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523149

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what his policy is on the prosecution of women who seek a medical abortion under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	39290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Offences of using poison or instruments to cause miscarriage and supplying or procuring poison or instruments to cause miscarriage (sections 58 and 59 Offences Against the Persons Act 1861) are usually investigated by the police and, in England and Wales, prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).</p><p>The CPS will only bring or continue with a prosecution where both stages of the test set down in the Code for Crown Prosecutors are met, i.e. that there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and, if so, that a prosecution is required in the public interest.</p><p>In England and Wales, section 1 of the Abortion Act 1967 provides a defence to a prosecution under sections 58 or 59 where a pregnancy is terminated by a registered medical practitioner in accordance with the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/06/2016 11:12:28 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

583066

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Abortion: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions, and on what dates, the Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute medical professionals for abortion-related offences since 1997-98.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	46456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold offences data prior to 2004-2005. Between the years 2004-2005 and 2015-2016, the CPS commenced prosecutions of 71 abortion related offences. However, it is not possible to disaggregate the data to report the occupation of the defendant, whether a medical professional or otherwise. This information could only be obtained by examining each of the CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/10/2016 13:31:34 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

601975

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions since the passage of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 have adult victims (a) applied for and (b) been granted the statutory defence for crimes they were compelled to commit while being enslaved or trafficked.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	48731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>CPS do not have a central record of cases where the statutory defence has been applied, as it could arise in any category of offences.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 24/10/2016 13:31:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

91343

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	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 referrals were made to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police regarding child sexual offences in each of the last five years; and in how many such cases there were subsequent (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	209019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect specific data on suspects referred to the CPS for a charging decision where child sexual abuse is alleged. However, data is available for the number of defendants whose prosecution was completed, where the case has been flagged as child abuse, and where the principal offence at finalisation is categorised as a sexual offence.</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 allegations of crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last five years the number of defendants prosecuted, in cases flagged as child abuse and whose principal offence was identified as a sexual offence, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Unsuccessful</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-2010</strong></p></td><td><p>3,133</p></td><td><p>75.7%</p></td><td><p>1,004</p></td><td><p>24.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>4,137</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>3,551</p></td><td><p>74.1%</p></td><td><p>1,243</p></td><td><p>25.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>4,794</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>3,530</p></td><td><p>75.8%</p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td><td><p>24.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>4,655</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>3,070</p></td><td><p>75.8%</p></td><td><p>981</p></td><td><p>24.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>4,051</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>3,344</p></td><td><p>76.5%</p></td><td><p>1,027</p></td><td><p>23.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>4,371</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate figures to show separately the volume and outcome of proceedings for individual offences within the Sexual Offences Category. A single defendant may be charged with more than one offence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 13/10/2014 14:20:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

93073

	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 referrals were made about child abuse to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police in each of the last five years; and how many such cases resulted in subsequent (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	210322
	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 includes allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and under 18s. 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 five 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>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><p> </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>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 09:10:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

424468

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward proposals to add the (a) Surveillance Camera Commissioner and (b) Office of the Biometrics Commissioner to Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	13811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) already extends to over 100,000 public authorities. We constantly keep the list of bodies covered by the FOIA under review.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/11/2015 11:11:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 27239 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

439346

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Information Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many press and public relations staff are employed by the (a) Prime Minister's office, (b) Cabinet Office, (c) Privy Council office, (d) Office of the Leader of the House of Commons, (e) Office of the Leader of the House of Lords, (f) Crown Commercial Service, (g) Big Lottery Fund, (h) Government Estates Management, (i) Civil Service Commission, (j) Commissioner for Public Appointments and (k) Senior Salaries Review Body; how many of those employees are paid more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £100,000; and what the total cost of running the press office is in each of those organisations in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	20661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister's office, Privy Council office, Office of the Leader of the House of Commons, Office of the Leader of the House of Lords, and Government Estates Management are integral parts of the Cabinet Office and are included in the part of the response below that refers to the main department.</p><p>The government publishes information on the job titles, pay grades, and the pay costs of civil servants on a twice yearly basis. The latest Cabinet Office organogram is available at <a href="https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office</a> and the latest structure charts may be downloaded at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts</a> .</p><p>The Big Lottery Fund employs 14.5 (FTE) press and public relations staff in its England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales offices. These staff are focused on raising awareness of Lottery funding and funding opportunities for communities through local and national media and other communications channels. Of those staff, 2 are paid more than £50,000 and none more than £100,000.</p><p>The total audited costs of running the press offices in the Cabinet Office and the Big Lottery Fund are unavailable on the grounds of disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Crown Commercial Service, the Civil Service Commission that also includes staff working for the Commissioner for Public Appointments, and the Senior Salaries Review Body, employ no press and public relations staff.</p><p>Across government, the government communications profession saved £330 million for taxpayers last year compared to 2009 to 2010 - by making its campaigns more cost effective.</p><p>This means that we reduced communications spending by a total of £1 billion during the last Parliament.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/01/2016 11:07:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

579468

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2016 to Question 40168, what proportion of Civil Service Fast Streamers undertook a regional placement in each fiscal year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	45820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The Fast Stream Scheme uses graduate years rather than fiscal years for the Fast Stream Cycle of 1 September – 31 August. The total number of Fast Streamers per graduate year that undertook regional placements based on our Fast Stream cycle is shown below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong> <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>YEAR</strong></p></td><td><p>Proportion*</p></td><td><p>Total*</p></td><td><p>Comment</p></td><td><p>Population</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1<sup>st</sup> Sep 2013 – 31 Aug 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>Includes postings to secondment organisations and government departments</p></td><td><p>269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1<sup>st</sup> Sep 2014 – 31 Aug 2015</strong></p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1<sup>st</sup> Sep 2015 – 31 Aug 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>628</p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Notes</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>* The figures are for those on the Corporate Generalist Fast Stream Programme who have undertaken posts outside </em> <em>of London during that particular year</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>* The data was calculated on 12/09/2016</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 16/09/2016 08:07:42 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

541145

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: EU Internal Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential cost to (a) the aerospace industry, (b) the car manufacturing industry and (c) other manufacturing in the UK of not having access to the EU Single Market.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	43672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>There are a number of factors that the Government will need to consider when developing our strategy for negotiating our withdrawal from the European Union. The Department is working closely with businesses to understand their concerns and I will be working with colleagues across government to make sure we understand all of the potential risks and opportunities across the economy. This will continue to inform our approach as we seek to shape our future relationship with Europe.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/09/2016 10:27:43 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

541146

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	CERN
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on future British involvement in the European Organization for Nuclear Research and the CERN research facility.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	43674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the European Space Agency (ESA) are separate organisations from the European Union and thus the UK’s memberships of CERN or ESA are not dependent on its EU membership. The UK will continue to play a leading role in major non-EU research collaborations, including CERN and ESA. In July we confirmed the UK’s application to become a full member of a major new particle accelerator, the European Spallation Source in Sweden.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 43708 question first answered 13/09/2016 15:11:48 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson