The Treasury Solicitor\u2019s Department holds records relating only to those cases in which it has acted. The Treasury Solicitor represents most, but not all, government departments in litigation. For example, Her Majesty\u2019s Revenue and Customs normally conducts its own litigation. According to records held by the Treasury Solicitor, the number of judicial reviews involving government departments in which it has acted in each of the last four years is as follows:<\/p>
2010 \u2013 8,566<\/p>
2011 \u2013 9,603<\/p>
2012 \u2013 10,274<\/p>
2013 \u2013 16,449<\/p>
Information relating to how many of those reviews were upheld in whole or in part in each year is not held centrally and could not be created without incurring disproportionate cost.<\/p>
The information requested in respect of the Administrative Court Office is published online at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/267408/additional-court-tables-2012.xls<\/a> . The 2013 data is not currently available.<\/ins><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many judicial reviews there were involving Government departments according to records held by the (a) Treasury Solicitor and (b) Administrative Court Office in each of the last four years; and how many such reviews were upheld in whole or in part in each such year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/99921", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/99921/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " When prosecuting cases of encouraging or assisting suicide, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors make decisions in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and the Director of Public Prosecutions Policy for Prosecutors in respect of cases of Encouraging or Assisting Suicide.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Following the recent Supreme Court Judgement in the case of \u2018Nicklinson and others\u2019, the policy was updated on the 16 October 2014 to clarify issues raised regarding healthcare professionals (and others with similar responsibilities for individuals).<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> 2014/15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015/16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> £'000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £'000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £\u2019000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 5,933<\/p><\/td> 4,554<\/p><\/td> 10,487<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Under their current terms the CPS\u2019s two PFI contracts are set to expire at the end of November 2015. The CPS PFI liabilities will therefore end in 2015/16.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The figures contained in the table above are drawn from Note 16 of the CPS 2013/14 Annual Report and Accounts, \u2018Commitments under PFI contracts\u2019.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The remaining Law Officers\u2019 Departments do not have any PFI liabilities.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what the total private finance initiative liabilities of the Law Officers' Departments are for the next 20 years; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1560", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright"}
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, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what costs his Department has incurred in prosecuting the case of (a) Christopher Huhne and (b) Vasiliki Pryce.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/49337/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 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> Overtime payments in the CPS by Area between 2009/10 and 2013/14 (£)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> £<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2009/10<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2010/11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011/12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Headquarters<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 144,262<\/p><\/td> 96,501<\/p><\/td> 83,876<\/p><\/td> 94,432<\/p><\/td> 70,229<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Casework<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 21,754<\/p><\/td> 33,838<\/p><\/td> 31,187<\/p><\/td> 107,198<\/p><\/td> 270,687<\/p><\/td><\/tr> CPS Direct<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 14,700<\/p><\/td> 12,255<\/p><\/td> 5,363<\/p><\/td> 643<\/p><\/td> 8,458<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cymru Wales Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4,566<\/p><\/td> 4,646<\/p><\/td> 552<\/p><\/td> 4,009<\/p><\/td> 20,738<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Midlands Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 63,249<\/p><\/td> 25,724<\/p><\/td> 11,567<\/p><\/td> 13,090<\/p><\/td> 116,402<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East of England Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 25,026<\/p><\/td> 13,227<\/p><\/td> 5,223<\/p><\/td> 16,935<\/p><\/td> 9,659<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 239,165<\/p><\/td> 185,651<\/p><\/td> 299,986<\/p><\/td> 1,813,590<\/p><\/td> 3,098,987<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside and Cheshire Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 8,828<\/p><\/td> 16,882<\/p><\/td> 4,047<\/p><\/td> 24,095<\/p><\/td> 38,669<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 59,981<\/p><\/td> 70,553<\/p><\/td> 53,665<\/p><\/td> 45,448<\/p><\/td> 64,732<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 155,124<\/p><\/td> 186,415<\/p><\/td> 207,895<\/p><\/td> 210,403<\/p><\/td> 283,753<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South East Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 86,290<\/p><\/td> 57,507<\/p><\/td> 41,483<\/p><\/td> 120,212<\/p><\/td> 164,759<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South West Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4,599<\/p><\/td> 952<\/p><\/td> 216<\/p><\/td> 13,022<\/p><\/td> 19,213<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thames and Chiltern Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 28,142<\/p><\/td> 26,816<\/p><\/td> 75,171<\/p><\/td> 63,002<\/p><\/td> 97,399<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wessex Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5,598<\/p><\/td> 2,305<\/p><\/td> 4,317<\/p><\/td> 1,434<\/p><\/td> 35,672<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 15,445<\/p><\/td> 29,667<\/p><\/td> 16,834<\/p><\/td> 10,823<\/p><\/td> 45,221<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire & Humberside Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 192,538<\/p><\/td> 15,686<\/p><\/td> 56,680<\/p><\/td> 218,192<\/p><\/td> 255,737<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,069,266<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 778,626<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 898,060<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2,756,527<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4,600,314<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The Administrative Court Office does not collate the information requested centrally and determining the number of reviews and how many such reviews were upheld in whole or in part would incur a disproportionate cost.<\/del><\/p> <\/td>