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1488907

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	35857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The table below sets out the amounts the Attorney General’s Office spent on air travel per financial year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>£110.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>£2,391.36</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 20/07/2022 09:52:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488237

registered interest
date	12/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	34824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The table below sets out the amounts the Attorney General’s Office spent on advertising in the periods requested. These costs relate to the advertising of communications roles externally</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020-21 </strong></p></td><td><p>£1,194.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,470.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 19/07/2022 14:09:58 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1487840

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average time was between the Crown Prosecution Service receiving a referral and making a charging decision in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	33821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data showing the average time from receiving a referral to making a legal charging decision. Legal charging decisions are decisions to authorise a charge, to take no further action or recommend and out of court disposal.</p><p> </p><p>However, data is collected showing the average time from the first police referral to the CPS making the decision to authorise a charge. This data is published on the CPS website and on the CJS Delivery Dashboard and shows that during the calendar year 2021, it took on average 39 days from referral to charge.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 33822 question first answered 18/07/2022 16:09:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1487842

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of delays in Crown Prosecution Service decision-making.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	33822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data showing the average time from receiving a referral to making a legal charging decision. Legal charging decisions are decisions to authorise a charge, to take no further action or recommend and out of court disposal.</p><p> </p><p>However, data is collected showing the average time from the first police referral to the CPS making the decision to authorise a charge. This data is published on the CPS website and on the CJS Delivery Dashboard and shows that during the calendar year 2021, it took on average 39 days from referral to charge.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 33821 question first answered 18/07/2022 16:09:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1488110

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Overseas Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, when the Government last received a legal challenge from an international entity; and what the cost to the public purse was of defending that challenge.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	33911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>There is a broad range of entities which might be described as “international”, and there is likely to be a range of ongoing litigation against the government (acting for the United Kingdom) brought by different entities at any given time, and at various stages of completion. Proceedings have recently been brought by the European Commission, and other States may take legal action against the UK under specific treaties.</p><p> </p><p>Such cases are dealt with by government lawyers in the relevant departments and the Government Legal Department, with counsel or external law firms instructed through the Attorney General Panel system at fixed rates, or through off-panel nominations also at pre-agreed rates.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the proceedings recently brought against the UK by the European Commission, the matter is at an early stage and it is not possible to determine the costs incurred so far or what the costs of defending the challenge will ultimately be.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/07/2022 11:42:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1486906

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	31722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Attorney General exercises a number of public interest functions in relation to legal disputes, including appointing advocates to the court in family proceedings and intervening in proceedings to protect charities. The amounts spent by the Attorney General’s Office on external legal advice, include litigation and legal costs incurred in respect of the public interest activities of the Attorney General, for the calendar years of 2020 and 2021 and for the period 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2022 is as follows: <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2020 (£k)</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021 (£k)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6 months to 30 June 2022 (£k)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General’s Office (approximately*)</p></td><td><p>240*</p></td><td><p>155*</p></td><td><p>200*</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>These figures relate to costs of the Attorney General’s Office only because while the Office superintends a number of bodies, they are not agencies of the AGO.</em></p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 18/07/2022 14:08:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486955

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against the budgets of (a) her office and (b) the Government Legal Department as of 31 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	31792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office holds (a) 1 government procurement card, (b) the Government Legal Department holds 41 government procurement cards.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 14/07/2022 09:42:53 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1486994

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service has taken steps to (a) revise its guidance on joint enterprise and (b) consider its approach to gang prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	31852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The CPS publishes guidance on various matters relating to its criminal prosecutions, which is</p><p>available for the public to view on the CPS website.[1] CPS guidance is reviewed and updated periodically, especially when there is a significant change in law or policy.</p><p> </p><p>(a) The CPS has published guidance on the application of the joint enterprise doctrine since 2012. The 2012 guidance, titled <em>Joint Enterprise charging decisions: Principal, secondary and inchoate liability</em>, was published following a public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance was revised in 2018, to reflect a significant change in the law brought about by the Supreme Court’s decision in <em>R v Jogee</em>. The revisions were informed by another public consultation and the title of the guidance was changed to <em>Secondary Liability: charging decisions on principals and accessories</em>, to reflect the terminology used by the Court.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance was revised further in 2019, following a stakeholder consultation. The main revision related to guidance in respect of children and persons with learning disabilities, autism and mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The CPS guidance ‘Decision making in ‘gang’ related offences' is regularly reviewed and was last updated in November 2021. The guidance urges caution about the use of the word ‘gang’, explaining how it can properly be deployed in a prosecution, where substantiated by the evidence and relevant to a matter in issue in the proceedings. In drafting the guidance, the CPS assessed the potential effect of using ‘gang’ in proceedings and identified that the term is used in legislation and by criminal justice partners.</p><p>The guidance clearly sets out that, given the negative connotations of the term ‘gang’, prosecutors should not refer to a group as a ‘gang’ in proceedings unless there is evidence to support the assertion. However, prosecutors must also ensure that where there is admissible evidence of gang membership, the case is put on a basis that reflects the often very serious gravity of the offending.</p><p> </p><p>[1] https://www.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 12:39:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1487000

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Crown Prosecution Service has taken steps to examine how Modern Slavery legislation can be further used to (a) protect the public and (b) prevent the exploitation of vulnerable young men and women.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	31853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>I am pleased to report that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has had considerable success in using Modern Slavery legislation to increase prosecutions of modern slavery cases involving the criminal and sexual exploitation of vulnerable young people.</p><p> </p><p>Prosecutors work closely with law enforcement and give early investigative stage in all cases of modern slavery to build robust cases with the aim of lessening or removing the need to rely solely upon the evidence of vulnerable victims. The CPS will try to build victimless prosecutions where possible and has obtained convictions without reliance on the victim’s evidence.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS will also, where possible, apply for Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Orders (STPOs) on conviction of a defendant. This enhances the court’s ability to place restrictions on individuals, ensuring that even after they have served their sentence any future risk of similar criminality is effectively managed. In cases involving unconvicted defendants, the CPS will also work with law enforcement agencies to obtain Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders (STROs) where there is a risk of harm to potential victims or to the public.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 13:00:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1487002

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prosecutions: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if she will publish the data her Department holds on the number of cases in the last 12 months where all identifying information is redacted from case information passed to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police to allow race-blind decisions.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	31854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has delivered all but one of the CPS recommendations in the Lammy review into ‘Black and Ethnic Minority Representation in the Criminal Justice System’.</p><p> </p><p>The Lammy Review recommended that the CPS introduce ‘race-blind’ charging decisions, whereby identifiers of ethnicity are removed from material considered by the police when reaching a charging decision. The CPS rejected this recommendation as it was operationally not feasible. They instead committed to publishing data on ethnicity and charging decisions to monitor disproportionality as part of quarterly performance data.</p><p> </p><p>The data for Q4 2021-22 will be published on the CPS website on 21 July 2022.</p> answering member constituency Eddisbury answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/07/2022 13:02:04 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed