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registered interest
date	19/11/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many civil servants employed by her Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions on (a) 1 March 2021, (b) 1 June 2021 and (c) 1 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Robert Largan
uin	78537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>All Attorney General’s Office employees are employed in one NUTS1 region, which is London (Inner London – West, Westminster).</p><p> </p><p>The number of civil servants employed by the department in this region and on those specified dates are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>(a) 1 March 2021 – 50 staff</p><p>(b) 1 June 2021 – 50 staff</p><p>(c) 1 September 2021 – 46 staff</p><p> </p><p>The number of senior civil servants employed by the department in this region and on those specified dates are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>(a) 1 March 2019 – 6 staff</p><p>(b) 1 March 2020 – 6 staff</p><p>(c) 1 March 2021 – 6 staff</p><p>(d) 1 September 2021 – 5 staff.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 80512 question first answered 29/11/2021 08:51:44 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan

1379440

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what her Department’s process is for (a) recording and (b) keeping minutes of all meetings relating to Government business.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	76744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>Formal, structured meetings are usually minuted, however, not all meetings need to be minuted.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office expects that the general guidance that departments give to their staff will help officials make judgements as to what meetings need to be minuted, noting their Civil Service Code obligation to ‘keep accurate official records.’ The retention policy of the Attorney General’s Office is that records of all diaries, calendars, gifts/hospitality, Invitations, outgoing correspondence and information on visits and speeches will be held for 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>Specific procedures are in place for external meetings involving ministers. These are publicly available and can be found in the <a href="https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/popapersguidance2009.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance on the management of Private Office Papers.</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 29/11/2021 08:54:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1379724

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people arrested in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, are awaiting a determination from the Crown Prosecution Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the dates of arrest for suspects in cases submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 01/12/2021 12:29:50 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1378410

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions are underway or planned of individuals charged with trafficking and smuggling people across the Channel.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	74863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government stands resolute in its commitment to tackle Organised Immigration Crime. We continue to pursue the Organised Crime Groups who facilitate illegal travel to the UK and who exploit vulnerable migrants, knowingly putting people in life-threatening situations. We are committed to prosecuting those who profit from dangerous and unnecessary Channel crossings in small boats.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data relating specifically to the points in the question. However, so far in 2021, 9 people have been convicted for facilitation offences relating to small boat crossings, with sentences totalling over 17 years’ imprisonment. Further, the Joint Intelligence Cell activity (UK-France joint investigations) has seen 17 small boat Organised Immigration Crime Groups dismantled since July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/11/2021 10:29:59 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1378522

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Coroners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average turnaround time has been for inquest applications by the Attorney General to the High Court under the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	74903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>Section 13 of the Coroners Act 1988 permits an application to be made to the High Court for either an order for a fresh inquest into a death, or an order to hold an inquest if one has not already been held. An application under section 13 cannot be brought unless the Attorney General’s authority – referred to as her ‘fiat’ – has been obtained. Once the Attorney General has granted or refused her fiat, the Attorney General’s Office does not usually have any further role in the process.</p><p> </p><p>An applicant has six weeks from the grant of the Attorney General’s fiat to make an application to the High Court. The High Court will then decide whether to order an investigation to be carried out in accordance with Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.</p><p> </p><p>Neither the Attorney General’s Office nor the Ministry of Justice hold data on how long it takes between the Attorney’s fiat being granted and the High Court disposing of an application made under section 13.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/11/2021 10:33:04 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones