Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, what training his Department provides on AI; and (a) how many hours and (b) what topics and skills are covered by such training.
Answered by Ellie Reeves - Attorney General
The Attorney General’s Office provides staff with access to a range of artificial intelligence (AI) learning and development resources.
These include the Civil Service Learning “AI for All” programme, AI-Understanding Ethics, AI Generative AI Tools and Applications, The business value of AI and Microsoft Copilot training and guidance.
a) Information on the total number of hours of AI training undertaken by staff is not held centrally. A range of AI learning opportunities are available to staff, with individual courses varying in duration.
b) The topics and skills covered by such training are:
The Department also provides access to additional AI learning resources through LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Copilot Academy and other approved learning platforms.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2025 to Question 76837 on Intestacy, what the value of those estates is.
Answered by Ellie Reeves - Attorney General
The income realised from bona vacantia, including from deceased people’s estates, is published in the Crown’s Nominee Accounts which are laid before Parliament annually.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, when the Bona Vacantia list will be made publicly available again on the Government website.
Answered by Ellie Reeves - Attorney General
The Bona Vacantia unclaimed estates list was temporarily removed from GOV.UK on 7 July 2025. At this time, the number of estates published on the list was 5,770.
The future publication of the list is currently under review.
Estates administered as bona vacantia continue to be published in The Gazette.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, how many estates are listed on the Bona Vacantia list.
Answered by Ellie Reeves - Attorney General
The Bona Vacantia unclaimed estates list was temporarily removed from GOV.UK on 7 July 2025. At this time, the number of estates published on the list was 5,770.
The future publication of the list is currently under review.
Estates administered as bona vacantia continue to be published in The Gazette.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many open cases the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has closed due to the CPS sending queries to those that had submitted the case, but receiving no response in the allotted time, in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) may close cases at the pre-charge stage as ‘pending response – further investigation’ for a number of reasons, which are not limited to queries about submitted cases. The reasons could include, for example, that the suspect had died. However, it is not possible to distinguish in the CPS figures between the reasons.
Closing a case that is pending response for further investigation is known as an ‘administrative finalisation’, not a legal decision, and may not be the end of the case. The table below shows the numbers finalised pending response for further investigation, excluding submissions for early advice (EA), per calendar year.
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021* | |
Pending Response - Further Investigation (excluding EA) | 30,782 | 28,209 | 23,978 | 6,196 |
*In line with the CPS publication policy the 2021 figure covers January – March 2021.