-11, can be found in the table below along with the proportion of each that were engaged in frontline services.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>Prosecutors</p></td><td><p>Associate</p></td><td><p>Caseworkers</p></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><p>Prosecutors</p></td><td><p>&amp; Administrators</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>2668</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>4089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% FrontLine</p></td><td><p>98.7%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>91.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>2583</p></td><td><p>405</p></td><td><p>4143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% FrontLine</p></td><td><p>99.0%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>91.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>2351</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>4130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% FrontLine</p></td><td><p>97.6%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>91.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>2226</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>3710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% FrontLine</p></td><td><p>97.3%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>90.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>2232</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>3333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% FrontLine</p></td><td><p>97.5%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>90.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes: Data may differ from other published data due to differing specifications</p><br /> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 21/10/2015 15:49:53 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

421297

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2015
	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: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many exit packages the Crown Prosecution Service has agreed with a value of more than £100,000 since 2010-11; and what the total cost of such packages was to the public purse.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	11895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is contained in the following table.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Exit Packages in Excess of £100,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of Exit Packages Per</strong> <strong>Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2010 – 2011</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>£4,463,413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 – 2012</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>£4,466,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 – 2013</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>£3.494,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 – 2014</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>£4,492,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 2015</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>£2,991,809</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 - 2016</p></td><td><p>none</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>153</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> £19,908,787</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><p><strong><em>Note:</em></strong></p><p><em>Data source is the CPS Annual Report for years 2010/11 to 2014/15. Data source for 2015/16 was taken from the CPS VER and finance database and is</em> <em>accurate as at 16/10/15.</em></p><br /> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 22/10/2015 16:13:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

426986

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Trials: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2015 to Question 11888, for what reason the (a) prosecution cost per defendant and (b) overall spend per completed case has increased since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	15538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The increase in (a) average prosecution cost per defendant and (b) overall spend per completed case reflects the significant change in the caseload mix since 2010-11.</p><p>For example, the prosecution of low level traffic offences has been transferred to the police since 2010-11, leading to a fall of 61.1% in motoring cases. A rising proportion of the CPS workload is now geared towards larger and more complex cases, including non-recent sexual abuse cases.</p><p>The average costs are also unadjusted for inflation. If average costs for each prior year were all restated in terms of 2014-15 prices, then they would all be increased accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 16/11/2015 15:42:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

426984

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of expenditure in (a) 2014-15 prices and (b) as a proportion of total Departmental spending on (i) temporary agency staff, (ii) consultants, (iii) non-payroll staff, (iv) administration and (v) marketing and advertising in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	15443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The following tables contain details of the expenditure incurred by the Law Officers’ Departments in the categories requested during the last five financial years. Expenditure has not been restated in 2014-15 prices, as to do so would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Expenditure – Government Legal Department <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></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><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Agency staff <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£2,921k</p></td><td><p>£3,589k</p></td><td><p>£5,248k</p></td><td><p>£9,097k</p></td><td><p>£11,935k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultants</p></td><td><p>£9k</p></td><td><p>£43k</p></td><td><p>£11k</p></td><td><p>£4k</p></td><td><p>£24k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recruitment advertising <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>£12k</p></td><td><p>£25k</p></td><td><p>£11k</p></td><td><p>£45k</p></td><td><p>£88k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Revenue expenditure <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>£109,102K</p></td><td><p>£116,648k</p></td><td><p>£116,128k</p></td><td><p>£139,163k</p></td><td><p>£179,816k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of outturn</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><sup>1</sup></em><em> GLD figures also cover the Attorney General’s Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate. </em><em>The information is taken from the published accounts for HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor. All GLD revenue expenditure is classified in the accounts as administration </em></p><p><em><sup>2 </sup></em><em>GLD do not have non-payroll staff other than agency and contracted staff.</em></p><p><em><sup>3 </sup></em><em>GLD do not routinely incur expenditure on marketing or advertising our services and do not separately capture these costs except those in relation to advertising for new staff. The amounts relating to these adverts are shown above.</em></p><p><em><sup>4 </sup></em><em>All GLD revenue expenditure is classified in the accounts as administration. </em></p><p><strong><em>* </em></strong><em>Proportion of spending less than 0.1% of outturn.</em></p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Expenditure – Serious Fraud Office </strong><sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></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><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Agency staff</p></td><td><p>£3,693k</p></td><td><p>£2,296k</p></td><td><p>£2,672k</p></td><td><p>£3,926k</p></td><td><p>£4,610k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultants</p></td><td><p>£1,557k</p></td><td><p>£856k</p></td><td><p>£31k</p></td><td><p>£48k</p></td><td><p>£7k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marketing and advertising</p></td><td><p>£9k</p></td><td><p>£73k</p></td><td><p>£6k</p></td><td><p>£21k</p></td><td><p>£30k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administration</p></td><td><p>Nil<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£7,546k</p></td><td><p>£7,019k</p></td><td><p>£7,281k</p></td><td><p>£6,237k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of outturn</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><em><sup>1 </sup></em></strong><em>SFO do not have non-payroll staff other than agency and contracted staff.</em></p><p><strong><em><sup>2</sup></em></strong><em> From 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2011 all operating costs for the SFO were classified as programme costs. The Comprehensive Spending Review 2010, which covered the financial years 2011/12 to 2014/15, reinstated the requirement for reporting expenditure split between programme &amp; Administration.</em></p><p><strong><em>* </em></strong><em>Proportion of spending less than 1% of outturn.</em></p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Expenditure – Crown Prosecution Service <em><sup>1</sup></em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></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><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temporary Agency staff</p></td><td><p>£1,616,284</p></td><td><p>£257,057</p></td><td><p>£66,866</p></td><td><p>£189,624</p></td><td><p>£491,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>0.23%</p></td><td><p>0.04%</p></td><td><p>0.01%</p></td><td><p>0.03%</p></td><td><p>0.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultants</p></td><td><p>£684,314</p></td><td><p>£13,347</p></td><td><p>£9,793</p></td><td><p>£960</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non payroll staff</p></td><td><p>£392,968</p></td><td><p>£23,355</p></td><td><p>£2,861</p></td><td><p>£273,935</p></td><td><p>£1,350,317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Outturn</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>0.24%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administration</p></td><td><p>£21,704,994</p></td><td><p>£9,637,983</p></td><td><p>£13,627,407</p></td><td><p>£12,426,376</p></td><td><p>£11,826,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of outturn</p></td><td><p>3.11%</p></td><td><p>1.48%</p></td><td><p>2.18%</p></td><td><p>2.03%</p></td><td><p>2.07%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><em><sup>1 </sup></em></strong>No money was spent by the CPS on marketing and advertising in the relevant period other than when recruiting for vacant posts.</p><p><strong><em>* </em></strong><em>Proportion of spending less than 0.1% of outturn.</em></p><br /> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/11/2015 11:57:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 29955 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

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	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effect of the criminal courts charge on the reduction in costs awarded to the Crown Prosecution Service under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 as a result of (a) magistrates and (b) judges using their discretion to lower the level of costs awarded.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	12364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The criminal court charge imposed a non-discretionary charge on all adult offenders convicted for offences committed on or after 13 April 2015 and is imposed separately from other financial considerations and orders the court may make. It is premature to fully appreciate the implications of the charge on the criminal justice system.</p><br /><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain data on the value of costs awarded to the CPS but does have data on the value of costs recovered following the award of costs. The value of costs recovered and paid to CPS, following the award of costs under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, in quarter 1 2015-16 was about £10.7m, in line with expectations.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 22/10/2015 16:01:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell