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1606287

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme on allowing victims of crime to seek appeals of sentencing.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	171541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme is an important mechanism to ensure that victims of crime can have confidence that justice will be served. The Victims’ Code entitles victims to be informed about the scheme, promptly after sentence, so that they may refer sentences for consideration by the Law Officers within the time limit. The Attorney General’s Office receives requests to review sentences from victims; their family members; the CPS; the police; MPs and members of the public. In 2022, 139 sentences were referred to the Court of Appeal and in 95 cases (68%), sentences were increased.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 28/03/2023 16:53:21 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1606545

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Rape: Offences against the Administration of Justice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions for making false rape allegations were brought in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Dobbs
uin	HL6737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds no data showing the number of prosecutions for making false allegations of rape. The CPS has strict guidance for charging perverting the court of justice and wasting police time in cases involving allegedly false allegations of rape and/or domestic abuse. The guidance makes clear that prosecutions for these offences will be extremely rare and by their very nature they will be complex and require sensitive handling.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 18/04/2023 11:08:13 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	4192 label Biography information for Lord Dobbs

1605879

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Illegal Migration Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the Illegal Migration Bill with (a) the 1951 Refugee Convention, (b) the European Convention on Human Rights and (c) the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	170650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Law Officers’ Convention prevents me from disclosing outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a longstanding and well-known principle of Cabinet collective agreement.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/03/2023 09:57:53 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1605880

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Illegal Migration Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of clauses 21 to 28 of the Illegal Migration Bill with Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	170651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Law Officers’ Convention prevents me from disclosing outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a longstanding and well-known principle of Cabinet collective agreement.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/03/2023 09:56:23 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1605881

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the (a) scope of delegated powers granted to Ministers under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and (b) potential effect of those powers on the principles of (i) democracy, (ii) the rule of law and (iii) Parliamentary sovereignty.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	170652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Law Officers’ Convention prevents me from disclosing outside Government whether I have been asked to provide advice or the contents of any such advice. This is a longstanding and well-known principle of Cabinet collective agreement.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/03/2023 09:44:07 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1606063

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the Crown Prosecution Service in the next Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	170737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>In the 2021 Spending Review, the CPS secured a significant funding increase enabling it to respond to growing pressures in the criminal justice system. This settlement saw a significant investment in CPS funding, increasing its budget from £630m a year to £728m by 2024/25. That settlement has been maintained by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/03/2023 09:40:28 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1606064

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Barristers: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what her Department's policy is on the parity of fees for prosecution and defence counsels.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	170738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Equality of arms between defence and prosecution is an important principle within the criminal justice system. Following last year’s increase to defence counsel fees, as recommended by the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid, this Government is providing additional funding to uplift the fees CPS pays to prosecution counsel. This funding restores parity between defence and prosecution counsel.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 28/03/2023 14:38:31 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1606114

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Convictions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what were the conviction rates for prosecutions of domestic violence in each of the last five years, disaggregated by the ethnicity of the victim.
tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
uin	HL6675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds no data showing the number of convictions for domestic violence by the ethnicity of the victim. The Ministry of Justice hold official statistics on proceedings and convictions which can be found here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fcriminal-justice-statistics&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpslawofficers%40attorneygeneral.gov.uk%7C6573de2ecbab4589e44c08db2d0bf1b7%7C00dd0d1dd7e64338ac51565339c7088c%7C0%7C0%7C638153301534840613%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qMji20VozngTuKTibjrBrA8LB50voAJhccl2s19zhEM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Criminal justice statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 29/03/2023 16:23:45 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

1604802

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department has spent on legal representation at inquests in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	167126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Attorney General's Department has had no expenditure on legal representation at inquests since 2018.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 21/03/2023 17:51:27 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1605053

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 14 March (HL6096), what assessment they have made of why there have only been two prosecutions for female genital mutilation out of the 229 offences recorded.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL6584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Government is committed to tackling female genital mutilation (FGM) and all forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). The familial and hidden nature of FGM presents challenges in bringing a prosecution. Victims are mostly of a young age and vulnerable, and they often do not want to report offences that could lead to them giving evidence against family members. Some identified FGM victims have had the procedure before coming to the UK to live; in these circumstances there may not be jurisdiction to prosecute where the offence had no connection to the UK. Securing prosecutions is important, but it is also essential to protect women and girls at risk and to prevent FGM happening in the first place. FGM Protection Orders, mandatory reporting by front-line staff and an offence of failing to protect a girl from FGM are being used to safeguard those who may be at risk. The Government is funding a feasibility study to explore whether a more rigorous estimation of the prevalence of FGM and forced marriage in England and Wales can be made, to allow a deeper understanding of these crimes.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The CPS is working closely with stakeholders, including FGM support organisations, to develop a new VAWG Strategy to bring more offenders to justice and to improve victims’ experience of the criminal justice system. It will be published in Summer 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 29/03/2023 16:22:50 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans