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1669137

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Transphobia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the propriety of Crown Prosecution Service staff referring to live criminal cases as examples of transphobic hate in published material such as newsletters, and roundtable reports, and what guidance they have issued in this regard.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) emphasises that criminal proceedings in live cases are active and the defendants have a right to a fair trial. It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.</p><p>The CPS has published legal guidance on reporting restrictions, it can be found here: <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/contempt-court-reporting-restrictions-and-restrictions-public-access-hearings" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/contempt-court-reporting-restrictions-and-restrictions-public-access-hearings</a></p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 15:05:27 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1669138

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Serivce: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what meetings or conversations the Crown Prosecution Service has had with (1) Stonewall or other campaigners for transgender rights, and (2) campaigners for the gender critical point of view, in the past three years; and on what policies or practices were these groups consulted during that time.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold a central record of all local and national meetings with stakeholders across all 14 CPS Areas and Central Casework Divisions over the past three years. The level of resource involved in obtaining this information would be disproportionate.</p><p>It has been possible to identify the number of meetings the CPS has had with Stonewall at a national headquarters level during the years 2022, and 2023, and this has been answered in <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-08/671" target="_blank">PQ 671</a>. The level of resource involved in obtaining the same information from earlier years would be disproportionate.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 23/11/2023 15:02:08 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1669139

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Crown Prosecution Service’s assertion that there is a “Global narrative attacking the rights of all protected characteristics” as stated in its Pride Month Hate Crime Roundtable report of 23 June, published on the Crown Prosecution Service website.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The article in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) community newsletter published in June 2023 relates to a Pride month hate crime roundtable event. The roundtable was a local community engagement event held with members of the LGBT community affected by homophobic and transphobic hate crime. The quote represents reportage of discussion amongst external attendees at the event and was not intended to reflect organisational views of the CPS.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 15:05:47 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1668670

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Crown Prosecution Service carried out an impact assessment with regards to (1) the protected characteristic of sex, and (2) belief in the immutability of sex, before the 2022 revision of its domestic abuse guidance; and if so, whether they will place a copy of this impact assessment in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>In accordance with the Public Sector Equality Duty, under s.149 of the Equality Act 2010, a full Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) was conducted when the Domestic Abuse Prosecution Guidance 2022 was revised in order to appropriately identify and consider its potential impact in terms of equality. It gave due regard to equality considerations for protected characteristics as detailed within the body of s.149.</p><p>The EIA for the Domestic Abuse Prosecution Guidance remains under review and has been updated on several occasions since the guidance was published in 2022. The CPS do not intend to place a copy of the EIA in the Library as it is continuously reviewed and updated. A copy of the document as it appeared in 2022 has been provided.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 15:29:49 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton attachment 1 file name Domestic Abuse Legal Guidance Equality Impact Assessment.pdf title DA Legal Guidance EIA 2022 Copy
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1668671

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) consulted individuals or organisations outside the CPS about its plans to revise its domestic abuse guidance in 2022; and, if so, which individuals or organisations.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Domestic Abuse Prosecution Guidance was revised in 2022 to reflect changes brought in by the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (DA Act).</p><p>The new legislation created the need for an updated document that accurately reflects the law relating to domestic abuse and appropriately supports prosecutors in their application of it. The revision was necessary, and as such, no external organisations or individuals were consulted as to whether the CPS should revise the Guidance.</p><p>External stakeholders were consulted on later revisions of the guidance</p><p>The Solicitor General has answered a question regarding the organisations consulted when Annex D of the guidance was being developed (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-07/604" target="_blank">PQ 604</a>).</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 17:38:24 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1668672

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what action the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has taken to ensure that it operates an inclusive environment for employees with gender critical beliefs and those opposed to those beliefs; and whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of any CPS employee guidance or other documents that bear on this issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>All employees are expected to act in accordance with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Values which state, “We will treat everyone with respect. We will respect each other, our colleagues, and the public we serve, recognising that there are people behind every case.”</p><p>A member of the National D&amp;I team is a member of the Sex Equality and Equity Network (SEEN) civil service network to ensure that a gender critical perspective is considered when commenting on policy and process change.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 17:41:07 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1668673

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
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: Gender
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has taken to ensure that people with gender critical beliefs are represented on CPS panels and forums where such beliefs are relevant, such as hate crime panels.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>Members of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) National External Consultation Group on Hate Crime are selected for their expertise in hate crime and are drawn from academia and the third sector.</p><p>The CPS keeps membership of all external stakeholder groups under review to ensure that they contain relevant expertise and are representative of the communities the CPS serves.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 12:08:18 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1668674

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gender Based Violence and Hate Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to place in the Library of the House, for each Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) panel or group that relates to hate crime or violence against women and girls: (1) its name; (2) its current membership; and (3) a description of the process for selecting members and any CPS criteria for the balance of its membership.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service keeps membership of all local and national external stakeholder groups, panels and forums under review to ensure that they contain relevant expertise and are representative of communities served.</p><p>Membership is subject to frequent change based on the nature of the forum or thematic subject being explored at any given meeting.</p><p>This material will not be placed in the Library of the House due to the level of resource that would be required to keep such dynamic information up-to-date.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 22/11/2023 12:09:04 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1668097

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Transgender People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the recent statement by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Stephen Parkinson, that the Crown Prosecution Service will be reviewing its domestic abuse guidance following the publication of the Policy Exchange report The Crown Prosecution Service’s approach to transgenderism, published on 5 November, what are the timescales for this review; and how will it be reporting.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jenkin of Kennington
uin	HL44
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>It is important that the public are clear on how the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) will apply the law around domestic abuse so that they can be confident in its approach. As set out by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the CPS has therefore conducted a review of Annex D with a view to recontextualise its purpose and improve clarity.</p><p>The revised guidance will be published by the end of this year on the CPS website.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 21/11/2023 17:36:44 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	4229 label Biography information for Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

1651499

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Transgender People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they had with the Crown Prosecution Service prior to the domestic abuse guidance, published on 5 December 2022, which states that a spouse who withholds money from their partner for gender transitioning may be committing domestic abuse.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hoey
uin	HL9212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>As part of their independent functions the CPS periodically issue guidance to aid their prosecutors. The publication of the domestic abuse guidance came following a CPS run public consultation that was widely publicised through Government departments, Police and Crime Commissioners, Domestic Abuse and Victims’ Commissioners, and the public. A full consultation response can be found on the CPS website. As a courtesy, the CPS forwarded a copy of the guidance to the Attorney General’s Office at the time of publication in December 2022. No substantive discussions were held.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 28/07/2023 11:45:53 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey