In order to charge and prosecute hate crimes, the CPS uses the legal definition provided by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and Criminal Justice Act 2003. The shared police and CPS definition of hate crime is based on the perception of the victim or any other person and allows for case flagging and monitoring as well as appropriate victim support, it does not affect the charge.<\/p>
This flagging definition comes from the recommended definition in the Macpherson report which was published in 1999 as a result of the inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The Macpherson Report found a lack of confidence within communities that hate crime was being treated seriously by the police and Criminal Justice System and recommended that the definition of a racist incident should be, \u2018any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person\u2019. Putting the victim\u2019s perception at the heart of the definition gives a clear signal that, once flagged as a hate crime, an appropriate investigation will follow and evidence to support the law on hostility will be proactively sought. The definition seeks to encourage victims to report and to increase confidence in the Criminal Justice System.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4580", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Vere of Norbiton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/782453/answer/previousversion/22806", "answeringMember" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4538", "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Keen of Elie"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-16T16:44:23.703Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-20T11:19:23.603Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-11-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Hate Crime: Prosecutions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government under what authority the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has agreed a definition of racially and religiously aggravated crime that is wider than the legal definition under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and Criminal Justice Act 2003, as indicated in the CPS Public statement on prosecuting racist and religious hate crime published in August.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1807", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Vinson"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Vinson"} ], "uin" : "HL2876"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/706180", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/706180/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
GLD expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT):<\/p>
<\/p>
2012: nil<\/p>
2013: nil<\/p>
2014: £12,252.00<\/p>
2015: nil<\/p>
2016: £24,933.12<\/p>
<\/p>
GLD has consistently consumed 13,960 boxes (69,800 reams) of paper per annum for the last 5 years. The cost for the period 2016-17 to date was £76,241. Accurate costs for earlier periods cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.<\/p>
<\/p>
HMCPSI Expenditure on IPads and tablets (including VAT):<\/p>
<\/p>
2012: nil<\/p>
2013: nil<\/p>
2014: nil<\/p>
2015: nil<\/p>
2016: nil<\/p>
<\/p>
Accurate costs for paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.<\/p>
<\/p>
CPS and AGO<\/p>
<\/p>
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has not spent any money on iPads in the last five years.<\/p>
<\/p>
The CPS, including the Attorney General\u2019s Office, spend on tablets over the last five years has been provided in the table below:<\/p>
<\/p>
Year Cost of Tablet including VAT(£)<\/p>
2012 75,412<\/p>
2013 0<\/p>
2014 0<\/p>
2015 46,077<\/p>
2016 25,885*<\/p>
*costs are estimated for 2016<\/p>
<\/p>
(b) The CPS estimates that it has spent the following amounts on paper over the last 5 years:<\/p>
<\/p>
Year Cost (£)<\/p>
2012* 1,120,904<\/p>
2013* 926,609<\/p>
2014** 983,802<\/p>
2015** 847,431<\/p>
2016** 445,717<\/p>
* costs for 2012 and 2013 are based on historic data provided by CPS stationery suppliers<\/p>
** costs for 2014, 2015 and 2016 are estimated and based on total stationery spend for the periods.<\/p>
To identify all expenditure that relates solely and specifically to paper would involve the manual checking of thousands of invoices and would incur a disproportionate cost.<\/p>
Accurate costs for AGO paper purchases cannot be determined except at disproportionate cost since they form part of composite billing for all stationery.<\/p>
SFO <\/ins><\/p> The SFO does not separately record paper costs from overall stationery expenditure.<\/ins><\/p> Stationery Year Cost (£) <\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2012-13 64,094<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2013-14 69,657<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2014-15 74,750<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2015-16 52,721<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2016-17* 40,916 <\/em><\/ins><\/ins><\/p> iPads & Tablets Year Cost (£)<\/em><\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2012-13 0<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2013-14 10,423<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2014-15 0<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2015-16 0<\/em><\/ins><\/p> 2016-17* 9,475<\/em><\/ins><\/p> *<\/em>Spend as at 31/01/2017<\/em><\/strong><\/ins><\/p> <\/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" : "2017-03-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/706180/answer/previousversion/39303", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"}
}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-08T16:25:26.353Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-09T14:52:28.113Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2017-02-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Attorney General: ICT"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4418", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Madders"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ellesmere Port and Neston"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Justin Madders"}
], "uin" : "65977"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/705510", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/705510/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " 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>"}
, "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" : "2017-03-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/705510/answer/previousversion/38730", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"}
}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-06T17:33:33.927Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-07T17:48:21.747Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2017-02-27", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Attorney General: Procurement"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "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"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/410", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jon Trickett"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemsworth"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jon Trickett"}
], "uin" : "65676"}
], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 3, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]}
}
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>