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46165

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Crown Prosecution Service was required to pay in wasted cost orders in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	194727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The CPS maintains records of the overall value of costs payments made but does not distinguish between the various types of costs order available. To ascertain the types and value of individual costs awards made over the last five years would require a review of each case and this would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The CPS central financial records indicate that the department was required to pay £772,129.54 in costs awards in 2013-14. It should be noted that the accounts for 2013-14 are not finalised and this figure will be subject to audit and adjustment. Finalised figures will be available at the end of May 2014.</p><p>The value of total costs payments made in 2013/14, £772K, represents about 0.13% of overall CPS expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

46166

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of judicial directions to prosecutors in criminal cases were (a) carried out on time, (b) carried out late and (c) not carried out in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	194728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service intends to publish the number of, and compliance with, judicial directions in prosecution proceedings heard at the Crown Court for 2013-14 when they are available</p><p>Judicial directions to prosecutors are monitored by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on an individual case basis and there is no central record maintained at present. The information requested in respect of SFO cases could therefore only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

46163

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for pre-charge decision in 2013-14 and each of the five preceding years; how many of those cases were (a) subject to a decision to take no further action, (b) disposed of by way of a simple caution, (c) disposed of by way of a conditional caution, (d) disposed of by another type of out-of-court disposal, (e) prosecuted, (f) prosecuted successfully and (g) prosecuted successfully where the defendant contested the charge.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	194680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of suspects (not cases) referred to prosecutors for a pre-charge decision and the number of defendants prosecuted, following a decision to charge.</p><p>The table below shows, in each of the last five years for which figures are available, the total number of charging decisions made against suspects and the outcome of decisions where the decision was to (a) take no further action, (b) caution, (c) conditionally caution or (d) recommend another out of court disposal. In addition, the table shows the number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates' courts and at the Crown Court, by the CPS following a decision to charge (e), the number convicted (f) and the number convicted after a contested hearing (g). The table does not include other outcomes related to pre-charge decisions.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total Pre-Charge</strong></p><p><strong> Decisions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) No Further</strong></p><p><strong> Action</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) Simple</strong></p><p><strong> Caution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(c) Conditional</strong></p><p><strong> Caution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(d) Other Out </strong><strong>of </strong></p><p><strong>Court Disposal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(e) Prosecuted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(f) Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(g) Conviction</strong></p><p><strong> after Contest</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p>532,427</p></td><td><p>140,895</p></td><td><p>9,596</p></td><td><p>8,378</p></td><td><p>4,520</p></td><td><p>357,785</p></td><td><p>288,996</p></td><td><p>31,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p>477,522</p></td><td><p>127,502</p></td><td><p>8,040</p></td><td><p>8,229</p></td><td><p>3,088</p></td><td><p>326,051</p></td><td><p>259,017</p></td><td><p>28,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>468,656</p></td><td><p>120,144</p></td><td><p>6,595</p></td><td><p>6,935</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td><td><p>332,935</p></td><td><p>261,539</p></td><td><p>28,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>369,564</p></td><td><p>89,104</p></td><td><p>4,275</p></td><td><p>4,982</p></td><td><p>1,377</p></td><td><p>282,970</p></td><td><p>223,504</p></td><td><p>26,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>309,315</p></td><td><p>73,916</p></td><td><p>2,993</p></td><td><p>3,781</p></td><td><p>863</p></td><td><p>233,594</p></td><td><p>185,176</p></td><td><p>20,872</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p>The data reported in the above table are inclusive of suspects referred to the CPS for a charging decision and defendants prosecuted by the specialised national divisions of the CPS including, from April 2011, proceedings formerly dealt with by the prosecution functions of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health.</p><p>Since 2011 the Police have been able to charge some offences without referral to the CPS, as outlined in the DPP's Guidance on Charging which can be found on the CPS website at <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/directors_guidance/dpp_guidance_5.html" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/directors_guidance/dpp_guidance_5.html</a></p><p>Data for the annual year 2013-14 are not currently available.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

46167

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the performance of each Crown Prosecution Service business area was on (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) decisions to take to further action, (c) discontinuances after charge, (d) prosecutions, (e) convictions and (f) convictions after a not-guilty plea for each of the flagged offence groups in 2013-14 and each of the five previous years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	194784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>Tables have been deposited in the Library of the House containing the following information for each of the last five years for which complete and validated data is available;</p><p>· Number of pre-charge decisions and the proportion that resulted in a decision to take no further action.</p><p>· Number of finalised prosecutions.</p><p>· Number of convictions and the conviction rate</p><p>· Number of prosecutions discontinued after charge</p><p>· Number of convictions in contested cases</p><p>The figures are broken down for the 13 regional Crown Prosecution Service Areas and by principal offence category of the cases concerned. The principal offence category indicates the most serious offence with which the defendant is charged at the time of finalisation.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald attachment 1 file name 194784 - Data tables -Pre charge decisions.XLSX title Tabels - CPS pre charge decisions
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

47463

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much money subject to a Crown Prosecution Service restraining or confiscation order has been diverted to meet the costs of a private-sector receiver in each of the last three financial years; and what proportion that amount was of all assets subject to such orders.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	195842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>The following table contains data from the last 3 financial years on the total amount restrained under restraint orders, the total fees paid to management receivers, and the percentage of receivership fees as a proportion of the restrained amount:</p><p><strong>Management Receiverships:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fees Paid to Management</strong></p><p><strong>Receivers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*Total Amount Restrained Under</strong></p><p><strong> Restraint Order Amount </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Receivership Fees as a Proportion</strong></p><p><strong> of the Amount Restrained</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>£1,677,316.04</p></td><td><p>£ 142,861,002.70</p></td><td><p>1.17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 2013</p></td><td><p>£ 995,667.35</p></td><td><p>£ 142,878,474.31</p></td><td><p>0.70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>£ 1,168,938.64</p></td><td><p>£ 145,485,882.31</p></td><td><p>0.80%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It should be noted that the amount restrained is constantly fluctuating due to a number of factors including payment of reasonable living expenses from restrained funds and the changing values of real property. Accordingly, it is difficult to get an accurate value as to the amount restrained at any one time.</p><p>*It should further be noted that the amount shown represents the entirety of restrained funds. However, in many cases, the receiver is appointed to manage carefully selected assets and not all of the funds restrained. Accordingly, the receiver's fees as a proportion of the amount of restrained funds he manages could be considerably higher than the figures shown above.</p><p> </p><p>The following table contains data from the last 3 financial years on the total confiscation order amount (i.e. the sum of all assets included in confiscation orders), total fees paid to enforcement receivers, and the percentage of receivership fees as a proportion of the confiscation order amount:</p><p><strong>Enforcement Receivers:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fees Paid to Enforcement</strong></p><p><strong> Receivers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*Total Confiscation Order Amount</strong></p><p><strong> (including any variations)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Receivership Fees as a Proportion </strong></p><p><strong>of the Confiscation Order Amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 - 2012</p></td><td><p>£2,716,436.53</p></td><td><p>£109,684,469.49</p></td><td><p>2.48%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 2013</p></td><td><p>£2,982,980.41</p></td><td><p>£140,752,428.67</p></td><td><p>2.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>£1,413,235.87</p></td><td><p>£138,249,651.38</p></td><td><p>1.02%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*It should further be noted that the amount shown represents the total sum of assets available for confiscation. However, in many cases, the receiver is appointed to realise carefully selected assets and not all assets listed in the confiscation order. Accordingly, the receiver's fees as a proportion of the assets he is appointed to realise could be considerably higher than the figures shown above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

44943

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what value of asset freezing orders have been enforced in the UK at the request of overseas jurisdictions in each year since 2008-09.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	193657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The number and estimated value of restraint orders obtained by the CPS and SFO pursuant to requests from overseas jurisdictions since 2008/09 are shown in the tables below.</p><p>The value of restrained assets may vary over time due to changes in asset valuations , exchange rates and payments of expenses.</p><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of overseas restraint orders</p></td><td><p>Estimated amount preserved (to nearest 000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£60,504,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>£11,006,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£2,693,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£50,074,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£4,080,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£409,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of overseas restraint orders</p></td><td><p>Estimated amount preserved (to nearest 000)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£69,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

49336

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of non-payment of the minimum wage were (a) referred to the Crown Prosecution Service from HM Revenue and Customs, (b) prosecuted and (c) prosecuted successfully in 2013-14 and each of the preceding three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	197340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Based on data held centrally by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) together with information provided by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which has responsibility for enforcing the law in relation to the National Minimum Wage, I have established (a) three referrals were made to the CPS from HMRC in 2010-2011. No referrals were made in the financial years 2011-2012, 2012-2013 or 2013-2014. (b) One prosecution commenced in 2011-2012 from the three cases referred in 2010-2011. (c) One conviction is recorded in 2010-2011 (referred in 2009/10) and one conviction in 2012-2013 (referred in 2010/11). This information represents the period of 2013-14 and the preceding three financial years.</p><p>HMRC also has civil enforcement powers to secure and punish in cases of non-compliance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

49337

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has spent on staff overtime payments in each CPS area in each of the last five financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	197280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The total amount spent on overtime payments by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in each of the last five years by CPS area is shown in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Overtime payments in the CPS by Area between 2009/10 and 2013/14 (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>£</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Headquarters</strong></p></td><td><p>144,262</p></td><td><p>96,501</p></td><td><p>83,876</p></td><td><p>94,432</p></td><td><p>70,229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Casework</strong></p></td><td><p>21,754</p></td><td><p>33,838</p></td><td><p>31,187</p></td><td><p>107,198</p></td><td><p>270,687</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>CPS Direct</strong></p></td><td><p>14,700</p></td><td><p>12,255</p></td><td><p>5,363</p></td><td><p>643</p></td><td><p>8,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cymru Wales Area</strong></p></td><td><p>4,566</p></td><td><p>4,646</p></td><td><p>552</p></td><td><p>4,009</p></td><td><p>20,738</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands Area</strong></p></td><td><p>63,249</p></td><td><p>25,724</p></td><td><p>11,567</p></td><td><p>13,090</p></td><td><p>116,402</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England Area</strong></p></td><td><p>25,026</p></td><td><p>13,227</p></td><td><p>5,223</p></td><td><p>16,935</p></td><td><p>9,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London Area</strong></p></td><td><p>239,165</p></td><td><p>185,651</p></td><td><p>299,986</p></td><td><p>1,813,590</p></td><td><p>3,098,987</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Merseyside and Cheshire Area</strong></p></td><td><p>8,828</p></td><td><p>16,882</p></td><td><p>4,047</p></td><td><p>24,095</p></td><td><p>38,669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East Area</strong></p></td><td><p>59,981</p></td><td><p>70,553</p></td><td><p>53,665</p></td><td><p>45,448</p></td><td><p>64,732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West Area</strong></p></td><td><p>155,124</p></td><td><p>186,415</p></td><td><p>207,895</p></td><td><p>210,403</p></td><td><p>283,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East Area</strong></p></td><td><p>86,290</p></td><td><p>57,507</p></td><td><p>41,483</p></td><td><p>120,212</p></td><td><p>164,759</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West Area</strong></p></td><td><p>4,599</p></td><td><p>952</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>13,022</p></td><td><p>19,213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Thames and Chiltern Area</strong></p></td><td><p>28,142</p></td><td><p>26,816</p></td><td><p>75,171</p></td><td><p>63,002</p></td><td><p>97,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wessex Area</strong></p></td><td><p>5,598</p></td><td><p>2,305</p></td><td><p>4,317</p></td><td><p>1,434</p></td><td><p>35,672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands Area</strong></p></td><td><p>15,445</p></td><td><p>29,667</p></td><td><p>16,834</p></td><td><p>10,823</p></td><td><p>45,221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside Area</strong></p></td><td><p>192,538</p></td><td><p>15,686</p></td><td><p>56,680</p></td><td><p>218,192</p></td><td><p>255,737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,069,266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>778,626</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>898,060</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,756,527</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,600,314</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

49338

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office has applied to HM Treasury for additional funding for its investigation into the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	197281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 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 North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

61151

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Homicide: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many homicide prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service undertook in 2013 where there were (a) three defendants, (b) four defendants, (c) five defendants and (d) six or more defendants.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	199980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants in its prosecutions. This information could only be obtained by examining all homicide files, which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Oliver Heald question first answered 16/06/2014 15:50:37 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry