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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how much was spent by the UK Government in undertaking legal action in the (a) Cherry and others (Respondents) v Advocate General for Scotland (Appellant) (Scotland), (b) R (on the application of Miller) (Appellant) v The Prime Minister (Respondent) in the Supreme Court, (c) case number CO/3385/2019 in the High Court, (d) reclaiming motion by Joanna Cherry QC MP and others against the Advocate General in the Outer Court of Scotland and (e) (First) Joanna Cherry QC MP and others for judicial review in the Outer Court of Scotland cases.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1145624", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1145624/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Spending Round settlement for CPS for 2020-21 included £80m of additional funding.<\/p><p>This additional funding will enable the CPS to:<\/p><ul><li><p>Meet the increased demand pressures following the government\u2019s investment in additional police resource<\/p><\/li><li><p>Deliver improved performance in meeting statutory disclosure obligations and<\/p><\/li><li><p>Fund any recommended changes arising from the current review of Bar fees<\/p><\/li><\/ul>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4116", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Michael Ellis"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what plans he has for the distribution of the additional funding for the Crown Prosecution Service announced in August 2019.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve McCabe"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve McCabe"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1145634", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1145634/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants subject to a trial hearing and collates the data collected in financial years.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants subject to a trial hearing during each year from 2010-11 to 2018-19 in the magistrates\u2019 courts and the Crown Court.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Trial Defendants<\/p><\/td><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>2013-14<\/p><\/td><td><p>2014-15<\/p><\/td><td><p>2015-16<\/p><\/td><td><p>2016-17<\/p><\/td><td><p>2017-18<\/p><\/td><td><p>2018-19<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Crown Court (CC)<\/p><\/td><td><p>19177<\/p><\/td><td><p>18710<\/p><\/td><td><p>18133<\/p><\/td><td><p>16601<\/p><\/td><td><p>17356<\/p><\/td><td><p>17950<\/p><\/td><td><p>17636<\/p><\/td><td><p>16005<\/p><\/td><td><p>13597<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Magistrates' Court (MC)<\/p><\/td><td><p>62281<\/p><\/td><td><p>58460<\/p><\/td><td><p>53902<\/p><\/td><td><p>54200<\/p><\/td><td><p>54580<\/p><\/td><td><p>60309<\/p><\/td><td><p>55598<\/p><\/td><td><p>48522<\/p><\/td><td><p>42322<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>National<\/p><\/td><td><p>81458<\/p><\/td><td><p>77170<\/p><\/td><td><p>72035<\/p><\/td><td><p>70801<\/p><\/td><td><p>71936<\/p><\/td><td><p>78259<\/p><\/td><td><p>73234<\/p><\/td><td><p>64527<\/p><\/td><td><p>55919<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-09-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the number of people brought to trial for all categories of offences by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve McCabe"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve McCabe"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1142161", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1142161/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not keep records on how many occasions CPS staff deputised for a role at a higher grade than their own but were not paid at the corresponding rate. This data cannot be gathered without incurring disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4116", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Michael Ellis"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions Crown Prosecution Service staff deputised for a role at a higher grade than their own but were not paid at the corresponding rate in each of the last four quarters.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4521", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Liz Saville Roberts"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1142163/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has recruited 197 lawyers over the last four quarters (July 2018 to June 2019). A breakdown is provided in the following table:<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>QTR<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Total number of lawyers - All legal grades<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>July \u2013 September 2018<\/p><\/td><td><p>41<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>October \u2013 December 2018<\/p><\/td><td><p>52<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>January \u2013 March 2019<\/p><\/td><td><p>54<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>April \u2013 June 2019<\/p><\/td><td><p>50<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>197<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><p><em>Data Source: Trent HR Database<\/em><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many lawyers have been recruited to the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last four quarters.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4521", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1142164/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Attorney General\u2019s Review published in November 2018 made a series of recommendations to improve disclosure practice. Since then, the Crown Prosecution Service, under Phase Two of the National Disclosure Improvement Plan, has undertaken a number of activities to increase the rigour and application of the disclosure test in volume crime.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The explosion in both the capability and use of digital technology has brought new and significant challenges to criminal investigations and prosecutions. In recognition of the challenge posed by the proliferation of digital data, the CPS has delivered disclosure training to over 98% of prosecutors, and will commence a review, with the Home Office, under the National Disclosure Improvement Plan to identify scalable technological solutions in this space.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of changes to workload in relation to disclosure for Crown Prosecution Service staff.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4521", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Liz Saville Roberts"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1142166", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1142166/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>With the introduction of the Transforming Summary Justice (TSJ) initiative in May 2015, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) moved to full case ownership with individual lawyers being responsible for each contested case in the magistrates\u2019 court until its conclusion. Case progression managers were removed from magistrates\u2019 courts units, as their responsibilities and functions were now dealt with by the allocated lawyer under the supervision of their legal manager.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Since the introduction of TSJ case outcomes and CPS performance in the magistrates\u2019 court has been maintained or improved.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The table below shows magistrates\u2019 courts performance between financial year 2014/15 to 2018/19.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2018-19<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Average Number of hearings per case - Guilty Pleas<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.87<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.80<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.69<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.67<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.66<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Average Number of hearings per case - Contests<\/p><\/td><td><p>3.24<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.97<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.92<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.86<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.75<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Dropped at third or subs<\/p><\/td><td><p>34.1%<\/p><\/td><td><p>30.5%<\/p><\/td><td><p>29.6%<\/p><\/td><td><p>28.4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>25.7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Conviction Rate<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.2%<\/p><\/td><td><p>83.8%<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.7%<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.8%<\/p><\/td><td><p>84.4%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Guilty Plea Rate (excl mixed pleas)<\/p><\/td><td><p>75.4%<\/p><\/td><td><p>74.8%<\/p><\/td><td><p>76.3%<\/p><\/td><td><p>76.3%<\/p><\/td><td><p>76.9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p><em>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System (14 CPS Areas)<\/em><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effect on the outcome of legal cases of the removal of case progression officers from Crown Prosecution Service magistrates departments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1142167/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The CPS migrated to an Oracle Cloud system for Finance and Procurement functions on 1 April 2019.<\/p><p>The system is configured to ensure that it is fully compliant with Government Finance \u2018Global Design Principles\u2019 which are based on best practice and it also provides improved data security.<\/p><p>The Oracle Cloud system went live, as originally planned, on 1 April 2019 and was fully operational from that date. CPS completed their 2018-19 financial year-end on the new system and the resulting financial statements were successfully audited by the NAO.<\/p><p>The Government Internal Audit Department have been asked to conduct a review of the controls of the new Oracle Cloud system and the NAO have been asked to complete their annual technical audit of the new system at the earliest opportunity. This will provide the CPS with independent third party assurance of the effectiveness of the new system.<\/p>"}
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