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444523

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will review Norman James' case as raised in the letter from the hon. Member for Torfaen of 15 June 2015 to take account of recent developments in that case.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	22400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>My office has no plans to conduct a review into this matter. The specific allegations raised by Mr James are ones that would be more appropriate to the police to investigate rather than the Crown Prosecution Service for which I am answerable to this House and which in any event does not have any investigatory powers.<strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/01/2016 15:48:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

444524

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to his contribution of 16 September 2015, Official Report, columns 384-5WH, on Alan Richards and Kashif Shabir: SFO, what the threshold is for an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
uin	22432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) takes on the most serious or complex fraud cases, including cases of bribery or corruption. In considering whether to take on an investigation, the Director of the SFO applies his Statement of Principle, which includes consideration of:</p><br /><ul><li>whether the apparent criminality undermines UK PLC commercial or financial interests in general and in the City of London in particular,</li><li>whether the actual or potential financial loss involved is high,</li><li>whether actual or potential economic harm is significant,</li><li>whether there is a significant public interest element, and</li><li>whether there is new species of fraud</li></ul><br /><p>The SFO also pursues criminals for the financial benefit they have made from their crimes, and assists overseas jurisdictions with their investigations into serious and complex fraud, bribery and corruption cases.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/01/2016 11:40:35 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

444101

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	James McConnell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether he has had discussions with his Northern Ireland counterparts on the recent case of Pastor James McConnell.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	22123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>The Attorney General and I have not had any discussions on Pastor McConnell’s case with the Attorney General for Northern Ireland or the Public Prosecution Service. The decision to prosecute was a matter for the Public Prosecution Service.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 20/01/2016 10:52:37 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

443809

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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, what contingency arrangements the Law Officers' Departments have made for the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the upcoming EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	21934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-01-11/21952/" target="_blank">21952</a> by my Rt. Hon Friend the Prime Minister on the 14<sup>th</sup> January.</p><br /> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/01/2016 14:15:19 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

443846

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps the CPS has taken to improve the conviction rate for violence against women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	21908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the oral question from the Rt. Hon. Member for Delyn earlier today</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/01/2016 13:32:04 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

443965

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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, how many people have been prosecuted under the (a) Communications Act 2003, (b) Malicious Communications Act 1988 and (c) Protection from Harassment Act 1997 for offences committed online.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	21855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record to show the number of prosecutions involving defendants prosecuted specifically for criminal activity on-line. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/01/2016 15:46:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

443966

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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, how many people have been prosecuted under the (a) Communications Act 2003, (b) Malicious Communications Act 1988 and (c) Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	21854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of defendants prosecuted for offences brought by way of the Communications Act 2003, the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><br /><p>However, information is held identifying the number of offences during the past five years in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing at magistrates’ courts, rather than the number of defendants prosecuted, this is detailed in the following table.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Communications Act 2003</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Malicious Communications Act 1988</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Protection from Harassment Act 1997</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>2,916</p></td><td><p>1,273</p></td><td><p>16,707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>3,125</p></td><td><p>1,301</p></td><td><p>18,588</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2,920</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td><td><p>19,319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>2,134</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>22,668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>2,556</p></td><td><p>1,586</p></td><td><p>26,326</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>There is no indication of the final prosecution outcome, of if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is also often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/01/2016 15:32:41 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

444099

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Rape: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to improve the conviction rate for rape and domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	903029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the oral question from the Hon. Member for Delyn earlier today.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/01/2016 13:23:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

443164

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to improve the number of successful prosecutions for human trafficking offences.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	21543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has issued guidance to strengthen prosecutions in support of the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The CPS continues to deliver joint training with the police. The increased awareness and emphasis on working with the police to build stronger cases should lead to an improvement in the number of successful prosecutions.</p><br /><p>The Director of Public Prosecutionsis hosting a summit with the Heads of the Prosecution Services in the UK and the Lord Advocate for Scotland in February 2016 to launch joint commitments to provide a more robust UK response to human trafficking and slavery.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/01/2016 13:39:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

443315

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Juries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2016 to Question 20564, how many people were charged with jury (a) intimidation and (b) tampering in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	21435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>Section 51 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 creates two offences:</p><p>S.51(1) creates an offence directed at acts against a person who assists in an investigation of an offence or who is a witness or potential witness or juror or potential juror whilst an investigation or trial is in progress</p><p>S.51(2) creates an offence directed at acts against a person who assisted in an investigation of an offence or who was a witness or juror after an investigation or trial has been concluded.</p><p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) identify the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing in the magistrates’ courts, rather than the number of defendants prosecuted. A single defendant may be prosecuted for multiple offences.</p><p>The number of offences charged under s.51(1) and s.51(2) are as follows:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 51(1)</p></td><td><p>Intimidate a witness / juror</p></td><td><p>3,275</p></td><td><p>2,630</p></td><td><p>2,148</p></td><td><p>2,066</p></td><td><p>2,202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 51(2)</p></td><td><p>Do an act which harmed a witness / juror</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 51(2)</p></td><td><p>Threaten a witness / juror</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The proportion of CPS cases that result in a guilty plea has increased from 67.2% in 10/11 to 74.5% in 14/15 which means that there are fewer cases that are likely to be subject to the sorts of acts covered by s.51(1) during the course of the prosecution.</p><p>Also, s.51(1) covers intimidation of juror or potential jurors. The number of crown court trials have also been reducing over the period in question by 9.5%, again resulting in fewer cases where S.51(1) offences are likely to apply.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 13/01/2016 15:14:30 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter