On average the department spends £348,089.16 on communications staff. We have 7 staff dedicated to communications all of which are full time employees.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4481", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alex Chalk"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cheltenham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alex Chalk"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-04-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "154028"} , {"_value" : "154029"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-04-21T09:54:16.403Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-04-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Attorney General: Information Officers"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how much his Department spends on on communications staff on average each year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4393", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stuart C McDonald"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stuart C McDonald"} ], "uin" : "154030"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1456331", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1456331/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Director\u2019s Guidance on Charging is issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) under section 37A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. The current version of the Director\u2019s Guidance is the sixth version of Guidance that was first published in 2004.<\/p>
The Director\u2019s Guidance recognises the significant changes in the way that cases are investigated, charged, and prosecuted since the last edition was published in 2013.<\/p>
Those changes include, in particular, the provisions of the 8th Edition of the Code for Crown Prosecutors published in October 2018, the Attorney General\u2019s Guidelines on Disclosure 2020 and the revised Codes of Practice issued in 2020 under the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996\u200b.<\/p>
The CPS consulted police forces through the National Police Chiefs\u2019 Council (NPCC) on the contents of the Director\u2019s Guidance before its publication in December 2020. That consultation included the sharing of initial drafts with all police forces via the NPCC, Police and Crime Commissioners and the Senior Presiding Judge. That was followed by the establishment of a joint CPS/police working group to discuss and where appropriate amend the Director\u2019s Guidance. A further period of consultation followed with the police before it was finalised and the DPP also personally addressed all Chief Constables directly about the changes being made in version 6 of the Director\u2019s Guidance at an event held by the NPCC in November 2020.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4481", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alex Chalk"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cheltenham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alex Chalk"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-04-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-04-19T08:52:45.6Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-03-31", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Prosecutions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she had with relevant stakeholders prior to implementing the recent changes to the Crown Prosecution Service Director\u2019s Guidance on Charging.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Nicholas Brown"} ], "uin" : "151001"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1456597", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1456597/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Attorney General Office are working with the Government Legal Department and Crown Prosecution Service to finalise data on apprenticeships for 2021/22. Final figures are not yet available. The Cabinet Office, on behalf of the Civil Service, will be publishing a full breakdown of departmental performance on apprenticeships in the Autumn in line with previous years.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p><\/td> | 2017-2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020-2021<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Theft Act 1968 {1(1) and 7} - Theft from shops<\/p><\/td> 101,435<\/p><\/td> 47,601<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It may be the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence. No data are held on the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2022-03-30", "_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, how many CPS prosecutions there have been to date for the theft of goods by customers from retail and wholesale premises that took place in the financial years (a) 2017/18 and (b) 2020/21.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1536", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emily Thornberry"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1453995", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1453995/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.<\/p> <\/p> The Convention protects the Law Officers\u2019 ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice, and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, whether the Secretary of State for Transport has requested her advice on the legality of the dismissals by P&O Ferries in March 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1453134/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " I meet regularly with the Director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to discuss casework and corporate matters, including issues connected to victims of crime and compensation.<\/p> <\/p> The SFO always aims to trace and seize money and other assets from criminals in all of its fraud, bribery and corruption cases, so that criminals do not benefit from their offending and victims can be compensated wherever possible.<\/p> <\/p> The SFO continues to perform well in this regard and its proceeds of crime recovery rate was higher than all comparable UK agencies in three of the last four years. Last year, the SFO recovered the fourth highest amount in value out of 180 agencies across England and Wales, after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the Metropolitan Police and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), all of which are much larger organisations. Its success in recovering the proceeds of crime and the work of its Witness Care Team in supporting victims \u2013 sometimes totalling thousands in a single case \u2013 and witnesses were also positively recognised in two HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) inspection reports published in the past year.<\/p> <\/p> Internationally, the SFO recently obtained £210,610 in compensation as a result of its investigation into Amec Foster Wheeler Energy Limited. The funds will be transferred by the UK Government to the Federal Government of Nigeria, and will support key infrastructure projects, ensuring that the people of Nigeria benefit directly.<\/p>"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-03-29T08:08:11.413Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2022-03-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions she has had with the Serious Fraud Office on victims of fraud; and what steps she is taking to help ensure that victims of fraud are compensated accordingly.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1452738", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1452738/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants whose prosecution was dropped where the Principal Offence Category allocated at finalisation was Fraud and Forgery. This information can be further disaggregated to show the number in each CPS Area and further into each Local Criminal Justice Area.<\/p> <\/p> The tables below show the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence of Fraud and Forgery whose prosecution was dropped during each of the last five years.<\/p> <\/p> (a) Fraud and Forgery Prosecutions Dropped in each CPS Regional Area<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2016-2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017-2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018-2019<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019-2020<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020-2021<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cymru Wales<\/p><\/td> 60<\/p><\/td> 44<\/p><\/td> 62<\/p><\/td> 56<\/p><\/td> 32<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Eastern<\/p><\/td> 82<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td> 54<\/p><\/td> 41<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Midlands<\/p><\/td> 92<\/p><\/td> 78<\/p><\/td> 89<\/p><\/td> 76<\/p><\/td> 80<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London North<\/p><\/td> 172<\/p><\/td> 124<\/p><\/td> 118<\/p><\/td> 109<\/p><\/td> 78<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London South<\/p><\/td> 201<\/p><\/td> 163<\/p><\/td> 135<\/p><\/td> 113<\/p><\/td> 79<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside & Cheshire<\/p><\/td> 38<\/p><\/td> 44<\/p><\/td> 80<\/p><\/td> 82<\/p><\/td> 55<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East<\/p><\/td> 61<\/p><\/td> 70<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td> 33<\/p><\/td> 31<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West<\/p><\/td> 59<\/p><\/td> 75<\/p><\/td> 72<\/p><\/td> 48<\/p><\/td> 31<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South East<\/p><\/td> 76<\/p><\/td> 53<\/p><\/td> 55<\/p><\/td> 41<\/p><\/td> 35<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South West<\/p><\/td> 49<\/p><\/td> 43<\/p><\/td> 39<\/p><\/td> 28<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thames and Chiltern<\/p><\/td> 72<\/p><\/td> 74<\/p><\/td> 75<\/p><\/td> 48<\/p><\/td> 31<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wessex<\/p><\/td> 51<\/p><\/td> 32<\/p><\/td> 79<\/p><\/td> 98<\/p><\/td> 67<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 161<\/p><\/td> 154<\/p><\/td> 149<\/p><\/td> 93<\/p><\/td> 95<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire & Humberside<\/p><\/td> 92<\/p><\/td> 85<\/p><\/td> 79<\/p><\/td> 69<\/p><\/td> 68<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The table above excludes prosecutions dealt with by the central specialist casework teams.<\/p> <\/p> (b) Fraud and Forgery Prosecutions Dropped in each Criminal Justice Area<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2016-2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017-2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018-2019<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019-2020<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020-2021<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Avon & Somerset<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 22<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cambridgeshire<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cleveland and Durham<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td> 22<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cumbria<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derbyshire<\/p><\/td> 27<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td> 19<\/p><\/td> 22<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Devon & Cornwall<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td> 24<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 16<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dorset<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dyfed-Powys<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Midlands<\/p><\/td> 63<\/p><\/td> 63<\/p><\/td> 68<\/p><\/td> 51<\/p><\/td> 58<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Essex<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 16<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Manchester<\/p><\/td> 35<\/p><\/td> 48<\/p><\/td> 38<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gwent<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hampshire<\/p><\/td> 28<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire<\/p><\/td> 37<\/p><\/td> 34<\/p><\/td> 48<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Humberside<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td> 16<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kent<\/p><\/td> 31<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td> 19<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lancashire<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td> 24<\/p><\/td> 28<\/p><\/td> 16<\/p><\/td> 19<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London<\/p><\/td> 397<\/p><\/td> 302<\/p><\/td> 274<\/p><\/td> 248<\/p><\/td> 156<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Merseyside<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 22<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Norfolk and Suffolk<\/p><\/td> 24<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Wales<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 17<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northumbria<\/p><\/td> 37<\/p><\/td> 48<\/p><\/td> 32<\/p><\/td> 22<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Wales<\/p><\/td> 29<\/p><\/td> 27<\/p><\/td> 27<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 28<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td> 13<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staffordshire<\/p><\/td> 22<\/p><\/td> 26<\/p><\/td> 16<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Surrey<\/p><\/td> 29<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sussex<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 15<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thames Valley<\/p><\/td> 38<\/p><\/td> 39<\/p><\/td> 27<\/p><\/td> 21<\/p><\/td> 16<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warwickshire<\/p><\/td> 19<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Mercia<\/p><\/td> 16<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td> 29<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td> 39<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td> 22<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 45<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td> 38<\/p><\/td> 33<\/p><\/td> 29<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wiltshire<\/p><\/td> 9<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> 12<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The table above excludes prosecutions originating from other investigatory authorities such as the Department of Work and Pensions or HM Revenue and Customs.<\/p> <\/p> The Fraud and Forgery category includes offences created by the Fraud Act 2006, forgery or copying false instruments, bribery, money laundering, bankruptcy offences and cheating the public revenue. It is not possible to separately report prosecution outcomes by the individual offences allocated to this category.<\/p> During the last five years, the CPS has prosecuted 67,817 defendants for fraud and forgery offences and convictions have been obtained against 58,671 (86.5%) of these defendants.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2022-03-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to her Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 128272, on Fraud: Criminal Investigation, how many prosecutions for fraud and forgery were dropped in each (a) region of the country and (b) local justice area in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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