Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Attorney General:
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.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
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.
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.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate in each year since 2015.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
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.
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: Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left the Government Legal Department in each year since 2015.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
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.
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: Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left the Serious Fraud Office in each year since 2015.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
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.
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: Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2015.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
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.
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: Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many staff left his Department in each year since 2015.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
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.
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: Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, when she plans to respond to Questions 6773 and 6774 on Attorney General: Redundancy Pay, tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 13 December 2023.
Answered by Victoria Prentis - Attorney General
I refer the Rt Hon Member to my substantive response to UIN 6773 and 6774 tabled on 24 January 2024.
Asked by: Ellie Reeves (Labour - Lewisham West and Penge)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, if she will apply to the High Court to order a new investigation into the death of Zane Gbangbola during flooding in 2014.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Surrey Senior Coroner has already carried out a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding Zane Gbangbola’s death, taking into account a considerable amount of evidence. The Coroner, as an independent judicial office holder, drew his own conclusions based on this evidence.
If there is a belief that the evidence was not considered properly during the original inquest, or that there is new evidence available, the correct process is for an application to be made to the Attorney General asking her to apply to the High Court to quash the inquest and order a fresh investigation. The High Court would take this course of action if it believed that it would be in the interests of justice.
If the Hon Member or the victim’s family would like to make such an application to the Attorney General, they are welcome to contact the Attorney General’s Office at correspondence@attorneygeneral.gov.uk for information and guidance on how to apply.
Asked by: William Cash (Conservative - Stone)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, whether she has agreed with Cabinet colleagues on the circumstances in which international law may supersede domestic legislation.
Answered by Victoria Prentis - Attorney General
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 longstanding principle of Cabinet collective agreement which enables the Government of the day to obtain frank and full legal advice in confidence.
Asked by: Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the destinations were of domestic overnight visits undertaken by Ministers within their Department in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
I refer the Hon Member to my response to UIN 17533 tabled on Wednesday 13 March 2024.