Written questions

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service

To ask the Attorney General, what steps he plans to take in response to the funding of HM Chief Inspectorate of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in his Annual Report 2013-14, page 4 that the background of continuing resource reductions is now having an

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

James Ibori

To ask the Attorney General, on what grounds the Serious Fraud Office declined to investigate reports referred to it by the Department for International Development that UK aid may have been channelled via CDC Group and Energy Capital Partners into compan

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of Crown Prosecution Service cases in the magistrates' courts were prosecuted by (a) Crown prosecutors and (b) paralegals in each of the last five years.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Convictions

To ask the Attorney General, what the conviction rates were in the magistrates' courts for cases prosecuted by (a) Crown prosecutors and (b) paralegals in each of the last five years.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Crown Court

To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of cases at the Crown Court in (a) 2013-14 and (b) each of the previous five financial years were subject to (i) a decision by the prosecution to offer no evidence, (ii) a judge-ordered acquittal,

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Magistrates' Courts

To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of cases at the magistrates' court in (a) 2013-14 and (b) each of the previous five financial years were subject to a (i) decision by the prosecution to discontinue the case, (ii) decision in commi

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Serious Fraud Office

To ask the Attorney General, if he will place in the Library the reports by Peter Mason and Alan Wood on data loss at the Serious Fraud Office published in June 2013; and which recommendations of those reports have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of police-charged cases in each of the last three financial years were subsequently subject to a (a) decision by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to vary the charge, (b) decision by the CPS to drop the charg

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Prostitution: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, in how many Crown Prosecution Service prosecutions of prostitution offences in 2013-14 the accused was an (a) alleged prostitute, (b) alleged pimp or brothel-keeper and (c) individual accused of seeking or using the services o

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Court Orders

To ask the Attorney General, how many wasted cost orders were made (a) in favour and (b) against the Crown Prosecution Service in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) each of the previous three financial years.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of cases were charged by (a) the police, (b) the Crown Prosecution Service and (c) another agency in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) each of the previous three financial years.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Attorney General, in what proportion of criminal cases of each type of offence charging decisions were made by the police in each of the last five years.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Fraud

To ask the Attorney General, on how many occasions in 2013-14 the Serious Fraud Office either referred or recommended that a complainant refer a case of alleged fraud, bribery or money-laundering by a UK company to (a) another police force, (b) another UK

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many Crown Prosecution Service (a) pre-charge decisions, (b) decisions to take no further action, (c) decisions to caution and (d) prosecutions there were in cases of (i) rape, (ii) domestic violence and (iii) child abuse

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

CPS Direct

To ask the Attorney General, in how many and what proportion of CPS Direct-charged cases the charge was subsequently (a) varied, (b) dropped pre-trial, (c) subject to a prosecution decision to offer no evidence at trial and (d) dismissed by the court in 2

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

CPS Direct

To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of charging decisions made by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2013-14 and each of the previous five financial years were made by CPS Direct.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Animal Welfare: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has carried out for (a) dog-fighting and (b) badger persecution in each of the last five financial years.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Fraud: Convictions

To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been convicted by the Serious Fraud Office in 2013-14 and each of the previous five years.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Confiscation Orders

To ask the Attorney General, what the value is of outstanding debt under confiscation orders obtained by the Crown Prosecution Service; and what recent estimate he has made of how much such debt is realistically recoverable.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Sick Leave

To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of sick days per staff member was at the (a) Crown Prosecution Service and (b) Serious Fraud Office in 2013-14 and each of the five preceding years.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Administration of Justice

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of judicial orders and instructions were complied with by the Crown Prosecution Service (a) on time, (b) late and (c) not at all in each of the last 15 years.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Fraud: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been completed by the Serious Fraud Office in 2013-14 and each of the previous five years.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of all (a) Crown Prosecution Service and (b) Serious Fraud Office cases were prosecuted by external counsel in 2013-14 and each of the five preceding years; and what the cost to each agency was o

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Serious Fraud Office

To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office spent on civil claims in which it was the respondent in 2013-14.

10 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Public Expenditure

To ask the Attorney General, how much the (a) Serious Fraud Office and (b) Crown Prosecution Service spent on (i) travel, (ii) furniture and fittings and (iii) any dilapidation claims arising from the quitting of premises in each year since 2008.

3 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of unsuccessful Crown Prosecution Service prosecutions have been because of victim issues in each of the last seven financial years.

3 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Rape: Convictions

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of all unsuccessful outcomes in rape cases have been because of victim issues in each of the last seven financial years.

3 Jul 2014 · Attorney General

Young Offenders

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of all defendants of charges of (a) rape, (b) sexual offences other than rape and (c) domestic violence have been aged (i) 18 to 24 and (ii) 14 to 17 in each of the last 10 financial years.

2 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Minimum Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the 10 largest amounts of unpaid arrears were that were imposed in the last five years against employers who paid one or more employees less than the minimum wage; and whether any of those employers were prosecu

2 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Minimum Wage

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria HM Revenue and Customs use to determine whether a case where an employer is paying one or more employees less than the minimum wage is pursued by the civil route or the criminal route.

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