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1459860

registered interest
date	22/04/2022
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, what the (a) total number and (b) proportion of prosecutions in each offence group is in each (i) region and (ii) local justice area of England and Wales that have stopped post-charge because a victim did not provide evidence or has withdrawn in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	157550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The total number and proportion of prosecutions for cases that have stopped post-charge because a victim did not provide evidence or has withdrawn, is not publicly available for each crime type by region and local justice area of England and Wales, in the format that has been requested. Figures for victim attrition for all crime by region are included in the local criminal justice scorecards, which can be found at <a href="http://www.criminal-justice-scorecard.justice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.criminal-justice-scorecard.justice.gov.uk/.</a></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/04/2022 09:43:05 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1459259

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps her Department is taking to increase prosecution rates for fraud.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	157374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Tackling Fraud is a top priority for this government and requires a sophisticated multi-agency approach, coordinating with domestic and international partners. As prosecuting agencies, both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) play a vital part in that response.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the CPS published its first ever Economic Crime Strategy, which affirms its commitment to improve criminal justice outcomes in this area and support victims. In the year ending September 2021, the CPS prosecuted 7,609 defendants, in cases where Fraud and Forgery was recorded as the principal offence. The conviction rate was 84.9%.</p><p> </p><p>Taking into account judicial resolutions such as DPAs, the SFO’s successful judicial outcomes rate is 85% by case and 50% by defendant over the past four financial years [2018/19 – 2021/22].</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 26/04/2022 08:10:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1459341

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what is the status under UK law of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's (a) 2016 and (b) conviction by the Revolutionary Court in Iran.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	157462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>A determination of the status in UK law of the findings of courts in foreign jurisdictions is a matter for the UK courts, as and when the need arises for such a determination in domestic proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is delighted that after years of detention, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is safely home and has been reunited with her family and loved ones.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/04/2022 08:14:17 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1458589

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of full time equivalent civil service staff employed in the Attorney General‘s Office was in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	155649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The average number of whole-time equivalent persons employed during each financial year (for which data is available) in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and Government Legal Department (GLD) is as follows.</p><p> </p><p>Attorney General’s Office:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Permanent Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Others</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ministers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p><em>(Data not held)*</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Treasury Solicitor’s Office (from 2010-11 to 2014-15 inclusive) and Government Legal Department (from 2015-16 to 2020-21 inclusive):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Permanent Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Others</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p><em>(Data not held)*</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>987</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,046</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,283</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,667</p></td><td><p>1,426</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,838</p></td><td><p>1,663</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,862</p></td><td><p>1,657</p></td><td><p>205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,157</p></td><td><p>1,905</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2,362</p></td><td><p>1,998</p></td><td><p>364</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2,519</p></td><td><p>2,196</p></td><td><p>323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td><td><p>2,166</p></td><td><p>439</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is important to note that several legal advisory units from departments across the civil service were incorporated into the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) and GLD account for the majority of staffing increases in the years preceding and succeeding the name change from TSol to GLD on 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>* <em>The earliest Annual Report available in which these figures are published, is for the 2012-13 financial year, which also included a total whole-time equivalent figure for TSol and AGO for 2011-12. </em></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 155650 question first answered 26/04/2022 08:35:32 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1458590

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Government Legal Department and Treasury Solicitor's Department: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of full time equivalent civil service staff employed by the (a) Government Legal Department and (b)Treasury Solicitor’s Office was in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	155650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The average number of whole-time equivalent persons employed during each financial year (for which data is available) in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and Government Legal Department (GLD) is as follows.</p><p> </p><p>Attorney General’s Office:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Permanent Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Others</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ministers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p><em>(Data not held)*</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Treasury Solicitor’s Office (from 2010-11 to 2014-15 inclusive) and Government Legal Department (from 2015-16 to 2020-21 inclusive):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Permanent Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Others</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p><em>(Data not held)*</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>987</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,046</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,283</p></td><td><p>1,090</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,667</p></td><td><p>1,426</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,838</p></td><td><p>1,663</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,862</p></td><td><p>1,657</p></td><td><p>205</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,157</p></td><td><p>1,905</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2,362</p></td><td><p>1,998</p></td><td><p>364</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2,519</p></td><td><p>2,196</p></td><td><p>323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td><td><p>2,166</p></td><td><p>439</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is important to note that several legal advisory units from departments across the civil service were incorporated into the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) and GLD account for the majority of staffing increases in the years preceding and succeeding the name change from TSol to GLD on 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>* <em>The earliest Annual Report available in which these figures are published, is for the 2012-13 financial year, which also included a total whole-time equivalent figure for TSol and AGO for 2011-12. </em></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 155649 question first answered 26/04/2022 08:35:32 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1458591

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of full time equivalent civil service staff employed by the Crown Prosecution Service was in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	155651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The number of staff employed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) during the periods specified is available in the table below. The data provided includes all staff grades full time equivalent averaged across each year. During this period the CPS has undertaken continuous improvement and modernisation programmes to improve efficiency and effectiveness. These included digitalisation, development of a national resourcing model, standard operating practices, resource efficiency measures, smarter/remote working practices, and establishment of remote teams. As a national service for England and Wales, the consequence of these measures is that we now have the ability to shift work to where capacity resides which is both much more efficient, and also fairer on the workforce.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Full Time Equivalent Staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>7797</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>7214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>5939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>5541</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>5468</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>5517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>5493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>5577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>5943</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>6406</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>NB: The data has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database and is accurate at point of enquiry on 21 April 2022. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future.</em></p><p><em>*The system reports data as at the last day of the month rather than the first or any date in-between therefore the table is presented to the nearest reportable date to the questions asked.</em></p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 26/04/2022 12:51:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1458592

registered interest
date	19/04/2022
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many CPS (a) staff and (b) prosecutors work in the Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate as of 19 April 2022; and how many of those staff work primarily on issues of (i) international justice and organised crime, (ii) special crime and counter terrorism and (ii) fraud.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	155652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>In April 2022, The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) launched a new Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID) which brings together specialists in economic crime, organised crime, proceeds of crime and international to deliver justice, combat crime across borders and take money from criminals.</p><p> </p><p>This combined team of specialists will continue to work closely with investigators to disrupt the emerging threats of organised criminal gangs using cyber technology to exploit people, businesses, and the Government. Victims of complex SEOCID cases are often based in multiple jurisdictions. The directorate will work to improve their experience by ensuring investigators and prosecutors work closely and have a joint victim and witness strategy from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>Establishing the new Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Directorate is part of the <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/economic-crime-strategy-2025" target="_blank">CPS Economic Crime Strategy 2025</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of staff and prosecutors can be found in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Head Count</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> FTE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HC of Prosecutors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE of Prosecutors</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SERIOUS ECONOMIC ORGANISED CRIME INTERNATIONAL (SEOCID)</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>372.38</p></td><td><p>186.00</p></td><td><p>177.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SPECIAL CRIME AND COUNTER TERRORISM DIVISION</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>140.29</p></td><td><p>69.00</p></td><td><p>67.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>540</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>512.66</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255.00</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244.76</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>NB: The data has been extracted from the CPS Oracle HR database and is accurate at point of enquiry on 21 April 2022. Consequent changes to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future.</em></p><p><em>*The system reports data as at the last day of the month rather than the first or any date in-between therefore the table is presented to the nearest reportable date to the questions asked. </em></p><p><em>*FTE figures have been rounded</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 26/04/2022 12:57:30 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1457910

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many communications staff in her Department are employed (a) full time, (b) part time and (c) under flexible working arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	154028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>On average the department spends £348,089.16 on communications staff. We have 7 staff dedicated to communications all of which are full time employees.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 154029 154030 question first answered 21/04/2022 09:54:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1457911

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department spends on communications staff on average each year.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	154029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>On average the department spends £348,089.16 on communications staff. We have 7 staff dedicated to communications all of which are full time employees.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 154028 154030 question first answered 21/04/2022 09:54:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1457912

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much his Department spends on on communications staff on average each year.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	154030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>On average the department spends £348,089.16 on communications staff. We have 7 staff dedicated to communications all of which are full time employees.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 154028 154029 question first answered 21/04/2022 09:54:16 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald