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The following figures, based on <\/p> Value <\/ins> (£000s)<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 2010-11<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 2011-12<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 2012-13<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 2013-14<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/ins><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/ins><\/p><\/td> GLD*<\/p><\/td> AGO<\/p><\/td> HMCPSI<\/p><\/td> CPS<\/p><\/td> SFO<\/p><\/td> <\/p> *The Treasury Solicitor\u2019s Department until 31 March 2015.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what the procurement spend of the Law Officers' Departments was in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/705511/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The SFO works closely with trusted partners around the world. Developing and using those relationships to the mutual benefit of the citizens of the jurisdictions concerned is a central part of the UK\u2019s strategy to combat cross border economic crime. For operational reasons the SFO does not comment on cases that are under active investigation or on relations with overseas partners in connection with such cases.<\/p> The SFO will continue to treat any requests for mutual legal assistance from overseas authorities that may be connected to this investigation, in line with UK government policy and international convention.<\/p> Information about the Rolls Royce investigation and the recent Deferred Prosecution Agreement is available on the SFO website at;<\/p> <\/p><\/td> SFO<\/p><\/td> AGO, GLD, HMCPSI<\/strong><\/p><\/td> CPS<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Date<\/p><\/td> Staff Numbers<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total Salaries<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Staff Numbers<\/strong> AGO<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Staff Numbers<\/strong> GLD<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Staff Numbers<\/strong> HMCPSI<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total Salaries GLD, AGO, HMCPSI<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Salaries for 33 people in media relations and communications roles<\/strong>. <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> £194k<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> £138k<\/p><\/td> £1,128k<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> £165k<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> £107k<\/p><\/td> £1,4157k<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> £177k<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 3*<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> £202k<\/p><\/td> £1,747k<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td> £241k<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> £266k<\/p><\/td> £1,605k<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td> £223k<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> £304k<\/p><\/td> £1,320k<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> £189k<\/p><\/td> 3<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> £361k<\/p><\/td> £1,221k<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> £158k<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 4<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> £287k<\/p><\/td> £1,329k<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> £189k<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> £353k<\/p><\/td> £1,136k<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 20/16<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> £195k<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 5*<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> £321k<\/p><\/td> £1,082k<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> * Includes one Agency worker who was not directly employed<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in his Department are employed in media relations and communications roles; and how much was spent on the salaries of such staff members in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments have spent on (a) Uber for Business and (b) other Uber transactions since 28 October 2016.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Iain Wright"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/691761/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Contracted out is defined as \u2018the transfer of the provision of services previously performed by in-house personnel to an external organisation under a contract with agreed costs and conditions\u2019.<\/em><\/p> The Government Legal Department (GLD ) and Attorney General\u2019s Office (AGO)primarily provide legal services to government and while they use external suppliers, including law firms and barristers, to support this legal work, none would fall under the definition of contracted out and therefore no pro bono work has been received as part of such arrangements.<\/p> The (AGO), GLD and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) use third party suppliers to provide human resources, finance, information technology, facilities management and other accommodation services. Some elements of these services may have previously been provided in-house but there has been no significant contracting out of these services since 2010. There are no plans for significant contracting out in 2016-17.<\/p> SFO<\/strong><\/p> The SFO\u2019s procurement team oversees contract awards at the SFO and has records of 944 contracts awarded since 2010. Some low value contracts which are handled by individual teams may not be captured in these records. To provide a breakdown of the number awarded and cost per year would require data to be gathered manually and therefore incur a disproportionate cost.<\/p> Since 1 April 2015, details of SFO contracts over £10,000 have been published on https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder<\/a> .<\/p> The SFO does not undertake or commission pro bono work.<\/p> SFO contracts are not awarded or recorded on a working day basis, and it would incur disproportionate cost to review each contract in order to provide an estimate.<\/p> Crown Prosecution Service:<\/p> Since 2012 the Crown Prosecution Service has shared a purchasing service with the Government Legal Department. The department does not hold complete records of the information and to assemble the material would incur disproportionate cost. Estimates of the number and value of contracts completed by the Commercial team have been made as follows:<\/p> <\/p> Financial year ended<\/p><\/td> No. Contracts<\/p><\/td> Estimated Value (£000s)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 31 March 2013<\/p><\/td> 31<\/p><\/td> 16,273<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 31 March 2014<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td> 32,004<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 31 March 2015<\/p><\/td> 50<\/p><\/td> 27,083<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 31 March 2016<\/p><\/td> 81<\/p><\/td> 8,964<\/p><\/td><\/tr> - 28 February 2017<\/p><\/td> 66<\/p><\/td> 13,085<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> It has not been practical to estimate the value of pro bono costs or the number of work days contracted out in each year.<\/p> Since January 2011, central government departments have been required to publish details of contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:<\/p>published<\/del> accounts for the financial years from<\/ins> April<\/ins> 2010 to April<\/ins> 2016, show the procurement spend (all expenditure on goods, assets or services, not including expenditure relating to the remuneration of employees, non cash costs such as depreciation and local/national taxes such as rates and excluding any case settlement costs) for the Law Officers\u2019 Departments. Figures for the financial year from April 2016- April 2017 are not yet available. <\/ins><\/p>2016<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>52,300<\/del> 49,533<\/ins><\/p><\/td>49,533<\/del> 52,426<\/ins><\/p><\/td>52,426<\/del> 47,070<\/ins><\/p><\/td>47,070<\/del> 60,167<\/ins><\/p><\/td>60,167<\/del> 70,649<\/ins><\/p><\/td>70,649<\/del> 68,804<\/ins><\/p><\/td>68,804<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>1,800<\/del> 1,589<\/ins><\/p><\/td>1,589<\/del> 1,520<\/ins><\/p><\/td>1,520<\/del> 1,457<\/ins><\/p><\/td>1,457<\/del> 1,348<\/ins><\/p><\/td>1,348<\/del> 1,470<\/ins><\/p><\/td>1,470<\/del> 1,354<\/ins><\/p><\/td>1,354<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>821<\/del> 893<\/ins><\/p><\/td>893<\/del> 1,032<\/ins><\/p><\/td>1,032<\/del> 417<\/ins><\/p><\/td>417<\/del> 409<\/ins><\/p><\/td>409<\/del> 388<\/ins><\/p><\/td>388<\/del> 419<\/ins><\/p><\/td>419<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>315,581<\/del> 307,168<\/ins><\/p><\/td>274,816<\/del> 270,597<\/ins><\/p><\/td>269,612<\/del> 255,429<\/ins><\/p><\/td>244,121<\/del> 252,916<\/ins><\/p><\/td>284,482<\/del> 289,727<\/ins><\/p><\/td>347,658<\/del> 258,876<\/ins><\/p><\/td>325,560<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>21,696m<\/del> 21,696<\/ins><\/p><\/td>18,968m<\/del> 18,968<\/ins><\/p><\/td>17,884m<\/del> 17,884<\/ins><\/p><\/td>31,689m<\/del> 31,689<\/ins><\/p><\/td>26,887m<\/del> 26,887<\/ins><\/p><\/td>22,358m<\/del> 22,358<\/ins><\/p><\/td>21,904m<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>