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Work is underway across Government to consider the findings of the Muslim Brotherhood review. We will make the main findings of the review public in due course.<\/p>

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Work is underway across Government to consider the findings of the Muslim Brotherhood review. We will make the main findings of the review public in due course.<\/p>

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The Senior Salaries' Review Body (SSRB) makes an independent recommendation on Police and Crime Commissioners\u2019 pay for the Home Secretary\u2019s decision.<\/p>

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Government welcomed the Equality and Human Rights Commission\u2019s (EHRC) legal framework on board appointments. The Guidance was only recently published (July 2014) so it is still too early to assess its impact.<\/p>

<\/p>

The EHRC Guidance is clear that the deliberate use of all-women long-lists or shortlists is likely to constitute unlawful sex discrimination. However, where there is no predetermination to draw up an all-women shortlist and an objective and consistent assessment of all candidates demonstrates that the best qualified candidates are all women, an all-women shortlist will be lawful, just as an all-male shortlist would be in the same circumstances.<\/p>

The framework is also useful in highlighting that there are many good practices that focus on positive measures that will help create an even playing field. This best practice has led to great progress being made in the number of women on boards. For the first time, every board of Britain\u2019s top 100 companies have at least one woman and we now have over 22% women on the boards of our FTSE 100 companies (up from 12.5% in 2011).<\/p>

<\/p>

We could not have got this far without the excellent work of the Executive Search Community to improve gender parity in our boardrooms.<\/p>

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<\/p>

The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution was commenced at a magistrates\u2019 courts rather than the identifying the number of people prosecuted or convicted.<\/p>

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<\/p>

Section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 creates the offence of holding someone in slavery or servitude, or requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour.<\/p>

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During each of the last three years the number of offences charged by way of Section 71 of the Coroners and Justice Act, and Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act as conspiracies to commit the offences, is as follows:<\/p>

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2013-2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Coroners and Justice Act 2009 { 71 }<\/p><\/td>

15<\/p><\/td>

20<\/p><\/td>

18<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Criminal Law Act 1977 { 1(1) } - Conspiracy<\/p>

to hold a person in slavery, servitude or<\/p>

perform forced or compulsory labour<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

2<\/p><\/td>

46<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Data Source: CPS Case Management<\/p>

Information System<\/p>

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<\/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 finalisation. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same victim.<\/p>

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<\/p>

In addition to the offence of trafficking for forced labour, the CPS will also prosecute for offences of trafficking.<\/p>

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<\/p>

No prosecutions have been brought by the Crown Prosecution Service against those who have had their licence revoked by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority in any of the last three years.<\/p>

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<\/p>

The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution was commenced at a magistrates\u2019 court, rather than the identifying the number of people prosecuted.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

During each of the last five years the number of offences charged by way of the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981 is as follows:<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

2009-2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2010-2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2011-2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2012-2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2013-2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Indecent Displays (Control) Act<\/p>

1981 {1(1) and 4}: Make / cause /<\/p>

permit display of indecent matter<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td>

0<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td>

4<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/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 finalisation. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.<\/p>

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<\/p>

The CPS issued legal guidelines in relation to Obscene Publications in June 2001. The legal guidance was last reviewed in July 2011 and, at that time, guidance was added for the offence under section 1 of the Indecent Displays (Control) Act 1981. There is currently no intention to further review those guidelines.<\/p>

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<\/p>

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains no central record of the number or outcomes of appeals against bail conducted by the CPS in Crown courts. This information could only be obtained by examining all prosecution files maintained during the requested period, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>

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<\/p>

The Government is committed to increasing compliance with minimum wage legislation and the effective enforcement of it. Everyone who is entitled to the minimum wage should receive it.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

Notices of Underpayment (NOU) have been issued in 571 cases where investigations were completed between 1 October 2013 and 31 July 2014. 118 of these were for investigations that commenced on or after 1 October 2013 and were therefore issued under the new scheme.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p>

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Of these, the Government has so far named 30 employers under the revised scheme. Between them they owed workers a total of over £50,000 in arrears and have been charged financial penalties totalling over £24,000. Some employers may also not be named if they make representations that fall under the very exceptional circumstances of the scheme or if they have arrears of £100 or less. However the vast majority of employers issued with a notice of underpayment will be named and shamed once the time limits for appeals have expired.<\/p>

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