The role of the Director of Public Prosecutions is appointed by the Attorney General. When making the appointment a range of qualifications may be deemed suitable. A minimum of 10 years call or post qualified experience as either a barrister or solicitor is a statutory minimum requirement and the post holder is likely to have had significant criminal litigation practice.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-02-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-02-01T08:38:02.197Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-01-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Crown Prosecution Service: Public Appointments"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, whether experience is a criterion for appointment to the role of Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/55", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "New Forest West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Desmond Swayne"} ], "uin" : "124728"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/830120", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/830120/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Regulation 7 of the Fireworks Regulations 2004 prohibits the use of certain fireworks at night other than on a permitted fireworks night or by a person employed by a local authority putting on a fireworks display, national public celebration or a national commemorative event. The Regulation defines \u2018night hours\u2019 as 11pm \u2013 7am. All such offences are initially prosecuted by the police under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) Order 1999. The CPS only prosecutes cases where the offence is contested or where the proceedings include more serious non-specified offences.<\/p>
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Records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) identify the number of contested offences in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing in magistrates\u2019 courts, rather than the number of successful prosecutions.<\/p>
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During the last two years the number of these offences, prosecuted by the CPS, was as follows:<\/p>
-<\/p><\/td> | 2015-2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Fireworks Regulations 2004 and section 11(1) and (4) of the Fireworks Act 2003 { 7 }<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalization.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/824730/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government Legal Department (GLD) holds contracts with eight Government strategic suppliers<\/ins> and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hold six contracts The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) holds three contracts with Government strategic suppliers.<\/p> HMCPSI holds two contracts with Government strategic suppliers; and the Attorney General\u2019s Office (AGO) holds |