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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

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

1713119

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	Crown Prosecution Service: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Crown Prosecution Service has spent on external consultants in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	23099
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 23096 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

1712637

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	War Crimes: Rwanda
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when the Attorney General last received a briefing concerning suspected Rwandan war criminals living in England by the Crown Prosecution Service or the police.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL3998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Attorney General was last briefed on this matter by the Crown Prosecution Service on 30 April 2024.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 07/05/2024 12:29:23 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1702395

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Confucius Institutes: Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many cases have been forwarded to the Prosecution Service concerning people who are based in Confucius Institutes in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	22702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data on whether defendants are based in or members of Confucius Institutes or indeed any other similar organisations.</p><p>It would not be possible to determine whether a defendant in any specific case was based in or associated with a Confucius Institute 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 25/04/2024 09:57:34 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1700875

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left his Department in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	21686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on leavers in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, Government Legal Department, Serious Fraud Office, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) for the financial year 2023/24 is expected to be published at the end of July 2024.</p><p>Data on leavers in the AGO and the Law Officers’ Departments for previous years is published by the Cabinet Office in data tables which accompany the annual Civil Service statistics bulletin. These can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics" target="_blank">Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 21690 21691 21692 21693 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:37:30 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1700879

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	21690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on leavers in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the Law Officers’ Departments (the Crown Prosecution Service, Government Legal Department, Serious Fraud Office, and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) for the financial year 2023/24 is expected to be published at the end of July 2024.</p><p>Data on leavers in the AGO and the Law Officers’ Departments for previous years is published by the Cabinet Office in data tables which accompany the annual Civil Service statistics bulletin. These can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics" target="_blank">Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 21686 21691 21692 21693 question first answered 22/04/2024 09:37:30 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight