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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

101519

	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	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the usefulness of the European Arrest Warrant as a prosecutorial tool.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	212405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government and the DPP are in agreement that the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) offers the best way of keeping Britain safe, particularly from serious criminals and terrorists.</p><p>The introduction of the EAW has resulted in much faster processing of extradition requests, meaning that we can secure the return of fugitives wanted for serious offending in this country often in a matter of weeks, not many months or even years as was the case under previous arrangements. The Arrest Warrant is also more effective. For example, under the previous regime, the European Convention on Extradition, some Member States can refuse to surrender their own nationals, including France, Germany and Spain, which is not the position in EAW cases. Furthermore, the EAW overcomes problems of time limitation in other countries. It also means that wanted people can now be extradited to face fraud and tax charges, which was not the case before.</p><p>The Government has recently made changes in the way that the EAW is processed through our courts. These changes are designed to offer greater protection to UK citizens and other UK residents against disproportionate requests and the risk of spending unreasonable lengths of time in pre-trial detention abroad. With those changes in place, the Government is convinced that the EAW provides an effective and cost-efficient tool in the fight against trans-national crime, and it is one which prosecutors and other law enforcement professionals are keen to see preserved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 212406 question first answered 03/11/2014 17:02:26 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

101520

	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	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the usefulness of the European Arrest Warrant as a prosecutorial tool.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	212406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government and the DPP are in agreement that the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) offers the best way of keeping Britain safe, particularly from serious criminals and terrorists.</p><p>The introduction of the EAW has resulted in much faster processing of extradition requests, meaning that we can secure the return of fugitives wanted for serious offending in this country often in a matter of weeks, not many months or even years as was the case under previous arrangements. The Arrest Warrant is also more effective. For example, under the previous regime, the European Convention on Extradition, some Member States can refuse to surrender their own nationals, including France, Germany and Spain, which is not the position in EAW cases. Furthermore, the EAW overcomes problems of time limitation in other countries. It also means that wanted people can now be extradited to face fraud and tax charges, which was not the case before.</p><p>The Government has recently made changes in the way that the EAW is processed through our courts. These changes are designed to offer greater protection to UK citizens and other UK residents against disproportionate requests and the risk of spending unreasonable lengths of time in pre-trial detention abroad. With those changes in place, the Government is convinced that the EAW provides an effective and cost-efficient tool in the fight against trans-national crime, and it is one which prosecutors and other law enforcement professionals are keen to see preserved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 212405 question first answered 03/11/2014 17:02:26 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	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

1386619

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what advice she provided to Government colleagues regarding the compliance of their Departments with measures under the (a) 5 November – 2 December 2020 national lockdown; and (b) the 2 December 2020 – 4 January 2021 tiered covid regulations during the period of those restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	90364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal adviser to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 90365 question first answered 14/12/2021 09:30:04 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1386620

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she has (a) been asked to provide or (b) provided advice to Government colleagues since 1 December 2021 regarding the compliance of their Departments' with measures under the (a) 5 November – 2 December 2020 national lockdown; and (b) the 2 December 2020 – 4 January 2021 tiered covid regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	90365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal adviser to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 90364 question first answered 14/12/2021 09:30:04 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1386662

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she plans to oversee the Government Legal Department in their assistance of the inquiry into the events in Downing Street on 18 December 2020 announced on 8 December 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	90369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>In my roles as chief legal adviser to the Government and sponsoring minister of the Government Legal Department (GLD), I oversee the provision of legal support by GLD to all of its client departments, including the Cabinet Office. When advising their clients, GLD lawyers provide advice in accordance with their professional duties and on behalf of the Treasury Solicitor, who is the head of the GLD. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-code" target="_blank">Ministerial Code</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-manual" target="_blank">Cabinet Manual</a> set out the circumstances in which ministers and their policy officials consult the Law Officers on legal matters.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman grouped question UIN 90370 question first answered 16/12/2021 13:03:23 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1386663

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she plans to ensure full operational independence of the Government Legal Department in their assistance of the inquiry into the events in Downing Street on 18 December 2020 announced on 8 December 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	90370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text <p>In my roles as chief legal adviser to the Government and sponsoring minister of the Government Legal Department (GLD), I oversee the provision of legal support by GLD to all of its client departments, including the Cabinet Office. When advising their clients, GLD lawyers provide advice in accordance with their professional duties and on behalf of the Treasury Solicitor, who is the head of the GLD. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-code" target="_blank">Ministerial Code</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-manual" target="_blank">Cabinet Manual</a> set out the circumstances in which ministers and their policy officials consult the Law Officers on legal matters.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman grouped question UIN 90369 question first answered 16/12/2021 13:03:23 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1386897

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2021
	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 prosecutors were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service as of (a) 1 January 2017, (b) 1 January 2018, (c) 1 January 2019, (d) 1 January 2020, (e) 1 January 2021 and (f) 1 December 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	90844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2021 answer text <p>The number of prosecutors employed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year***</td><td>CPS Prosecutor Headcount</td></tr><tr><td>31/12/2016</td><td>2623</td></tr><tr><td>31/12/2017</td><td>2634</td></tr><tr><td>31/12/2018</td><td>2694</td></tr><tr><td>31/12/2019</td><td>2800</td></tr><tr><td>31/12/2020</td><td>3025</td></tr><tr><td>30/11/3021</td><td>3118</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*The data has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database and is accurate at point of enquiry on 14<sup>th</sup> December 2021. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future.</em></p><p><em>**The system reports data as at the last day of the month rather than the first therefore the table is presented to the nearest reportable date to the questions asked.</em></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 20/12/2021 09:46:23 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1387789

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether (a) she or (b) the Crown Prosecution Service have set a maximum limit on the number of criminal cases awaiting trial, to act as a target for capping and reducing the current backlog of cases.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	92849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>Neither the Attorney General nor the Crown Prosecution Service set maximum limits for the amount of time a criminal case should await trial.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 05/01/2022 09:00:47 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1387790

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2021
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether (a) she or (b) the Crown Prosecution Service have set a maximum limit on the amount of time criminal cases should await trial, to act as a target for capping and reducing the increase in waiting times.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	92850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2021 answer text <p>Neither the Attorney General nor the Crown Prosecution Service set maximum limits for the number of criminal cases awaiting trial.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 21/12/2021 09:41:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1399825

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Misconduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, at what time and on what date the Solicitor General informed officials of his decision not to refer to the Court of Appeal the two cases of misconduct in a public office listed under unique reference number 731 in the register of cases reviewed under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	98226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>The Solicitor General communicated his decision to officials on the morning of 24 December 2021.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 10/01/2022 09:22:53 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1401586

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2021 to Question 98226 on Public Sector: Misconduct, why the Solicitor General's decision was not included in her Department's updates on the outcome of unduly lenient sentence referrals published on (a) 29 December, (b) 4 January and (c) 5 January 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	100469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>There is no legal obligation to publish updates on the outcome of unduly lenient sentence referrals. The updates prepared by officials are checked manually and it is not always possible to meet the Attorney General’s aspiration for weekly editions, especially over the Christmas and New Year period. The Department does not hold information on the average length of time for updates</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 100470 question first answered 13/01/2022 09:14:22 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1401587

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2021 to Question 98226 on Public Sector: Misconduct, what the average length of time is for decisions made on unduly lenient sentence referrals to be included in the regular updates of referral outcomes published by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	100470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2022 answer text <p>There is no legal obligation to publish updates on the outcome of unduly lenient sentence referrals. The updates prepared by officials are checked manually and it is not always possible to meet the Attorney General’s aspiration for weekly editions, especially over the Christmas and New Year period. The Department does not hold information on the average length of time for updates</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 100469 question first answered 13/01/2022 09:14:24 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1402963

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Misconduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2021 to Question 98226 on Public Sector: Misconduct, on what date the Solicitor General's decision was communicated to (a) the family of Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry and (b) the officials responsible for publishing the outcome of unduly lenient sentence referrals.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	104303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>The Solicitor General communicated his decision to officials on the morning of 24 December 2021. Where a referral is made to this office by a victim, their family or a Member of Parliament, the Law Officers communicate the outcome of their decision in writing. This case was referred by members of the public. Due to the volume of referrals received, we are unable to provide individual responses to members of the public. The outcomes of all decisions are communicated to the Crown Prosecution Service who in turn advise others concerned.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 19/01/2022 15:21:53 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1416041

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2022
	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 staff the CPS employed (a) overall and (b) in the International Justice and Organised Crime Division, (c) in the Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division and (d) in the Specialist Fraud Division as of (i) 24 January 2022, (ii) 1 January 2022, (iii) 1 January 2021, (iv) 1 January 2020, (v) 1 January 2019, (vi) 1 January 2018, (vii) 1 January 2017, and (viii) 1 January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	110297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The Data set out in the table below shows CPS headcount (a) overall, (b) in the International Justice and Organised Crime Division, (c) in the Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division and (d) in the Specialist Fraud Division as close to those dates specified.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year / CPS Overall Headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Team</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS Prosecutor Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p><strong>31/12/2015* / 5922</strong></p></td><td><p>ORGANISED CRIME</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INTERNATIONAL</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIAL CRIME &amp; COUNTER TERRORISM DIVISION</p></td><td><p>177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIALIST FRAUD</p></td><td><p>224</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p><strong>31/12/2016* / 5954</strong></p></td><td><p>ORGANISED CRIME</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>INTERNATIONAL</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIAL CRIME &amp; COUNTER TERRORISM DIVISION</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIALIST FRAUD</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>31/12/2017* / 5989</strong></p></td><td><p>INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND ORGANISED CRIME DIVISION</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIAL CRIME &amp; COUNTER TERRORISM DIVISION</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIALIST FRAUD</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>31/12/2018* / 5946</strong></p></td><td><p>INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND ORGANISED CRIME DIVISION</p></td><td><p>172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIAL CRIME &amp; COUNTER TERRORISM DIVISION</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIALIST FRAUD</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>31/12/2019* / 6066</strong></p></td><td><p>INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND ORGANISED CRIME DIVISION</p></td><td><p>183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIAL CRIME &amp; COUNTER TERRORISM DIVISION</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIALIST FRAUD</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>31/12/2020* / 6594</strong></p></td><td><p>INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND ORGANISED CRIME DIVISION</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIAL CRIME &amp; COUNTER TERRORISM DIVISION</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIALIST FRAUD</p></td><td><p>182</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>31/12/2021* / 6888</strong></p></td><td><p>INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND ORGANISED CRIME DIVISION</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIAL CRIME &amp; COUNTER TERRORISM DIVISION</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIALIST FRAUD</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>NB: The CPS has undergone change to its team structures during the specified period. The International Justice and Organised Crime Division has been in existence since 2017. Therefore, staff headcount numbers for 2015 and 2016 relate to the previous structure in place at the time.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>*The system reports data as at the last day of the month rather than the first or any date in-between therefore the table is presented to the nearest reportable date to the questions asked. </em></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/01/2022 09:26:22 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1417462

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when her Department plans to update the register of the outcome of cases reviewed under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme with her decisions in relation to the cases listed under unique reference numbers 672, 785, 803 and 811.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	113071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <p>The decisions on these cases will be published in the next round of updates.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 01/02/2022 09:11:58 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1422060

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, when she plans to publish her Department's transparency data for July, August, September and October 2021 which covers (a) complete transaction records for spends of £25,000 and over and (b) transparency GPC transactions for spends of over £500.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	122613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The material requested was published on the official government website on 13th December 2021.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 21/02/2022 13:01:21 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1422061

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

1422644

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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, on what dates each new investigation was opened by the Serious Fraud Office from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2021; and whether each of those investigations (a) was into a corporate or an individual and (b) is ongoing or complete.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	125040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>Over the five-year period of 2016 to 2021, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) opened almost 50 cases. The SFO proactively publishes information about its criminal investigations on its website: <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/our-cases/" target="_blank">https://www.sfo.gov.uk/our-cases/</a> whenever it is appropriate to do. This includes details on when the investigation was opened and whether it relates to individuals or a corporate body.</p><p> </p><p>In order to protect the investigative process, it is not always possible - or even desirable - for the SFO to announce investigations prematurely. Because of the small number of live investigations that the SFO has open at any one time and the covert nature of many of them, disclosing a breakdown of numbers and the focus of each, could potentially compromise ongoing efforts.</p><p> </p><p>The SFO investigates and prosecutes the most serious and complex cases of fraud, bribery, and corruption. The size and complexity of those cases, including the volume of victims and witnesses, means that it can take a number of years for a full investigation to be carried out.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/02/2022 09:13:01 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1422645

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	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, on what dates each new prosecution was brought forward by the Serious Fraud Office from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2021; and for each of those prosecutions (a) whether the prosecution was into a corporate or an individual and (a) what the outcome was.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	125041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>From the 1<sup>st </sup>of January 2016 to 31<sup>st</sup> of December 2021, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has brought forward 103 prosecutions as a result of their criminal casework. The table below sets-out how many prosecutions were brought forward in each year, whether they relate to a corporate or an individual, and the final outcome. *</p><p> </p><p>The cases investigated by the SFO are complex and it can take a number of years before any defendant(s) can be charged and a trial scheduled. Information relating to the exact date each investigation began is not readily available and providing this information would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><strong>Corporate</strong></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><strong>Individual</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3">Outcome</td><td colspan="5">Outcome</td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>guilty plea</td><td>Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA)</td><td>Discontinued</td><td>Conviction after trial</td><td>Guilty Plea</td><td>Acquitted</td><td>Awaiting Trial</td><td><strong>Total</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td> </td><td>7</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td> </td><td><strong>27</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>11</td><td>5</td><td>10</td><td>1</td><td><strong>31</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td> </td><td><strong>8</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td> </td><td>2</td><td> </td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td><strong>9</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>14</td><td><strong>18</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>1</td><td> </td><td>5</td><td><strong>10</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td><strong>4</strong></td><td><strong>11</strong></td><td><strong>2</strong></td><td><strong>20</strong></td><td><strong>18</strong></td><td><strong>26</strong></td><td><strong>22</strong></td><td><strong>103</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*We have used the term ‘brought forward’ to mean the date a charge was instigated against an individual or corporate</em>.Detailed information regarding SFO prosecutions, including the date a charge was instigated can be found on their website: <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/our-cases/" target="_blank">https://www.sfo.gov.uk/our-cases/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/02/2022 11:52:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry