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525522

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Mossack Fonesca
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what information he holds on whether the Serious Fraud Office plans to investigate the UK office of the law firm Mossack Fonesca.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	40661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>On 10 April, the Prime Minister set up a multi-agency taskforce to obtain and analyse the leaked “Panama Papers” and take action where possible. The taskforce comprises HMRC, the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Financial Conduct Authority who are working collaboratively to investigate any evidence of wrong-doing identified within the “Panama Papers”. The taskforce will report on its progress later this year.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 27/06/2016 08:21:51 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

524189

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how and why the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) joined the Metropolitan Police in announcing that retired police sergeant Gurpal Virdi was charged with misconduct in public office and with indecent assault on a person under 16 years; what publicity the CPS recorded as resulting at the time; when the memorandum of a conviction proved 1 April 1987 for offences on 7 November 1986 of a defendant born on 5 September 1970 with informant or complainant recorded as PC Markwick came to the attention of the CPS; what steps were taken to put right the effect of the wrong statement; when those steps were taken; and what the results of those steps were.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	40180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>A press release was issued by the Metropolitan Police Service which stated that the complainant was under 16. The CPS was not a party to this release and did not issue any other release. The CPS does not retain records of publicity resulting at the time.</p><p> </p><p>When the case was reviewed in 2014 for charging, the complainant and the witness clearly stated that the complainant had been 15 when the incident took place in 1986.<del class="ministerial"> In addition Mr Virdi also said in interview that the complainant had been 15 at the time of the incident.</del> The police summary stated that the complainant was 15. However the complainant’s date of birth and the date of his arrest were known and this mistake should not have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS was supplied with the memorandum of conviction referred to on 17 September 2014.<del class="ministerial">The indictment was formally amended thereafter.</del></p><p> </p><p>No steps were taken to publicise the fact that the charge was later amended in open court to remove the assertion that the complainant was under 16.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:53:54 question first ministerially corrected 24/06/2016 09:44:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3723 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

524190

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost is to the Crown Prosecution Service of obtaining a transcript of the Southwark Crown Court trial of charges against Gurpal Virdi.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	40181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has requested an estimate of the cost of obtaining a transcript and has been informed that it will take 10 days for this to be supplied. Once the estimate is received the CPS will write to the Honorable Member to inform him of the figure.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:52:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

523886

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Games
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have asked the Serious Fraud Office to investigate matters related to the sale and purchase of BHS.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text In all cases decisions to investigate are made by the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, who acts independently. In respect of BHS, the SFO has confirmed that it is reviewing material in its possession. If the Director considers there are reasonable grounds to suspect serious or complex fraud which meets his Statement of Principle, he will open a formal criminal investigation. answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 21/06/2016 12:52:35 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

522928

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made, in the light of the recent Panama papers scandal, of how many of the illegal assets subject to confiscation orders they will now be able to claim.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>On 10 April 2016 the Prime Minister announced a new cross-agency taskforce to obtain, analyse and take action on the information that has been made available from Mossack Fonseca and to take rapid action on any form of illegality that emerges.</p><p>A number of investigations are underway and the taskforce, which is accountable to the Home Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will report on its progress later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/06/2016 16:28:53 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

522929

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Nurses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what level of engagement they have had with the private sector in pursuit of the £1.6 billion of illegal assets calculated by the National Audit Office to be subject to confiscation orders but which will evade recovery.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>In 2014 the Home Office established the Serious and Organised Crime Financial Sector Forum, an initiative to bring together Government, law enforcement agencies, regulators and the financial sector in a public-private partnership to tackle crime. Under its auspices, the National Crime Agency has trialled sharing data on uncollected confiscation orders with the banks, and leads the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (JMLIT), which brings together banks and law enforcement agencies to share information to tackle money laundering.</p><p> </p><p>Work is continuing with the Financial Sector Forum to explore effective ways of sharing data between private sector entities.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 20/06/2016 16:29:21 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

523149

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what his policy is on the prosecution of women who seek a medical abortion under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	39290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Offences of using poison or instruments to cause miscarriage and supplying or procuring poison or instruments to cause miscarriage (sections 58 and 59 Offences Against the Persons Act 1861) are usually investigated by the police and, in England and Wales, prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).</p><p>The CPS will only bring or continue with a prosecution where both stages of the test set down in the Code for Crown Prosecutors are met, i.e. that there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and, if so, that a prosecution is required in the public interest.</p><p>In England and Wales, section 1 of the Abortion Act 1967 provides a defence to a prosecution under sections 58 or 59 where a pregnancy is terminated by a registered medical practitioner in accordance with the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/06/2016 11:12:28 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

523160

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Solicitors: Voluntary Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will take steps to offer incentives to encourage more solicitors to offer pro bono work.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	39508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Pro Bono is a voluntary commitment made by lawyers who understand that the service they provide is invaluable to those individuals who would otherwise be denied access to justice.</p><p>As pro bono champions of the Government, the Law Officers support a number of projects through our co-ordinating committees. The Government has also provided funding for several projects, such as the Litigants in Person package run by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/06/2016 15:07:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

521930

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library copies of all letters, leaflets and other material from the Law Officers' Departments circulated to (a) stakeholders and (b) members of the public on the EU Referendum; what the costs of the production and distribution of that material has been since 1 January 2016; and what he estimates the cost of any further production and distribution of such material will be between 6 May 2016 and 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	38810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to questions 38811 and 38825 by my Hon. Friend the Minister for Constitutional Reform on the 8<sup>th</sup> June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/06/2016 16:17:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

521505

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for each category of hate crime since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	38489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of prosecutions flagged as hate crimes. Hate crimes comprise offences motivated by hostility or prejudice to a person’s race or perceived race, religion or perceived religion, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, disability or perceived disability and transgender identity or perceived transgender identity. These data are accurate only to the extent that the flag has been correctly applied.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number and proportion of convictions and overall prosecutions, by each category of hate crime, during each of the last five available years:</p><p> </p><p><strong>TOTAL HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>12,651</p></td><td><p>82.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>15,284</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>11,843</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,196</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>10,794</p></td><td><p>82.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>13,070</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>11,915</p></td><td><p>84.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,074</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>12,220</p></td><td><p>82.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,738</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>RACIAL HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>10,566</p></td><td><p>83.1%<strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,711</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>9,933</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>11,774</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>9,107</p></td><td><p>83.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>10,935</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>10,069</p></td><td><p>85.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>11,818</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>10,123</p></td><td><p>83.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>12,130</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>RELIGIOUS HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>566</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>80.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>593</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>77.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>399</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>463</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>550</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>665</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>HOMOPHOBIC &amp; TRANSPHOBIC HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS (1)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>1,034</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,281</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>951</p></td><td><p>78.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,208</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>885</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,096</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>913</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,132</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>81.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,277</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) A separate flag for Transphobic crime was introduced in December 2012 following the amendment to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.</p><p> </p><p><strong>DISABILITY HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>579</p></td><td><p>79.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>726</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>77.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>621</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>494</p></td><td><p>77.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>640</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>81.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>574</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p>75.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>666</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 06/06/2016 14:22:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner