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155390

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions under section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 have been (a) brought and (b) successful in each year since the introduction of that offence.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	214408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) indicate the number of offences charged, in which a prosecution commenced at magistrates’ courts.</p><p> </p><p>Section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 creates the offence of knowingly employing an adult subject to immigration control who has not been granted leave to enter or remain or whose leave to remain is invalid, has ceased to have effect or is subject to a condition preventing him from accepting the employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of offences in each year since the introduction of the offence, charged by way of Section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Offences Charged</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate which of these offences resulted in a successful outcome without reviewing individual case files which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 17/11/2014 15:33:53 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

156122

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Serious Fraud Office is perceived as a fully independent body in investigations of foreign bribery cases.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Anas Sarwar
uin	906111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>In all cases, decisions to investigate are made by the Director of the Serious Fraud Office who acts independently. The Protocol between the Attorney General and the Prosecuting Departments sets out the relationship between the Director, the Law Officers and the Government of the day and safeguards prosecutorial independence. A copy of the protocol can be found at; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protocol-between-the-attorney-general-and-prosecuting-departments</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 18/11/2014 14:27:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3981 label Biography information for Anas Sarwar

156123

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office has concluded any deferred prosecution agreements with any companies charged with fraud or corruption offences.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	214476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) became available to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on 24 February 2014. To date the SFO has not concluded any DPAs.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 19/11/2014 12:44:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

156141

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if the Crown Prosecution Service will take steps to ensure that all assaults against prison officers are prosecuted.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	906112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is committed to ensuring that assaults against prison officers are dealt with robustly. The CPS considers each case on its own facts and in accordance with the two stage test set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors.The Code outlines that a prosecution is more likely to be in the public interest if the offence was committed against a person serving the public. Furthermore, the specific CPS Legal Guidance on Prison Offences outlines that, if the victim is a prison officer performing his/her duty, the public interest is heavily in favour of prosecution.</p><p>In addition to this, the new joint protocol produced by the Prison Service, CPS and Association of Chief Police Officers will set out that when there are serious assaults on prison staff, the perpetrators will be prosecuted unless there is a good reason why not.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/11/2014 15:30:03 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

156150

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce a right of appeal against a charging decision of the Crown Prosecution Service on the grounds that it is unduly lenient.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	214940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Where a suspect is charged by the Crown Prosecution Service (“CPS”) with a criminal offence, there are no plans to introduce a general right of appeal relating to the offence charged on the ground that it is too lenient. There are already a number of mechanisms in place to assess the quality of prosecutors’ decision making including external reviews by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and internal CPS processes such as Individual Quality Assessments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Every charging decision made by the CPS must be in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors (“the Code”). Unless the Threshold Test is applied, there must be sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and it must be in the public interest to prosecute every offence charged. The Code requires that charges are selected which reflect the seriousness and extent of the offending, enable the case to be presented in a clear and simple way and give the courts adequate powers to sentence. The Code also makes it clear that review is a continuing process and that prosecutors must take account of any change in circumstances that develops as the case progresses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Victims can currently exercise their rights under the CPS Victims’ Right to Review scheme. This scheme enables victims to request a review of a CPS decision made after 5<sup>th</sup> June 2013 not to bring charges, to discontinue proceedings, offer no evidence or leave certain charges to “lie on file”. In those cases where it has not been possible to resolve the issue to the victim’s satisfaction at a local level, the decision is independently reviewed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 25/11/2014 11:43:01 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156151

registered interest
date	18/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) men and (b) women were prosecuted for offences covering sexual activity with a child in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	215015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of prosecuted defendants, flagged as child abuse and whose principal offence was categorised as a sexual offence. These data can be further disaggregated by the gender of defendants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During each of the last nine years, where figures are available, the number of completed prosecutions of men and women charged with sexual offences involving child abuse, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(a) Men</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) Women</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-2006</p></td><td><p>3,441</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-2007</p></td><td><p>3,764</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-2008</p></td><td><p>3,866</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-2009</p></td><td><p>3,945</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>4,060</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>4,715</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>4,571</p></td><td><p>82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>3,987</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System – Data for 2004-2005 is not collated centrally and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 25/11/2014 11:41:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

156628

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what bodies can prosecute without the approval of the Crown Prosecution Service.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	215172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Any private individual or entity who/which is not acting on behalf of the police or another prosecuting authority may bring a private prosecution. There are some organisations that regularly prosecute cases as a private prosecutor before the courts of England and Wales, for example the RSPCA. Furthermore, there are other prosecution authorities that bring prosecutions pursuant to statute, including the Serious Fraud Office and the Service Prosecuting Authority. Some offences can only be brought if the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Attorney General is obtained.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 26/11/2014 16:22:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

156726

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in the Law Officers' Departments; and how many of those applications have been granted to date.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	215177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Permanent staff in the Law Officers’ Departments have been entitled to apply for flexible working for a number of years. However, complete records of the number of employees who may have applied for flexible working are not maintained. The information that is available is detailed below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) only keeps records of flexible working patterns that impact directly on pay and annual leave, and no separate record is held of applications made under a statutory right. The current position, as at 31/10/2014, in respect of compressed hours and part-time working is detailed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>TSol</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pattern</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Compressed Hours</p></td><td><p>32 (4.8%*)</p></td><td><p>56 (5.4%**)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Part Time</p></td><td><p>49 (7.4%*)</p></td><td><p>354 (34.0%**)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*percentage of total male / **percentage of total female</em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Note:</em></strong><em> TSol data also includes the Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table contains details on the applications made to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for flexible working between 23/06/2008 and 06/10/2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Application for Flexible Working Granted YES/NO</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Gender</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Grand Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yes</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>332</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Note: </strong><em>The source data has been extracted from the CPS Pay and Benefits working database on 20/11/2014. The CPS does not capture data for statutory applications separately or any applications that may have been refused and not forwarded to the CPS National Pay and Benefits Team.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office does not retain any central record of applications to work flexibly. However, currently 19.6% of men and 26% of women have some form of flexible working arrangement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 26/11/2014 16:30:29 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

164111

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many Suspicious Activity Report intelligence packs relating to corruption in which countries the Serious Fraud Office has received from the National Crime Agency in the last four years.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	215599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency does not routinely disseminate Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to the Serious Fraud Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The SFO has direct access to the SARs database through a secure online portal which it regularly searches to assist any investigation into financial crime including corruption.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 27/11/2014 11:28:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

164112

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many requests the Serious Fraud Office has received for mutual legal assistance in relation to corruption from which countries in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	215609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) does not receive Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) requests directly, but in appropriate cases the United Kingdom Central Authority (UKCA) will refer an MLA request to the SFO for execution. the table below details the number of requests for mutual legal assistance in relation to corruption have been referred to the SFO by the UKCA in each of the past 4 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2010 10</p><p> </p><p>2011 9</p><p> </p><p>2012 11</p><p> </p><p>2013 14</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A breakdown by country is not provided as it may lead to the identification of an individual MLA request and it is Government policy neither to confirm nor deny the existence, content or status of any individual MLA request.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 27/11/2014 11:37:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem