When a decision is required on the application of sections 36 or 53 of the FOI Act to papers of a previous administration, the Attorney General will act, as appropriate, as the accountable person for all government departments under section 53 and a Law Officer will act as the qualified person under section 36.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>Once an assessment is made it is returned to the relevant department who then apply the public interest test (where applicable). Any appeals or tribunal proceedings would be for the relevant department.<\/p>"}
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As of this date, I can confirm that, excluding special advisers, the Attorney General and I have not made any direct statutory or non-statutory ministerial appointments.<\/p>
Of course, the Law Officers and wider government legal teams for which they are responsible do make use of outside experts on the law, whether counsel, law firms or academic specialists. Arrangements for using counsel or academics are principally through the Attorney General\u2019s panels and an off-panel nomination process or via their academic institution, whereas law firms are principally instructed through a panel firm procurement process.<\/p>"}
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Good quality prosecutorial advocacy underpins our ability to deliver timely justice. The criminal justice system needs a resilient supply of advocates \u2013 both prosecution and defence \u2013 and the Crown Prosecution Service (\u201cCPS\u201d) recognises that this is currently proving challenging, particularly in rape cases. Addressing this shortfall is a priority for the CPS.<\/p>
The CPS Advocate Panel is a time-limited quality-assured list of external junior advocates \u2013 self-employed barristers and solicitor agents \u2013 who undertake criminal prosecution advocacy for the CPS.<\/p>
There are currently around 770 advocates on the CPS\u2019 specialist Advocate Panel for Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (the \u201cRASSO Panel\u201d). Whilst there has been a decline in numbers over the past five years, there has been a notable increase of just under 100 RASSO Panel advocates during the last 12 months.<\/p>
Notwithstanding this increase, with RASSO caseloads at record levels, further action is needed to drive up numbers to provide sufficient counsel. The CPS has taken steps to do so, which have included revising the entry requirements for the RASSO Panel, moving away from a written application for experienced advocates but still requiring them to have completed CPS-accredited RASSO training (or commit to do so within 3 months). A further change to support the progression of advocates into RASSO work and improving the pipeline will be announced later this month.<\/p>
The CPS is also working with the Bar to improve the provision of RASSO training, to support wellbeing, and to promote the fact that \u2013 notwithstanding the challenges \u2013 RASSO work can be hugely fulfilling and support career progression.<\/p>"}
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I work closely with other government departments, including the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, to support the Serious Fraud Office\u2019s (SFO) mission to tackle fraud. My department will continue to support this mission through our superintendence of the SFO. I visited the SFO earlier this month to learn about their important work to deliver justice for victims of economic crime and protect the UK\u2019s reputation as a safe place to do business.<\/p>
The SFO works effectively with other law enforcement agencies through the National Economic Crime Centre to collectively co-ordinate the UK\u2019s response to fraud. Earlier this year this co-ordination led to the National Crime Agency arresting four individuals following an SFO search of three sites in relation to an investigation into an alleged £140m investment fraud.<\/p>"}
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The Immigration Act 1971 (the Act) sets out offences for illegal entry, illegal working, and assisting unlawful immigration into the United Kingdom.<\/p>
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information showing the number of offences charged by way of section 24 (illegal entry/arrival), section 25 (assisting unlawful immigration to member State or the UK), section 25A (helping an asylum-seeker to enter the UK), and section 25B (assisting entry to the UK in breach of deportation or exclusion order) of the Act in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing at a magistrates\u2019 court.<\/p>
The table attached shows the number of these offences from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.<\/p>
The CPS does not hold data which shows the number of defendants charged with, prosecuted, and convicted for offences created by the Act. The figures in the table relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. An individual defendant may be charged with more than one offence against the same complainant. No data is held showing the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at completion of prosecution.<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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