The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) blockbuster funding model allows the SFO the flexibility to take on the complex and high value cases for which it was established. SFO officials meet regularly with my staff and with Treasury officials to review the financial position and we will continue to work closely with Treasury colleagues to ensure that the SFO has an effective and sustainable funding model.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-12-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-12-02T10:50:12.977Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-11-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Serious Fraud Office: Finance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of blockbuster funding for the Serious Fraud Office and the effect of the funding model on the body's staffing and resources.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4479", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Torfaen"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Nick Thomas-Symonds"} ], "uin" : "55015"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/647052", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/647052/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The average number of temporary contract staff employed annually by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) since 2010 and the cost of that employment is detailed in the table below. The figure for 2016-17 is the actual number of temporary contract staff engaged by the SFO as at 31 October.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2010-11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2011-12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012-13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Temporary Staff Cost<\/p><\/td> £3.693m<\/p><\/td> £2.296m<\/p><\/td> £2.672m<\/p><\/td> £3.926m<\/p><\/td> £4.646m<\/p><\/td> £6.991m<\/p><\/td> £3.735m<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Temporary Staff FTE<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 51<\/p><\/td> 29<\/p><\/td> 36<\/p><\/td> 69<\/p><\/td> 106<\/p><\/td> 113<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The Serious Fraud Office operates a flexible resourcing model due to the demand-led nature of its casework and to take account of the mix of core and blockbuster funding. The majority of temporary staff are assigned to work on blockbuster cases and the number of such cases has increased since 2010.<\/p> <\/p> Prior to April 2014 the SFO did not maintain a centralised record of temporary staffing and the figures prior to that date are estimates.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many contract and temporary staff the Serious Fraud Office employed annually from 2010 to the most recent period for which figures are available; and what the cost was of that employment for each such year.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/647053", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/647053/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of whether the defendant was represented by junior or senior counsel. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases the Crown Prosecution Service instructed QCs when the defence case was not presented by a QC in each year since 2010; and what proportion of the total number of cases brought to court that figure represented.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/647054", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/647054/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government buys advertising space via a single media buying agency, Carat.<\/p> The media buying agency have been instructed to ensure that Government advertising only appears in reputable media, including publications.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government takes to ensure that it does not place publicly-funded advertisements in publications that promote hate speech.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Royston Smith"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/647055", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/647055/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government buys advertising space via a single media buying agency, Carat.<\/p> The media buying agency have been instructed to ensure that Government advertising only appears in reputable media, including publications.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria determine the eligibility of publications to be destinations for publicly-funded advertisements.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/647056/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Individual departments are responsible for making public appointments to the boards of their arms length bodies.<\/p>