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172114

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Service Prosecuting Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Law Officers met the Director of the Services Prosecution Authority in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	219886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text The Law Officers have met the Directors of the Service Prosecuting Authority regularly since 2010. However, as has been the case with successive administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings. answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 12/01/2015 12:20:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

509955

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions were commenced by the Serious Fraud Office in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	33372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of individuals or bodies corporate against whom the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) instituted proceedings in each year but does not include persons outside the jurisdiction, for whom the court has issued a warrant of arrest under section 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 but in respect of whom no written charge or summons has been issued.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The SFO started two related sets of proceedings against Alstom Network UK. One in 2014, the other in 2015. Only the first set of proceedings is included in the table above.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/04/2016 12:28:00 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

348893

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	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, how many cases were referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	1396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of offenders referred to the Court of Appeal in 2013 and 2014 are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders referred to the Court of Appeal</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders whose sentences were considered unduly lenient and whose sentences were increased by the Court of Appeal in 2013 and 2014 are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders whose sentences were unduly lenient</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders whose sentence was increased</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Detailed information on the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme was published on the Attorney General’s Office website on Thursday 11 June 2015. The information can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 1397 question first answered 15/06/2015 12:15:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

348894

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	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, how many cases referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	1397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of offenders referred to the Court of Appeal in 2013 and 2014 are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders referred to the Court of Appeal</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders whose sentences were considered unduly lenient and whose sentences were increased by the Court of Appeal in 2013 and 2014 are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders whose sentences were unduly lenient</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offenders whose sentence was increased</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Detailed information on the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme was published on the Attorney General’s Office website on Thursday 11 June 2015. The information can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 1396 question first answered 15/06/2015 12:15:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

513933

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud prosecutions were carried out in each CPS business area in England and Wales in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	34646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 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’. The numbers of defendants prosecuted under this category are provided in the accompanying attachment.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/04/2016 14:51:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name 34646 - Karl Turner (attachment).xlsx title 34646 - CPS Fraud and Forgery Prosecutions
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

521505

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for each category of hate crime since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	38489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of prosecutions flagged as hate crimes. Hate crimes comprise offences motivated by hostility or prejudice to a person’s race or perceived race, religion or perceived religion, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, disability or perceived disability and transgender identity or perceived transgender identity. These data are accurate only to the extent that the flag has been correctly applied.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number and proportion of convictions and overall prosecutions, by each category of hate crime, during each of the last five available years:</p><p> </p><p><strong>TOTAL HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>12,651</p></td><td><p>82.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>15,284</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>11,843</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,196</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>10,794</p></td><td><p>82.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>13,070</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>11,915</p></td><td><p>84.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,074</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>12,220</p></td><td><p>82.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,738</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>RACIAL HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>10,566</p></td><td><p>83.1%<strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,711</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>9,933</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>11,774</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>9,107</p></td><td><p>83.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>10,935</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>10,069</p></td><td><p>85.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>11,818</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>10,123</p></td><td><p>83.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>12,130</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>RELIGIOUS HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>566</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>80.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>593</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>77.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>399</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>463</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>550</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>665</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>HOMOPHOBIC &amp; TRANSPHOBIC HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS (1)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>1,034</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,281</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>951</p></td><td><p>78.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,208</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>885</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,096</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>913</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,132</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>81.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,277</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) A separate flag for Transphobic crime was introduced in December 2012 following the amendment to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.</p><p> </p><p><strong>DISABILITY HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>579</p></td><td><p>79.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>726</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>77.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>621</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>494</p></td><td><p>77.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>640</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>81.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>574</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p>75.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>666</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 06/06/2016 14:22:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

513931

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of cases in each year since 2010 is delayed as a result of CPS files not being handed over to the defence in time before the start of proceedings.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	34591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain centrally held data on the number of cases delayed as a result of CPS files not being handed over to the defence in time before the start of proceedings. Such information could only be obtained through a manual search of records which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>The CPS is however committed to reducing unnecessary delays in the magistrates’ court, together with other CJS partners, through the Transforming Summary Justice initiative (TSJ). One of the principles of TSJ is to implement a more effective disclosure process to ensure the streamlining of disclosure to defence practitioners for first hearings.</p><p>The Better Case Management process (BCM) and the CPS Crown Court Strategy, which interlink with TSJ, also ensure that in cases destined for the Crown Court there is greater focus on Crown Court file build at the very outset to provide sufficient evidential material for the first hearing.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/04/2016 14:44:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

177344

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of criminal cases the Crown Prosecution Service instructed the independent Bar to prosecute in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	223095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The CPS does not centrally record the number of instructions to advocates from the self-employed Bar. Were it to do so, such data would need to take account of changes to the instructed advocate during the course of proceedings; cases in which more than one advocate is instructed; and cases in which an in-house advocate may be instructed initially but where an advocate from the self-employed Bar was subsequently instructed.</p><p>The CPS retains payment data in respect of volume cases in the Crown Court managed under the graduated fee scheme (GFS). This shows the proportion of Crown Court work prosecuted by advocates from the self-employed Bar in value terms as a proportion of GFS value, for the years requested:</p><p>- 2010-11 72%</p><p>- 2011-12 69%</p><p>- 2012-13 70%</p><p>- 2013-14 71%</p><p>- 2014-15 75% (first 3 quarters only)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 10/02/2015 15:08:52 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

509956

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of alleged (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence where the alleged offending took place in the UK were referred to the Services Prosecuting Authority for a charging decision in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	33373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Figures for all referrals received by the Service Prosecuting Authority of Rape, Sexual Assault &amp; Domestic violence covering the period 2013 to 2015 where the alleged offence took place in the UK.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Rape referral received</p></td><td><p>Sexual assault referral received</p></td><td><p>Domestic violence referral received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/04/2016 13:42:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

509953

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of alleged (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence where the alleged offence took place in the UK were prosecuted by the Services Prosecuting Authority in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	33351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Figures for all prosecutions by the Services Prosecuting Authority of Rape, Sexual Assault &amp; Domestic violence covering the period 2013 to 2015 where the alleged offence took place in the UK are contained in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Rape Prosecutions</p></td><td><p>Sexual Assault Prosecutions</p></td><td><p>Domestic Violence Prosecutions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6 (1 case yet to go to trial)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/04/2016 13:43:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner