Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what subscriptions to (a) magazines and (b) television channels the Law Officers' Departments fund.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The Attorney General’s Department has a contract with the Parliamentary Television Service. The other Law Officers’ Departments do not have any television subscriptions.
A table listing the online and print magazines subscribed to by the Law Officer’s Departments has been deposited in the Library of the House. HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate do not have any magazine subscriptions.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many awaydays the Law Officers' Departments have held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The Attorney General’s Office held an away day in each of 2013 and 2014, but at zero cost.
The Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) Board held an all day off-site business meeting in June 2014. Some TSol teams have similarly held off-site business meetings details of which are not held centrally.
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has not held any away days during this period.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) held an away day for its senior management team on 26-27 November 2013. The SFO has not held any other away days for staff in 2013 and 2014 to date.
The Crown Prosecution Service does not centrally record the number of away days which its staff may have attended and this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the Law Officers' Departments' policy is on alcohol consumption on the premises (a) in general and (b) during parties in his Private Office.
Answered by Robert Buckland
There is no prohibition of alcohol in the Law Officers’ Departments. This includes ministerial and official private offices.
Asked by: Andy Slaughter (Labour - Hammersmith and Chiswick)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how much has been spent on what (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) Ministers in the Law Officers' Departments since May 2010.
Answered by Oliver Heald
Ministers in the Attorney General's Office have not received any media or social media training which incurred expenditure from the public purse since the general election in 2010. There are no ministers in the other Law Officers' Departments.