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1166891

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: International Men's Day
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what plans his Department has to mark International Men's Day on 19 November 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	6315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Diversity and Inclusion programme of work run in the department, the AGO will be hosting an internal bake sale on International Men’s Day 2019. This event will raise awareness both of the contributions men make to society, and the challenges that they face. It will also be an opportunity for the department to raise money in support of Prostate Cancer UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/11/2019 17:49:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1170855

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	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, if he will extend the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme to include additional offences.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	900229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme is an important avenue for victims, family members and the public to ensure justice is delivered in the most serious cases.</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Government has extended the scheme to cover further child sexual abuse offences, as well as some domestic abuse offences, including controlling and coercive behavior.</p><p> </p><p>The remit of the scheme remains under constant review. We work closely with stakeholders to ensure it appropriately reflects the needs of victims, family members and the public.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 16/01/2020 15:53:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1177622

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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, whether there is a legislative basis for the 28-day limit on appealing an unduly lenient sentence meaning something other than 28 days.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>A referral to the Court of Appeal for consideration of a sentence as unduly lenient must be made within 28 days of the date of the sentence as set out in Schedule 3, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. The 28 day statutory time limit is absolute; the statute provides no power to extend the time limit or to apply for leave to refer out of time.</p><p> </p><p>An unduly lenient sentence case can only be taken forward if either myself or the Attorney General has approved action (on the basis of a complete prosecution file and proper legal advice) and an application has been filed with the Court of Appeal before the expiry of the statutory 28 day deadline. Tracey Hanson emailed the Attorney General’s office, requesting a review of a potentially unduly lenient sentence. The email was received by my office at 8.41pm on the 28<sup>th</sup> day and therefore was received after the close of court business. By the time my office received the email it was impossible to act on it and it was too late to file a referral with The Court of Appeal.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/02/2020 10:45:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1177623

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Tracey Hanson
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the basis was for his authority to refuse the application of Tracey Hanson in relation to a potentially unduly lenient sentence; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>A referral to the Court of Appeal for consideration of a sentence as unduly lenient must be made within 28 days of the date of the sentence as set out in Schedule 3, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. The 28 day statutory time limit is absolute; the statute provides no power to extend the time limit or to apply for leave to refer out of time.</p><p> </p><p>An unduly lenient sentence case can only be taken forward if either myself or the Attorney General has approved action (on the basis of a complete prosecution file and proper legal advice) and an application has been filed with the Court of Appeal before the expiry of the statutory 28 day deadline. Tracey Hanson emailed the Attorney General’s office, requesting a review of a potentially unduly lenient sentence. The email was received by my office at 8.41pm on the 28<sup>th</sup> day and therefore was received after the close of court business. By the time my office received the email it was impossible to act on it and it was too late to file a referral with The Court of Appeal.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/02/2020 10:45:25 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179280

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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, if she will extend the current 28 day limit for appealing a sentence under the unduly lenient sentence scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	18559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>A referral to the Court of Appeal for consideration of a sentence as unduly lenient must be made within 28 days of the date of the sentence as set out in Schedule 3, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. The 28 day statutory time limit is absolute; the statute provides no power to extend the time limit or to apply for leave to refer out of time.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to extend the 28 day deadline. The current deadline provides an appropriate balance between the rights of victims and offenders, ensuring that offenders are not left uncertain of whether their sentence may be extended for a long period of time, whilst allowing victims sufficient time to request a review of the sentence under the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 02/03/2020 14:02:41 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179284

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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 of the cases referred to her Department under the unduly lenient sentence scheme were received on the 28th day after sentence outside office hours; and what proportion of those cases were (a) accepted and (b) refused in each of the last five years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	18563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>2015 – of the 14 sentences that were received out of time only 1 was received on the 28th day and too late for it to be actioned.</p><p> </p><p>2016 – of the 28 sentences that were received out of time only 1 was received on the 28th day and too late for it to be actioned.</p><p> </p><p>2017 - of the 27 sentences that were received out of time only 1 was received on the 28th day and too late for it to be actioned.</p><p> </p><p>2018 - of the 31 sentences that were received out of time 2 were received on the 28th day and too late for them to be actioned.</p><p> </p><p>2019 - of the 43 sentences that were received out of time only 1 was received on the 28th day and too late for it to be actioned.</p><p>Whilst referrals for sentences are received and actioned on the 28<sup>th</sup> day, those are cases that are received early enough on the day to be actioned. An unduly lenient sentence case can only be taken forward if either myself or the Attorney General has approved action (on the basis of a complete prosecution file and proper legal advice) and an application has been filed with the Court of Appeal before the expiry of the statutory 28 day deadline. None of the above cases were accepted as being within time by my office as they were received too late to be actioned and consequently they were all marked as out of time.</p><p> </p><p>A referral to the Court of Appeal for consideration of a sentence as unduly lenient must be made within 28 days of the date of the sentence as set out in Schedule 3, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. The 28 day statutory time limit is absolute; the statute provides no power to extend the time limit or to apply for leave to refer out of time.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 02/03/2020 14:09:52 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1179285

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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 of the cases referred to her Department under the unduly lenient sentence scheme were received before the 28th day after sentence time period had elapsed but outside office hours and where his office did not re-open until after that 28 day deadline had passed; and what proportion of those cases were (a) accepted and (b) refused in each of the last five years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	18564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>2015 – of the 14 sentences that were received out of time only 1 was received on the 28th day and too late for it to be actioned.</p><p> </p><p>2016 – of the 28 sentences that were received out of time only 1 was received on the 28th day and too late for it to be actioned.</p><p> </p><p>2017 - of the 27 sentences that were received out of time only 1 was received on the 28th day and too late for it to be actioned.</p><p> </p><p>2018 - of the 31 sentences that were received out of time 2 were received on the 28th day and too late for them to be actioned.</p><p> </p><p>2019 - of the 43 sentences that were received out of time only 1 was received on the 28th day and too late for it to be actioned.</p><p>Whilst referrals for sentences are received and actioned on the 28<sup>th</sup> day, those are cases that are received early enough on the day to be actioned. An unduly lenient sentence case can only be taken forward if either myself or the Attorney General has approved action (on the basis of a complete prosecution file and proper legal advice) and an application has been filed with the Court of Appeal before the expiry of the statutory 28 day deadline. None of the above cases were accepted as being within time by my office as they were received too late to be actioned and consequently they were all marked as out of time.</p><p> </p><p>A referral to the Court of Appeal for consideration of a sentence as unduly lenient must be made within 28 days of the date of the sentence as set out in Schedule 3, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988. The 28 day statutory time limit is absolute; the statute provides no power to extend the time limit or to apply for leave to refer out of time.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 02/03/2020 14:09:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1194971

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Offences against the Administration of Justice: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been prosecuted for (a) perverting the course of justice and (b) wasting police time in relation to false allegations of domestic abuse in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	46013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of prosecutions against domestic abuse complainants for perverting the course of justice and/or wasting police time. Obtaining this information would therefore require a manual review of individual case files which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service takes cases of domestic abuse extremely seriously and is determined to bring perpetrators to justice and ensure victims are protected from repeated offending. The Crown Prosecution Service has specific guidance for prosecutors on how to approach cases where a complaint alleging a false allegation is made. When reaching a prosecution decision Crown Prosecutors apply the two stage test in the Code for Crown Prosecutors. There must be sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and it must be in the public interest for a prosecution to be brought.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 18/05/2020 09:09:59 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198577

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police Service's Handling of Non-recent Sexual Offence Investigations Alleged against Persons of Public Prominence Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to paragraph 2.4.137 in the report entitled The Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of non-recent sexual offence investigations alleged against persons of public prominence, published on 4 October 2019, what assessment the CPS has made of the potential merits of seeking the prosecution of the two individuals referred to as potential witnesses A and B for perverting the course of justice and wasting police time.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	51754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutes criminal cases that have been investigated by the police and other investigative organisations in England and Wales. If a crime is reported it is for the police to decide whether to investigate.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has not been asked to consider any charges against witness A or B, nor have they provided any early investigative advice to the police. It is a matter for the police as to whether they pursue an investigation in to witness A and witness B.</p><p> </p><p>Once a case is referred to the CPS, any decision to prosecute is made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors, and must meet the evidential and public interest tests.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/06/2020 14:51:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1198578

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police Service's Handling of Non-recent Sexual Offence Investigations Alleged against Persons of Public Prominence Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to paragraph 1.37 of the report entitled The Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of non-recent sexual offence investigations alleged against persons of public prominence, published 4 October 2019, how many of the 159 cases of false allegations of rape or domestic violence were prosecuted; and how many of the (a) referrals and (b) subsequent prosecutions were related to (i) rape and (ii) domestic violence charges.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	51755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Police Review refers to 159 cases of false allegations of rape and/or domestic violence made between January 2011 to May 2012. These were cases that had been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for a charging decision. The Review erroneously refers to the period as being between 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>The 159 cases were reviewed by the DPP and the Crown Prosecution Service published a report of these cases, entitled ‘‘Charging Perverting the Course of Justice and Wasting Police Time in Cases involving allegedly False Rape and Domestic Violence Allegations’ in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 159 cases referred for a charging decision,</p><p> </p><ul><li>121 related to an allegedly false allegation of rape – of these 35 were prosecuted; 25 for perverting the course of justice and ten for wasting police time;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>27 related to allegedly false allegations of domestic violence (the term in use at the time) – six were prosecuted for perverting the course of justice and one for wasting police time.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>11 related to allegedly false allegations of both rape and domestic violence – three were prosecuted, all for perverting the course of justice.</li></ul><p> </p><p>During the period of the review there were 5,651 prosecutions for rape and 111,891 for domestic violence by the Crown Prosecution Service across England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/06/2020 15:20:31 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies