Written Question
Tuesday 16th July 2019
Asked by:
Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff East)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) legal advice and (b) representation at inquests for Government Departments in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The table below sets out the total amounts billed by the Government Legal Department (GLD) Litigation Group in relation to inquests in which they have been instructed by Government Departments and other public bodies.
GLD represents most, but not all, Government Departments in litigation. In addition, during parts of the period covered by the table, a small number of Departments (that GLD now acts for in litigation) handled their own litigation (including inquests).
The amounts are set out by financial year from 2010-11 and are exclusive of VAT. It is not possible to provide a separate breakdown of the totals by reference to legal advice and representation.
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 | £2,600,951 £2,476,100 £2,621,377 £3,575,348 £3,405,809 £3,883,929 £4,283,521 £4,851,059 £5,783,648 |
Written Question
Wednesday 13th February 2019
Asked by:
Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff East)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of Crown Court trials did not complete due to a prosecution failure to disclose evidence to the defence in each year since 2010.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of Crown Court trials which resulted in a non-conviction outcome due to a prosecution failure to disclose evidence to the defence. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.
As part of the work under the National Disclosure Improvement Plan, the CPS has introduced new data collection measures designed to monitor disclosure performance. These measures include all prosecutors now being required to confirm at the conclusion of every case that has been stopped after charge whether disclosure had a primary or contributory impact on the outcome. This will allow us to capture more data than ever before on cases in which disclosure does not ultimately cause the case to end but where it was a secondary factor, and will enable performance to be examined by police and prosecutors at local, regional and national level and to drive further improvements. The first set of this data will be published in due course.
Written Question
Monday 17th July 2017
Asked by:
Jo Stevens (Labour - Cardiff East)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, when the Serious Fraud Office investigation into the G4S electronic monitoring contract initiated in 2013 will be concluded; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The SFO criminal investigation into G4S and Serco electronic monitoring contracts is still ongoing. SFO cases are by their very nature complex, lengthy and resource intensive and it is not unusual for them to take a considerable time to be concluded.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Jun 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"8. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of appointing an independent advocate to act for families after a public disaster...."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Jun 2017
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"Will the Solicitor General confirm that if families who live in high rises, but who, thankfully, have not suffered the same disaster that Grenfell Tower has, wish to bring any legal action on health and safety grounds, they will be entitled to legal aid?..."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2016
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"Leaving the European Union will involve repeal of the European Communities Act 1972, which means all secondary legislation made under the Act will automatically fail unless it is re-enacted. Can the Attorney General tell us what steps are being taken, or will be taken, to ensure we have the necessary …..."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2016
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"I listened to the answer that the Attorney General gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Torfaen (Nick Thomas-Symonds). Prior to being elected to this House, I represented families of people killed or injured at work. Most health and safety legislation providing protection for UK workers derives from EU …..."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 May 2016
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"I listened carefully to that response from the Attorney General, because this week’s report from Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service inspectorate into the Government’s arrangements for the SFO found that the blockbuster funding model does not represent value for money and is incompatible with long-term strategy for building prosecutorial capability …..."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 14 Apr 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill (Fifth sitting)
"If that is so important—we want to make an improvement—why can we not have what the hon. and learned Lady is asking for, which is some clarity? That would improve what is clearly a defective clause...."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Apr 2016
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"Tax evasion is not a victimless crime, and tax avoidance also has consequences. Both take money out of our hard-pressed public services and away from the people who work in them. This money could be used to fund more police, hospitals, schools and other local services, all of which have …..."Jo Stevens - View Speech
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