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705813

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prosecutions the Metropolitan Police Service and the Crown Prosecution Service have brought in respect of drug (1) possession, (2) dealing, and (3) smuggling, in London’s prisons since 1 January 2013.
tabling member printed	Lord Knight of Weymouth
uin	HL5643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Prosecutions for drug possession, dealing and smuggling in a prison setting may be brought under a number of differing legislative provisions. Prosecutions for these sorts of offences investigated by the Metropolitan Police are conducted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).</p><p>Whilst the CPS holds data relating to prosecutions brought under the Prisons Act 1952, it is not possible to disaggregate, from those relating to other proscribed articles, the number of offences relating to drug possession, dealing or smuggling.</p><p>The CPS also holds data relating to offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 but it is not possible to disaggregate those which have taken place in custodial institutions.</p><p>Section 9 of the Psychoactive Substances Act (PSA) 2016 provides the offence of possession of a psychoactive substance in a custodial institution. Since the Act came into force no prosecutions brought under this section have been completed in the London Area.</p><p>A national joint protocol between the CPS, Police and the National Offender Management Service is in force for crimes in prisons. The CPS works very closely with police and prison colleagues to ensure that acts of criminality within prisons are properly addressed.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 13/03/2017 13:15:56 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4160 label Biography information for Lord Knight of Weymouth

694187

registered interest
date	24/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of senior civil servants of the Law Officers' Departments are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	65549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The details below are in respect of members of the senior civil service in the Law Officer’s Departments that are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SFO</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Men</strong></p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>53.9%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>61.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Women</strong></p></td><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>56.1%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>38.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Disabled*</strong></p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>9.2%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Working class background</strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Information not held</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>BAME*</strong></p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>8.5%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Disability and BAME is declared by all staff on a voluntary basis and this data has been calculated using such declared information so these figures might not be wholly accurate.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/03/2017 09:48:16 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

692626

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Cleveland Police Authority: Offences against the Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether any individuals under investigation during Operation Sacristy were charged with perverting the course of justice.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	64769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>No individual who was investigated as part of Operation Sacristy was charged with perverting the course of justice.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/02/2017 17:16:47 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

691762

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Law Officers' Departments operates a ban the box employment policy in respect of ex-offender job applicants with unspent convictions; and how many employees of his Department have unspent convictions.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	64523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>The Law Officers’ Departments (LODs) do not ask applicants about previous convictions (spent or unspent) on their application forms or in interview.</p><p>Due to the nature of the work carried out by the LODs, all staff recruited to the departments are subject to security checks to identify both spent and unspent convictions prior to formal appointment. None of the organisations has any central record of any current employee having an unspent conviction.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 28/02/2017 17:03:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

690442

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Honour Based Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases dealt with by the CPS were flagged as being cases of honour-based violence in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	64191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) uses a monitoring flag to collect data to show the number of defendants prosecuted for offences relating to ‘so-called’ honour-based violence (HBV). The flag is applied where any offence of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse has been carried out in the context of HBV. During the financial year 2015-16 the CPS received 216 HBV referrals from the police, 182 of these were prosecuted.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 27/02/2017 14:17:32 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

679668

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) level of earnings is of the (i) highest and (ii) lowest-paid employee and (b) median earnings are of employees of the Law Officers' Departments and arms-length bodies.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	62059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publish annually the highest and median salary for each Civil Service organization as part of the Civil Service Statistics. This information can be found on the Office for National Statistics website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/medianpayannexb" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/medianpayannexb</a></p><p> </p><p>Earning levels for the lowest paid employee are not publically available.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 02/02/2017 15:53:59 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

678696

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Plea Bargaining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what information his Department holds on the number of plea bargains offered to defendants in England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	61736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>All decisions by the prosecution are made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors which sets out a Full Code Test that applies at all stages of any prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the principles set out in the Code, a prosecutor considering a plea offered by the defence will have regard to the Attorney General's Guidelines on the Acceptance of Pleas and the Prosecutor's Role in the Sentencing Exercise [2009] and the Attorney General’s Guidelines on Plea Discussions in cases of serious or complex fraud (where appropriate).</p><p> </p><p>The Full Code Test states that a prosecution will only proceed if the prosecutor finds sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest. As such a prosecutor will assess the acceptability of a plea to determine whether it accords with the broad extent of the criminality that met the evidential stage of the Full Code test.</p><p> </p><p>If this stage is met the prosecutor will further consider whether it is in the public interest to accept the plea. In addition the prosecutor will ensure that the basis of a guilty plea is not based on a misleading or untrue set of facts and that proper account is taken of the victim's interests prior to any plea being accepted. The Code is clear that prosecutors should only accept such pleas if the court is able to pass a sentence that matches the seriousness of the offending.</p><p> </p><p>Neither the Crown Prosecution Service nor the Serious Fraud Office maintain a central record of cases involving the acceptance of a guilty plea to some or alternative charges, or whether they were accepted on a particular basis. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS or SFO case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 15/02/2017 16:34:52 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

675426

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many senior civil servants in the Law Officers' Departments were on a leave of absence from work due to mental illness in each month of each year since the Departments' creation.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	60793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong>There were no members of the Senior Civil Service in the Attorney General’s Office, Serious Fraud Office, Crown Prosecution Service or Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate who had sickness absence due to mental health issues in the last 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>In the last 5 years, less than 5 members of the Senior Civil Service in the Government Legal Department had sickness absence due to mental health issues.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Law Officer’s Departments are committed to reducing work related absence due to mental illness and has a number of services in place to support members of staff suffering from such conditions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>* Data has been drawn over the past full five financial years to provide an accurate historical response. To retrieve data from the creation of each department would represent a disproportionate cost.</p><p>** Data is based on the WHO absence reason of 'Mental Disorder' which according to the WHO website covers the following; Anxiety, Stress, Affective Psychoses, Alcoholism, Depressive Disorder, Emotional Upset, Mental Disorder, Personality Disorder, Schizophrenia, Work Related Stress.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 27/01/2017 09:25:57 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

674889

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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, what guidance his Department provides to ensure the consistent prosecution and assessment of hate crime by the regional Crown Prosecution Service offices.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	60575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>Hate crime creates fear and can have a devastating impact on individuals and communities. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is committed to tackling hate crime in any form. In 2015-16, the CPS prosecuted 15,442 hate crime prosecutions, the highest number to date.</p><p>The CPS has published Public Policy Statements on all monitored strands of hate crime as a public consultation to demonstrate its understanding and commitment and to encourage public confidence. These statements were developed in partnership with community stakeholders, an approach which is being delivered nationally.</p><p>The CPS policy for dealing with hate crime cases is delivered by consistent application of national legal guidance. Legal guidance is available on all strands of monitored hate crime and incorporates relevant case law and good practice. It assists prosecutors to assess the issues in hate crime cases, make the right charging decisions and build robust prosecutions. The CPS ensures the policy and legal guidance is applied nationally by delivering national training to ensure effective application. The hate crime training is mandatory for all prosecutors.</p><p>There are Hate Crime Coordinators in every CPS Area and they meet twice a year to share best practice and inform national guidance. Since January 2015, the CPS has also operated a Hate Crime Assurance Scheme to ensure consistency in prosecuting cases. To assist the consistent prosecution and assessment of hate crime, the CPS nationally and locally, seeks the practical input of individuals with experience and expertise in supporting victims of hate crime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 25/01/2017 15:46:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

670040

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many successful prosecutions for corruption overseas there have been of (1) British companies, and (2) individuals, in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL4401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Official data regarding prosecutions are held by the Ministry of Justice, but the department does not record it in a form which allows it to distinguish between overseas bribery and domestic bribery.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst not official data, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) record data for their own management information purposes. In the last five years, the SFO has successfully prosecuted three British companies and 10 individuals, nine of whom were British citizens, for bribery or corruption overseas (offences under the Bribery Act 2010 or the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906).</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this the SFO has secured three Deferred Prosecution Agreements with British companies in the past two years for overseas corruption offences. The first agreement included a financial penalty of $25m, plus SFO’s full costs; the second resulted in financial orders of £6.6m and the most recent one was for £497.25m plus interest, as well as a payment of the SFO’s full costs.</p><p> </p><p>CPS’s data measures the outcome of prosecutions against defendants but not on the outcome against individual offences. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 19/01/2017 11:41:49 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton