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722939

registered interest
date	20/04/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of female genital mutilation or associated offences.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	71474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Two people were prosecuted in February 2015 for an offence under section 1 of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and an offence of intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence, contrary to section 44(1) of the Serious Crime Act 2007. There have been no other prosecutions and no convictions for offences under the Act or other associated offences.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 27/04/2017 08:54:13 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

722050

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments respond to Freedom of Information requests.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	71035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>Any member of staff in the Law Officers’ Departments might respond to Freedom of Information requests, depending upon the nature and substance of each individual request and who within the different departments is best placed to answer.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 25/04/2017 14:49:31 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

720197

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of staff employed by the Law Officers' Departments are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	70458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of staff employed by the Law Officers’ Departments full-time and part-time is available at: <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable</a></p><p>The details for parts (c), (d) and (e) of the question are as follows, as at 31 March 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(c) less than two years' duration</p></td><td><p>(d) on an agency basis</p></td><td><p>(e) zero-hours</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS</p></td><td><p>185 (3%)</p></td><td><p>14 (0.2%)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD</p></td><td><p>10 (0.5%)</p></td><td><p>233 (12.8%)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFO</p></td><td><p>29 (5.5%)</p></td><td><p>116 (22.2%)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The proportions in each case are a proportion of the staff employed by that Department.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 25/04/2017 15:04:43 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

720198

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2017 to Question 66990, on procurement, what estimate he has made of the amount spent on managing procurement in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The estimated spend of the Crown Prosecution Service on managing procurement for each year since 2010 is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(£000s)</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>531</p></td><td><p>521</p></td><td><p>847</p></td><td><p>858</p></td><td><p>894</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The figures are based upon average staff costs and the costs of external procurement services. From August 2013, the figures include an element equivalent to two full time posts which is part of a shared purchasing service to the GLD, AGO and HMCPSI and described below.</p><p>The spend by the Government Legal Department (GLD), Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(£000s</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>As noted above, the CPS Procurement Team provides procurement support and advice under a shared service arrangement. Prior to August 2012, this function was provided by a GLD Procurement Team.</p><p>Individual Serious Fraud Office (SFO) teams are responsible for the day-to-day contract management of expert services and lower value contracts that fall within their business areas. Senior members of case teams are also responsible for the management of counsel and other experts engaged on SFO cases. The SFO does not hold central records on the contract management time spent by each and every staff member involved and such information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 25/04/2017 14:47:45 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

720199

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much debt remains outstanding under confiscation orders obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service including interest; and what recent estimate he has made of how much of that debt is recoverable.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	70644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>As of the 1 March 2017, the CPS is leading in the enforcement of 1062 confiscation orders and the outstanding debt, excluding interest is £553,938,410, which represents a fall of 7% over the course of the last 12 months. Of that debt, £145,935,292 (which represents 26% of the total amount) has been assessed as being recoverable. The amount of outstanding debt, including interest, is £682,535,112.</p><p><br>Domestic confiscation orders, once obtained, are enforced by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) assists in the enforcement process in situations where it can add value, such as by managing restraint orders, seeking the appointment of enforcement receivers and, in relation to assets held overseas, seeking assistance from other jurisdictions. When the CPS can no longer add value to the enforcement of a confiscation order, the responsibility for enforcement reverts to HMCTS and the CPS no longer monitors its progress.</p><p><br>The CPS only retains data on those orders in which it assists in the enforcement process. The latest data relates to March 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/04/2017 16:13:38 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

720201

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is taking to investigate the findings of the US authorities in the case of US V Prevezon et al that funds from the tax fraud against Hermitage Capital, investigated by Sergei Magnitsky, have been transferred to the UK bank account of Renaissance Capital Investment Management Limited; and whether the SFO has been notified or informed that laundered money ending up in that account is estimated to be in excess of $8.3 million.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	70924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>As and when matters are brought to the attention of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) they are assessed in the context of the SFO's remit to investigate fraud, bribery and corruption. If appropriate, relevant matters will be considered for criminal investigation in line with SFO internal procedures. However, in line with its published policy, the SFO does not comment on its assessments or their status at any one time but does publish on its website details of those cases formally adopted for criminal investigation, whenever this is possible without prejudice to the investigation.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/04/2017 10:43:41 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

720202

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many tip-offs were made to the Serious Fraud Office tip-off line in 2016; how many reports from that tip-off line were passed on to other investigatory bodies and prosecuting authorities; and how many such reports were deemed to contain enough information to justify opening an investigation.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	70979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The SFO does not have a dedicated telephone tip-off line. Allegations of criminality are referred to the SFO by a variety of sources, including corporate self-referrals, other law enforcement or regulatory agencies both within the UK and overseas, non-governmental agencies as well as by members of the public. The largest number of referrals are submitted through the secure online reporting tool accessed by the SFO website. The online reporting tool was updated in February 2016. This has led to a decrease in overall direct referrals as users are provided with more information to report allegations that fall outside the SFO's statutory remit to a more appropriate agency. Everyone making referrals to the SFO via the website are routinely advised to report their allegations directly to Action Fraud, the UK's national fraud reporting centre.</p><p>In 2016 there were a recorded 1552 reports made through the SFO reporting tool. The SFO central records indicate that 80 of these reports were referred by the SFO to other investigative bodies for consideration although this may not capture every instance of a referral being made to another agency by the SFO.</p><p>The number of SFO investigations opened during 2016 which originated through the online reporting system during this period was 4.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/04/2017 10:49:35 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

715543

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people holding security passes for other Government Departments are granted access to the Law Officers' Departments' premises with that pass, by Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>Civil servants have to ability to work flexibly across government sites where there is a business need to do so. The issuing of all passes is controlled by the local security teams who follow strict procedures and protocols. Information on the number of people holding security passes for other government departments who are granted access to the different AGO premises is not centrally recorded.</p><p>At present the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) do not accept other Government Department passes to access the CPS Headquarters office.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/04/2017 11:17:12 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

715544

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many security passes giving access to the Law Officers' Departments' premises have been issued in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The number of security passes issued each year since 2010 for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Passes created</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1068</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The number of security passes issued each year since 2014 for the Government Legal Department (GLD), and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Passes Activated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2698</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Reliable figures are only available from 2014.</p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is currently a tenant of the Canadian High Commission (CHC) who are responsible for the administration of security passes allowing access to their premises. The CHC do not hold a reliable central record detailing the exact number of historical passes issued in each year since the SFO moved into the premises in 2012 and such information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The AGO has issued 11 passes since moving to new office premises in February 2017. Reliable information is not available for prior years when AGO was located at 20 Victoria Street, London.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 24/04/2017 11:09:21 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

715545

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people are currently employed by the Law Officers' Departments.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	70078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>This information is available in the ONS Public Sector Employment Statistics last published on 15 March 2017:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable" target="_blank">www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable</a></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 21/04/2017 11:15:37 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett