Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an estimate of the average length of time between a case being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service and a prosecution decision being reached.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson
The average number of days (in calendar days) from a case being referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision or early advice and decision to charge and prosecute being reached in the period 2022-2023 (1 April 2022 – 30 March 2023) was 45 days.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme within the last 3 years.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson
The Attorney General’s Department have not contracted any work to the businesses named in the scheme. All employers need to pay their staff correctly. Paying the minimum wage is not optional, it’s the law. Under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, employers who have previously broken minimum wage law can be publicly named. The Department for Business and Trade follows a clear and thorough process allowing firms to make representations against being named if they meet our published criteria. Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search |
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment she has made of the extent of delays in Crown Prosecution Service decision-making.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data showing the average time from receiving a referral to making a legal charging decision. Legal charging decisions are decisions to authorise a charge, to take no further action or recommend and out of court disposal.
However, data is collected showing the average time from the first police referral to the CPS making the decision to authorise a charge. This data is published on the CPS website and on the CJS Delivery Dashboard and shows that during the calendar year 2021, it took on average 39 days from referral to charge.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the average time was between the Crown Prosecution Service receiving a referral and making a charging decision in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not collect data showing the average time from receiving a referral to making a legal charging decision. Legal charging decisions are decisions to authorise a charge, to take no further action or recommend and out of court disposal.
However, data is collected showing the average time from the first police referral to the CPS making the decision to authorise a charge. This data is published on the CPS website and on the CJS Delivery Dashboard and shows that during the calendar year 2021, it took on average 39 days from referral to charge.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, if she will list the companies that have supplied Union Jack flags to her Department since 2019.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have not purchased any Union Flags over the last two years.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of Union Jack flags purchased by her Department in each of the last two years were manufactured in the UK.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) have not purchased any Union Flags over the last two years.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of organisations that hold contracts with his Department pay the National Living Wage.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The Attorney General’s Office does not hold direct contracts with organisations. Goods and services are obtained through direct ordering with a supplier, or through contracts held by other government departments.
The Attorney General’s Office holds no information on rates of pay for other organisations. Specific rates of pay are a matter for each individual organisation.