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1418672

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
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: Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that communication between the Crown Prosecution Service and the police is as swift as possible.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	116034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2022 answer text <p>The effective communication and progression of cases between investigators and prosecutors is vital to secure swift and effective outcomes for victims and witnesses. Improvement in this area is a priority for the police and CPS at both a national and local level.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2021, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and College of Policing published a joint National Case Progression Commitment, which provided an in-depth analysis of the barriers to effective case progression; and sets out their commitment to taking action to drive improvement.</p><p> </p><p>This work is overseen at a national level by a Joint Operational Improvement Board (JOIB), which is co-chaired by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the NPCC’s lead for criminal justice, Assistant Commissioner Nick Ephgrave. The Attorney General and I regularly meet with the Director of Public Prosecutions to discuss progress.</p><p> </p><p>At a local level, the recent introduction of Joint Operational Improvement Meetings has fundamentally changed how issues are identified and addressed. These meetings create a forum to better improve direct communication between the CPS and the police and enhance early collaboration to resolve issues. They also provide an opportunity for CPS Areas and police forces to improve casework performance, through strong working relationships and practises.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 04/02/2022 12:04:32 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1418757

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 110472 on National Scrutiny Panel on Disability Hate Crime, if she will respond to the the request to publish further details of the membership of the National Scrutiny Panel on Disability Hate Crime.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	115977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>National Scrutiny Panels (NSPs) are one-off, non-recurring meetings designed to focus on a specific topic relating to Hate Crime. The format and membership of each NSP is adapted to the context of the specific topic under consideration. The overarching approach is to seek representation from: community perspectives; relevant Government departments; the police and academic or other specialist interests.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>For the National Scrutiny Panel on Disability Hate Crime, the following were invited to participate: Dimensions; Inclusion London; the Disability Network; Disability Rights UK; Members of CPS Area Local Involvement and Scrutiny Panels; the National Autistic Society; MIND; Home Office; Ministry of Justice; HMCTS; National Police Chiefs Council and two specialists with a focus on Disability Hate Crime.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 07/02/2022 09:29:01 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1418352

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy, published July 2021, what recent steps her Department has taken on (a) encouraging and supporting workplace disability networks, (b) achieving and maintaining the highest level of Disability Confident accreditation, (c) ensuring responsive and timely support to meet workplace adjustment needs and (d) developing and embedding flexible working.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	114834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is supported by the Government Legal Department’s (GLD) Human Resource (HR) function and policies though a shared services agreement. GLD’s current D&amp;I Strategy (2019-2022) and yearly D&amp;I Delivery Plan has been the foundation for many supportive disability policies throughout the department. All of GLD’s Diversity Networks, including GLD's Disability and Wellness Network (DAWN), contribute to annual reviews of the strategy and delivery plan and have been active in supporting improvements in workplace adjustments and career development for all staff. An HR D&amp;I lead also participates in DAWN’s regular committee meetings, and HR meets with all of the Diversity Network Champions and Chairs on a six-monthly basis.</p><p> </p><p>GLD currently holds the Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) status, accredited in January 2018, and was upheld in January 2021 for three years, with a working group supporting the actions going forward.</p><p> </p><p>GLD provides a range of guidance and tools on workplace adjustments accessible by all staff, including advice on how to determine when a workplace adjustment might be appropriate, steps to make a workplace adjustment, a workplace adjustment passport, best practice guidance, and manager awareness sessions. GLD also offer Occupational Health referrals, to offer advice in relation to workplace adjustments.</p><p> </p><p>GLD, with support from the Flexible Working Network and Senior Champions, developed a flexible working policy which allows employees to consider flexible working arrangements, including annualised hours, compressed hours, flexi-time, home-working, job-sharing, part-time working, phased retirement, staggered hours and term-time working.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 07/02/2022 09:27:04 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1417783

registered interest
date	28/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the average response time was for her Department to respond to an enquiry from an MP once an enquiry had been received by the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	113709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from MPs, either directly or on behalf of their constituents.</p><p> </p><p>The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) does not have an MP hotline. Correspondence from MPs is monitored alongside that received from Peers and members of devolved assemblies by the AGO Correspondence Team.</p><p> </p><p>The AGO Correspondence Team does not hold information on the average response time to enquiries from MPs, as correspondence performance is monitored by the percentage of correspondence responded to within the target response time set by the Department. For AGO this is 20 working days.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the timeliness of responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers for 2019 and 2020 is published on Gov.uk here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers. Data for 2021 will be published by the Cabinet Office in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 07/02/2022 09:24:29 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1417326

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Serious Fraud Office in recovering the proceeds of crime.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	113304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The SFO continues to perform well in recovering proceeds of crime. It has a specialist division, dedicated solely to proceeds of crime casework, including restraint and confiscation, civil recovery, and money laundering investigations and prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019-20, over £13m in financial orders were obtained by the SFO. In 2020-21, over £7.3m in financial orders were obtained.</p><p> </p><p>Annual asset recovery figures published by the Home Office show that in 2020-21, the SFO recovered the fourth highest amount of the 100+ UK agencies that recover the proceeds of crime, and they also placed fourth over the entire six years that the data covers. This is a remarkable achievement for what is a relatively small organisation.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 03/02/2022 13:59:37 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1417328

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the steps taken by the CPS to offer apprenticeship opportunities to young people.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	113305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The CPS has a strong record of outreach programmes to engage young people in its work, and to promote career opportunities, including through apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has over 470 apprentices currently enrolled or waiting to be enrolled onto programmes across England and Wales, with 261 having started their qualification in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS has also consistently met the Cabinet Office apprenticeship target, which aims to ensure apprentices represent 2.3% of the workforce. At the end of December 2021, apprentices comprised 4.1% of the CPS workforce.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 03/02/2022 14:04:03 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1417329

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Offenders: Mental Illness
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 effectiveness of the CPS in handling cases where the defendant has a mental health condition or disorder.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	113306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The CPS has made a number of recent improvements in its handling of cases involving defendants with a mental health condition or disorder, which has included new and refreshed training for prosecutors, and better information sharing with other criminal justice agencies.</p><p> </p><p>Every CPS Area also has at least one single point of contact (SPOC) for mental health, who provide advice and support prosecutors in making decisions on complex cases involving mental health issues.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the CPS is also developing a mental health flag for its case management system, which will help to identify those with mental health needs and ensure that their cases get the specialist attention they require.</p><p> </p><p>This good work was recognised in a <a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/cjji/inspections/mentalhealth2021/" target="_blank">Criminal Justice Joint Inspection report</a> published in November 2021.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 03/02/2022 14:05:37 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1417330

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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: Cheshire East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the performance of the CPS in Cheshire East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	113307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>Recent performance data shows that the conviction rate for CPS Mersey-Cheshire in the Cheshire Police Force Area is above with national average, with 87.1% of prosecutions resulting in a conviction.</p><p> </p><p>As part of their ongoing Area Inspection Programme, Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) are currently conducting an inspection on the performance of CPS Mersey-Cheshire and will publish the report on the Area in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 03/02/2022 13:58:13 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1417331

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
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
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 effectiveness of the Government Legal Department.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	113308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>Within an ever-evolving and challenging context – which has included continuing to support the Government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the negotiation of new international agreements, COP26, the Northern Ireland Protocol, the challenges around energy supply to name a few – GLD continues to provide first class legal services across Whitehall.</p><p> </p><p>Despite these pressures, GLD have continued to meet all three of the key performance measures they have agreed with HMT, reflecting their continued commitment to high professional standards and providing an excellent service to clients. Last year:</p><p> </p><ul><li>96.2% of GLD’s clients rated their services “good” or “excellent” in GLD’s annual client satisfaction survey; and</li><li>GLD’s litigators again successfully retained their Lexcel Accreditation – the Law Society Practice Mark – an annual achievement since 2006.</li><li>GLD is on track to recover the full operating cost of chargeable services to their clients.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>Moreover, GLD’s performed well against the eight challenging priorities set out in their Business Plan 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 03/02/2022 14:02:14 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1417332

registered interest
date	27/01/2022
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to ensure that revised Guidelines on Disclosure will result in improved performance across the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	113309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>Effective disclosure is a vital part of the criminal justice process and inseparable from the right to a fair trial.</p><p> </p><p>I am currently undertaking the first Annual Review of Disclosure to assess how my revised Disclosure Guidelines, instituted in January 2021, are operating. The Solicitor General and I have been meeting with key disclosure stakeholders from a range of geographic areas and professions to hear feedback on the Guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>Regular monitoring ensures all those involved in disclosure across the criminal justice system are working together and prioritising a cross-system approach. It also allows me to support efficient disclosure practice at the front-line.</p><p> </p><p>I am committed to making the disclosure process an efficient and effective one, and I see the Guidelines as a practical document which can offer principled, clear and useful guidance to all those involved in disclosure.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 02/02/2022 17:42:02 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan