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1718849

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date	16/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	War Crimes: Gaza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2024 to Question 25822 on War Crimes: Gaza and with reference to paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code, updated on 22 December 2022, if she will hold discussions with the Prime Minister on the potential merits of using her authority to publish summaries of advice provided to him on alleged war crimes in Gaza since 1 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	26669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>As per my previous answer to UIN 25822 tabled on Thursday 16 May, and as reflected in the Ministerial Code, I do not confirm publicly whether I or any other Law Officer has advised on a particular issue or the content of any advice, save where I, as a Law Officer, explicitly consent. That consent is rarely given.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 22/05/2024 09:03:57 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1718899

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for sexual offences in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
tabling member constituency	Derbyshire Dales
tabling member printed	Miss Sarah Dines
uin	26789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Category of Sexual Offences at completion of prosecution. The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for sexual offences from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters.</p><p> </p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,805</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,838</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,818</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,845</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,980</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,676</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,814</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,745</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,731</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,798</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,730</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,840</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,871</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,806</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,790</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,894</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,730</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,837</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,753</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,779</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,704</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,834</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,633</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,908</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,861</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,890</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,909</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,045</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,949</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,989</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,864</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,707</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,551</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,867</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,838</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,918</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,919</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,228</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,143</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,898</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,821</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,124</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,076</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,240</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,210</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,182</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,828</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,945</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,962</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,693</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,749</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,840</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,154</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,120</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,148</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,958</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,081</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,720</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,891</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,103</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,973</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,073</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,087</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,496</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,928</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,108</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,340</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,194</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,179</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,197</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,496</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong>Quarter</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,531</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,664</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,694</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,045</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,486</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,623</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,674</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,876</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 21/05/2024 15:49:00 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines

1718900

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for rape in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
tabling member constituency	Derbyshire Dales
tabling member printed	Miss Sarah Dines
uin	26790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a Case Management System (CMS) which shows the number of defendants where a flag for rape has been added. This flag is applied at the onset of any case referred by the police to the CPS for a charge of rape and remains in place even if the charge is not proceeded with, is amended, or dropped. If a case is referred by the police for a charge other than rape, but subsequently a charge of rape is preferred, the flag is applied at that point.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number of completed prosecutions and convictions in cases where a flag for rape has been added, from 1 April 2006 to the end of September 2015 by quarter. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS’ CMS was introduced during 2004-2005. A national monitoring flag to manage cases where rape offences were referred or later charged was introduced from 1 April 2006. As with any new monitoring system, some variance is expected in the periods immediately following the introduction of a new flagging process.</p><p> </p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>660</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>833</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>869</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>340</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>457</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>469</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>902</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>920</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>910</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>840</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>833</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>849</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>871</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>512</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>524</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>502</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>483</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>512</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>526</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>506</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>494</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>875</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>854</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>927</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,024</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>956</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,096</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,052</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>492</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>504</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>526</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>618</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>622</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>552</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>637</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>623</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,107</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>955</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>959</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>965</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>985</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>939</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>917</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>938</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>655</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>610</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>577</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>590</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>637</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>625</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>574</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>593</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>898</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>991</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>957</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>938</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,050</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>541</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>604</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>599</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>556</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>589</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>606</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>644</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,202</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,165</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,167</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,219</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>666</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>666</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>688</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>691</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 21/05/2024 15:58:07 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines

1718312

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps their Department is taking to support the Disability Confident scheme; how many officials in their Department work directly on supporting that scheme; what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of that work in supporting the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of disabled people in their Department; and what further steps they are taking to support their Department’s recruitment and retention of disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	26440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) receives its human resources shared service from the Government Legal Department (GLD). The GLD are signed up as Disability Confident and have progressed through the levels, achieving Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) status.</p><p>Please note that, excluding the GLD, I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by myself and the Attorney General (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, and Serious Fraud Office).</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/05/2024 08:14:01 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1717492

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Salvage: South Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Government of South Africa on (i) the Supreme Court judgment of 8 May 2024 in Argentum Exploration Ltd v Republic of South Africa [2024] UKSC 16 and (ii) the silver cargo in that case.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I have not had any discussions with the Government of South Africa on this legal case.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to discussions with Cabinet colleagues, the Law Officers’ Convention requires that it is not generally disclosed outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a long-standing principle of Cabinet collective agreement which enables the government of the day to obtain frank and full legal advice in confidence.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 20/05/2024 10:49:23 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1717495

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Online Safety Act 2023: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions have been made for new criminal offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	25892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I wrote to you on this important subject on Friday 17 May 2024. For completeness, I set out my full written response below.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling violence that disproportionately impacts women and girls remains one of this government’s top priorities. Women and girls should be able to go about their lives without being subjected to unwanted sexual images. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors are committed to tackling this unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>As you know, this government has recently enacted new offences designed to tackle online offending through the Online Safety Act 2023. This includes the offence of cyberflashing and other intimate image offences.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has welcomed the enactment of these new offences designed to target predatory behaviour and non-contact sexual offences. It has introduced comprehensive updates to prosecution guidance to support prosecutors to better recognise behaviour-driven and escalating offending. Additionally, it has published ‘Communications Offences’ legal guidance which includes online offences relating to violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this legislation is still new, the police are referring more cases to the CPS for charging decisions and I can confirm the CPS secured their first conviction for cyberflashing in February 2024, resulting in the offender being jailed for 66 weeks at Southend Crown Court. I am unable to provide detail on any other cases where there may be live criminal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Regrettably, I am unable to provide you with data on prosecutions under the Online Safety Act yet. However, in July the CPS will publish its next data summary covering the period January to March 2024 and after this summary release, more granular data may be shared publicly. This pause ahead of publishing data allows for quality assurance checks and internal scrutiny before publication.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 25893 question first answered 20/05/2024 10:57:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1717496

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Online Safety Act 2023: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been made under new criminal offences created by the Online Safety Act 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	25893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>I wrote to you on this important subject on Friday 17 May 2024. For completeness, I set out my full written response below.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling violence that disproportionately impacts women and girls remains one of this government’s top priorities. Women and girls should be able to go about their lives without being subjected to unwanted sexual images. Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors are committed to tackling this unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>As you know, this government has recently enacted new offences designed to tackle online offending through the Online Safety Act 2023. This includes the offence of cyberflashing and other intimate image offences.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has welcomed the enactment of these new offences designed to target predatory behaviour and non-contact sexual offences. It has introduced comprehensive updates to prosecution guidance to support prosecutors to better recognise behaviour-driven and escalating offending. Additionally, it has published ‘Communications Offences’ legal guidance which includes online offences relating to violence against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst this legislation is still new, the police are referring more cases to the CPS for charging decisions and I can confirm the CPS secured their first conviction for cyberflashing in February 2024, resulting in the offender being jailed for 66 weeks at Southend Crown Court. I am unable to provide detail on any other cases where there may be live criminal proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Regrettably, I am unable to provide you with data on prosecutions under the Online Safety Act yet. However, in July the CPS will publish its next data summary covering the period January to March 2024 and after this summary release, more granular data may be shared publicly. This pause ahead of publishing data allows for quality assurance checks and internal scrutiny before publication.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis grouped question UIN 25892 question first answered 20/05/2024 10:57:56 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1717584

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	War Crimes: Gaza
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether she has written to the Prime Minister on Gaza and war crimes since 1 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>I cannot answer your question as to do so would be in breach of the Law Officers’ Convention.</p><p> </p><p>Paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code clearly states that the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 16/05/2024 09:28:36 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1716811

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Oil: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what prosecutions referred by HMRC are (a) ongoing, (b) pending and (c) complete into the illegal importation of Russian oil branded as (i) refined and (ii) from other countries.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	25586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>It would not be possible to determine the number of cases involving the illegal importation of Russian oil referred by HM Revenue &amp; Customs to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) without an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/05/2024 12:40:46 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1713036

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has spent on external consultancies in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	23096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Expenditure on consultancy by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is routinely published in their annual accounts, which are also laid before the House of Commons annually. These can be accessed on the SFO’s website at <a href="https://www.sfo.gov.uk/publications/corporate-information/annual-reports-accounts/" target="_blank">Annual reports and accounts - Serious Fraud Office (sfo.gov.uk)</a> and the CPS’ website at <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/annual-reports-and-business-plans" target="_blank">Annual reports, business plans and strategies | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The accounts of the SFO and CPS for 2023/24 are expected to be published in July 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 23099 question first answered 01/05/2024 13:03:18 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes