Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to improve the conviction rate for rape and domestic violence.
Answered by Robert Buckland
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the oral question from the Hon. Member for Delyn earlier today.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many people were (a) investigated, (b) referred to the Crown Prosecution Service and (c) successfully prosecuted for crimes related to ticket fraud in the last full year for which figures are available.
Answered by Robert Buckland
Criminal investigations are undertaken by the Police. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any record of volumes of criminal investigations of ticket fraud offences .
The CPS also does not record the number of suspects referred to it, or defendants prosecuted, for offences related to ticket fraud. This could encompass a wide range of offences and to obtain details of the number of suspects referred and defendants prosecuted for offences related to ticket fraud, would require a manual review of individual case files which would incur a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of (a) the Law Officers' Departments' staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by the Law Officers' Departments who are paid less than the Living Wage are (i) white British and (ii) from an ethnic minority background.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The CPS currently employs one member of staff whose salary is below the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation. As a result of proposed changes to pay ranges, this employee will be paid a salary in excess of the living wage by 1st April 2015.
No direct employees of the Treasury Solicitor’s Office are paid less than the living wage. However, at 30 September 2014 The Treasury Solicitor’s Office had eleven temporary workers in London receiving less than the living wage although this position will change after 12 weeks of engagement in line with the Agency Workers legislation. At that point, their salary will increase to a higher rate of pay comparable to the rate of a direct employee. All other temporary workers are paid more than the living wage.
In order to protect personal data of individuals, we are unable to provide any details of gender or ethnicity (where held), given the small numbers involved, as publication of this information could inadvertently reveal the identity of the member of staff.
No direct employees or temporary workers employed by the remaining Law Officers' Departments are paid less than the living wage.
A complete record on the pay arrangements for staff employed by companies contracted to provide services to the Law Officers' Departments is not held and could not be provided without incurring a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many members of the Law Officers' Departments' executive board are (a) male and (b) female.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The following table contains the information requested that is available. There is no compulsory requirement for staff to declare their ethnicity, or if they have a disability and such data is therefore incomplete.
Law Officer’s Departments – Executive or Senior Management Board members | |||||
Department | Male | Female | Declared disabled | Declared white | Declared other ethnicity |
Attorney General’s Office | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Crown Prosecution Service | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Serious Fraud Office | 10 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Treasury Solicitor’s Department | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many members of the Law Officers' Departments' executive board are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic background.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The following table contains the information requested that is available. There is no compulsory requirement for staff to declare their ethnicity, or if they have a disability and such data is therefore incomplete.
Law Officer’s Departments – Executive or Senior Management Board members | |||||
Department | Male | Female | Declared disabled | Declared white | Declared other ethnicity |
Attorney General’s Office | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Crown Prosecution Service | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Serious Fraud Office | 10 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Treasury Solicitor’s Department | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Gateshead South)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many members of the Law Officers' Departments' executive board are disabled.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The following table contains the information requested that is available. There is no compulsory requirement for staff to declare their ethnicity, or if they have a disability and such data is therefore incomplete.
Law Officer’s Departments – Executive or Senior Management Board members | |||||
Department | Male | Female | Declared disabled | Declared white | Declared other ethnicity |
Attorney General’s Office | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Crown Prosecution Service | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Serious Fraud Office | 10 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Treasury Solicitor’s Department | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |