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524189

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how and why the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) joined the Metropolitan Police in announcing that retired police sergeant Gurpal Virdi was charged with misconduct in public office and with indecent assault on a person under 16 years; what publicity the CPS recorded as resulting at the time; when the memorandum of a conviction proved 1 April 1987 for offences on 7 November 1986 of a defendant born on 5 September 1970 with informant or complainant recorded as PC Markwick came to the attention of the CPS; what steps were taken to put right the effect of the wrong statement; when those steps were taken; and what the results of those steps were.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	40180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>A press release was issued by the Metropolitan Police Service which stated that the complainant was under 16. The CPS was not a party to this release and did not issue any other release. The CPS does not retain records of publicity resulting at the time.</p><p> </p><p>When the case was reviewed in 2014 for charging, the complainant and the witness clearly stated that the complainant had been 15 when the incident took place in 1986.<del class="ministerial"> In addition Mr Virdi also said in interview that the complainant had been 15 at the time of the incident.</del> The police summary stated that the complainant was 15. However the complainant’s date of birth and the date of his arrest were known and this mistake should not have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS was supplied with the memorandum of conviction referred to on 17 September 2014.<del class="ministerial">The indictment was formally amended thereafter.</del></p><p> </p><p>No steps were taken to publicise the fact that the charge was later amended in open court to remove the assertion that the complainant was under 16.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:53:54 question first ministerially corrected 24/06/2016 09:44:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3723 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

524190

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the cost is to the Crown Prosecution Service of obtaining a transcript of the Southwark Crown Court trial of charges against Gurpal Virdi.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	40181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has requested an estimate of the cost of obtaining a transcript and has been informed that it will take 10 days for this to be supplied. Once the estimate is received the CPS will write to the Honorable Member to inform him of the figure.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:52:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

523149

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what his policy is on the prosecution of women who seek a medical abortion under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	39290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Offences of using poison or instruments to cause miscarriage and supplying or procuring poison or instruments to cause miscarriage (sections 58 and 59 Offences Against the Persons Act 1861) are usually investigated by the police and, in England and Wales, prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).</p><p>The CPS will only bring or continue with a prosecution where both stages of the test set down in the Code for Crown Prosecutors are met, i.e. that there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and, if so, that a prosecution is required in the public interest.</p><p>In England and Wales, section 1 of the Abortion Act 1967 provides a defence to a prosecution under sections 58 or 59 where a pregnancy is terminated by a registered medical practitioner in accordance with the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/06/2016 11:12:28 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

523160

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Solicitors: Voluntary Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will take steps to offer incentives to encourage more solicitors to offer pro bono work.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	39508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Pro Bono is a voluntary commitment made by lawyers who understand that the service they provide is invaluable to those individuals who would otherwise be denied access to justice.</p><p>As pro bono champions of the Government, the Law Officers support a number of projects through our co-ordinating committees. The Government has also provided funding for several projects, such as the Litigants in Person package run by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/06/2016 15:07:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

521930

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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, if he will place in the Library copies of all letters, leaflets and other material from the Law Officers' Departments circulated to (a) stakeholders and (b) members of the public on the EU Referendum; what the costs of the production and distribution of that material has been since 1 January 2016; and what he estimates the cost of any further production and distribution of such material will be between 6 May 2016 and 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	38810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to questions 38811 and 38825 by my Hon. Friend the Minister for Constitutional Reform on the 8<sup>th</sup> June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/06/2016 16:17:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

521505

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
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, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for each category of hate crime since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	38489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of prosecutions flagged as hate crimes. Hate crimes comprise offences motivated by hostility or prejudice to a person’s race or perceived race, religion or perceived religion, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, disability or perceived disability and transgender identity or perceived transgender identity. These data are accurate only to the extent that the flag has been correctly applied.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number and proportion of convictions and overall prosecutions, by each category of hate crime, during each of the last five available years:</p><p> </p><p><strong>TOTAL HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>12,651</p></td><td><p>82.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>15,284</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>11,843</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,196</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>10,794</p></td><td><p>82.6%</p></td><td><p><strong>13,070</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>11,915</p></td><td><p>84.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,074</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>12,220</p></td><td><p>82.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>14,738</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>RACIAL HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>10,566</p></td><td><p>83.1%<strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,711</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>9,933</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>11,774</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>9,107</p></td><td><p>83.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>10,935</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>10,069</p></td><td><p>85.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>11,818</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>10,123</p></td><td><p>83.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>12,130</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>RELIGIOUS HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p><strong>566</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>479</p></td><td><p>80.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>593</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>77.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>399</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>463</p></td><td><p>84.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>550</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>665</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>HOMOPHOBIC &amp; TRANSPHOBIC HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS (1)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>1,034</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,281</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>951</p></td><td><p>78.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,208</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>885</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,096</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>913</p></td><td><p>80.7%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,132</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>81.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>1,277</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) A separate flag for Transphobic crime was introduced in December 2012 following the amendment to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.</p><p> </p><p><strong>DISABILITY HATE CRIME PROSECUTIONS</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11 </strong></p></td><td><p>579</p></td><td><p>79.8%</p></td><td><p><strong>726</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>77.3%</p></td><td><p><strong>621</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>494</p></td><td><p>77.2%</p></td><td><p><strong>640</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>81.9%</p></td><td><p><strong>574</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>503</p></td><td><p>75.5%</p></td><td><p><strong>666</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 06/06/2016 14:22:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

521506

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Companies: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the Serious Fraud Office is taking to address fraud by employees in large companies.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The role of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is to investigate and prosecute serious or complex frauds.</p><p>The SFO is committed to investigating and, where appropriate, prosecuting such serious frauds, as seen in the conviction of Tom Hayes for offences related to manipulating LIBOR.</p><p>The Government is consulting and will introduce a new criminal offence to apply to corporations who failed to prevent their agents from criminal facilitating tax evasion.</p><p>The Government will also consult on extending the criminal offence of “failure to prevent” from bribery to other economic crimes such as fraud and money laundering so that firms are properly held to account for criminal activity that takes place within them.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/06/2016 15:13:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

521753

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Fraud: Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of introducing a new criminal offence of failure to prevent economic crime on the number of prosecutions for such crimes.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	905130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Under existing law, a company only faces criminal liability if prosecutors can prove a sufficiently senior person knew about the criminal conduct. It can be extremely hard to prove this, especially in large companies with complex management structures.</p><p>A new failure to prevent offence could help prosecutors hold all companies to account for criminal conduct and bring some positive changes in corporate culture.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 26/05/2016 12:18:22 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

521754

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the Government's ability to prosecute criminals who have left the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	905128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government's position is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p>Through participation in the European Arrest Warrant, the UK is able to extradite foreign suspects and bring suspects back to the UK more quickly and economically. Since April 2011, it has enabled us to transfer around 5,500 suspects out of the UK and to bring back around 650 to face justice here.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 26/05/2016 12:14:48 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

517054

registered interest
date	03/05/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Forced Marriage: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people were prosecuted in England for forced marriage in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	36316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) collects information to show the number of defendants prosecuted for offences relating to forced marriages identified by way of a monitoring flag applied to the case record. The flag is applied where any offence of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse has been carried out in the context of a forced marriage. During the financial year 2014-15 the CPS prosecuted 45 defendants in England and 46 defendants nationally (England and Wales) for offences associated with forced marriages. CPS figures in relation to the financial year 2015-16 will be placed in the House of Commons Library later this year.</p><p>A specific offence of forced marriage was created by section 121 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and came into force in June 2014. This offence applies to a person who intentionally forces a person to enter into marriage, believing the person does not consent, or a person who deceives someone into going abroad for the specific purpose of forcing them to marry. During 2014-15, the CPS commenced one prosecution in relation to forced marriage and two in relation to breaches of forced marriage protection orders.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 10/05/2016 15:59:48 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah