Asked by: Caroline Nokes (Conservative - Romsey and Southampton North)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what steps their Department is taking to support the Disability Confident scheme; how many officials in their Department work directly on supporting that scheme; what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of that work in supporting the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of disabled people in their Department; and what further steps they are taking to support their Department’s recruitment and retention of disabled people.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) receives its human resources shared service from the Government Legal Department (GLD). The GLD are signed up as Disability Confident and have progressed through the levels, achieving Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) status.
Please note that, excluding the GLD, I am responding on behalf of the AGO only, and not the departments superintended by myself and the Attorney General (the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, and Serious Fraud Office).
May. 22 2024
Source Page: International barristers come together at global bar conferenceAsked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2024 to Question 25822 on War Crimes: Gaza and with reference to paragraph 2.13 of the Ministerial Code, updated on 22 December 2022, if she will hold discussions with the Prime Minister on the potential merits of using her authority to publish summaries of advice provided to him on alleged war crimes in Gaza since 1 April 2024.
Answered by Victoria Prentis - Attorney General
As per my previous answer to UIN 25822 tabled on Thursday 16 May, and as reflected in the Ministerial Code, I do not confirm publicly whether I or any other Law Officer has advised on a particular issue or the content of any advice, save where I, as a Law Officer, explicitly consent. That consent is rarely given.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for burglary in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Category of Burglary at completion of prosecution. The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged.
The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for burglary from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters.
‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.
Quarter | 04/05-Q4 | 05/06-Q1 | 05/06-Q2 | 05/06-Q3 | 05/06-Q4 | 06/07-Q1 | 06/07-Q2 | 06/07-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 7,199 | 7,190 | 7,545 | 6,874 | 7,456 | 6,502 | 7,481 | 7,254 |
Convictions | 5,903 | 5,978 | 6,254 | 5,741 | 6,222 | 5,542 | 6,276 | 6,211 |
Quarter | 06/07-Q4 | 07/08-Q1 | 07/08-Q2 | 07/08-Q3 | 07/08-Q4 | 08/09-Q1 | 08/09-Q2 | 08/09-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 7,434 | 7,088 | 8,062 | 7,179 | 7,303 | 7,185 | 7,886 | 7,123 |
Convictions | 6,321 | 6,089 | 6,930 | 6,170 | 6,322 | 6,294 | 6,855 | 6,185 |
Quarter | 08/09-Q4 | 09/10-Q1 | 09/10-Q2 | 09/10-Q3 | 09/10-Q4 | 10/11-Q1 | 10/11-Q2 | 10/11-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 6,889 | 6,545 | 7,339 | 6,899 | 6,729 | 6,905 | 7,841 | 7,312 |
Convictions | 6,002 | 5,682 | 6,341 | 5,931 | 5,746 | 5,972 | 6,716 | 6,283 |
Quarter | 10/11-Q4 | 11/12-Q1 | 11/12-Q2 | 11/12-Q3 | 11/12-Q4 | 12/13-Q1 | 12/13-Q2 | 12/13-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 7,091 | 6,883 | 7,980 | 7,254 | 7,163 | 6,386 | 6,742 | 6,330 |
Convictions | 6,030 | 5,889 | 6,883 | 6,268 | 6,037 | 5,417 | 5,628 | 5,313 |
Quarter | 12/13-Q4 | 13/14-Q1 | 13/14-Q2 | 13/14-Q3 | 13/14-Q4 | 14/15-Q1 | 14/15-Q2 | |
Total completed prosecutions | 5,829 | 5,632 | 6,025 | 5,826 | 5,692 | 5,269 | 5,560 | |
Convictions | 4,891 | 4,805 | 5,205 | 5,012 | 4,884 | 4,499 | 4,694 | |
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Quarter | 14/15-Q3 | 14/15-Q4 | 15/16-Q1 | 15/16-Q2 |
Total completed prosecutions | 5,311 | 5,363 | 4,633 | 4,807 |
Convictions | 4,499 | 4,521 | 3,900 | 4,065 |
Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for murder in England and Wales in each quarter from 1 January 2005 to 30 September 2015.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Category of Homicide at completion of prosecution. Please note that homicide consists of a range of offences, including, among others:
The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged.
The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for homicide from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters.
‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.
Quarter | 04/05-Q4 | 05/06-Q1 | 05/06-Q2 | 05/06-Q3 | 05/06-Q4 | 06/07-Q1 | 06/07-Q2 | 06/07-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 338 | 267 | 337 | 335 | 414 | 274 | 305 | 317 |
Convictions | 253 | 212 | 255 | 283 | 317 | 217 | 239 | 261 |
Quarter | 06/07-Q4 | 07/08-Q1 | 07/08-Q2 | 07/08-Q3 | 07/08-Q4 | 08/09-Q1 | 08/09-Q2 | 08/09-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 325 | 296 | 328 | 347 | 301 | 344 | 313 | 378 |
Convictions | 249 | 234 | 269 | 266 | 234 | 288 | 246 | 329 |
Quarter | 08/09-Q4 | 09/10-Q1 | 09/10-Q2 | 09/10-Q3 | 09/10-Q4 | 10/11-Q1 | 10/11-Q2 | 10/11-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 358 | 266 | 292 | 312 | 305 | 241 | 251 | 276 |
Convictions | 289 | 209 | 246 | 255 | 236 | 204 | 205 | 224 |
Quarter | 10/11-Q4 | 11/12-Q1 | 11/12-Q2 | 11/12-Q3 | 11/12-Q4 | 12/13-Q1 | 12/13-Q2 | 12/13-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 269 | 208 | 225 | 245 | 244 | 253 | 289 | 283 |
Convictions | 212 | 167 | 187 | 207 | 205 | 204 | 223 | 222 |
Quarter | 12/13-Q4 | 13/14-Q1 | 13/14-Q2 | 13/14-Q3 | 13/14-Q4 | 14/15-Q1 | 14/15-Q2 |
Total completed prosecutions | 201 | 259 | 254 | 236 | 226 | 263 | 220 |
Convictions | 166 | 206 | 208 | 195 | 174 | 214 | 172 |
Quarter | 14/15-Q3 | 14/15-Q4 | 15/16-Q1 | 15/16-Q2 |
Total completed prosecutions | 224 | 195 | 268 | 259 |
Convictions | 180 | 161 | 220 | 196 |
Asked by: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for people smuggling in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Immigration Act 1971 (the Act) sets out offences for illegal entry, illegal working, and assisting unlawful immigration into the United Kingdom.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds management information showing the number of offences charged by way of section 24 (illegal entry/arrival), section 25 (assisting unlawful immigration to member State or the UK), section 25A (helping an asylum-seeker to enter the UK), and section 25B (assisting entry to the UK in breach of deportation or exclusion order) of the Act in which a prosecution commenced and reached a first hearing at a magistrates’ court.
The table attached shows the number of these offences from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
The CPS does not hold data which shows the number of defendants charged with, prosecuted, and convicted for offences created by the Act. The figures in the table relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. An individual defendant may be charged with more than one offence against the same complainant. No data is held showing the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at completion of prosecution.
Asked by: Sarah Dines (Conservative - Derbyshire Dales)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for violent crime in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a formal definition for ‘violent crime’, but it does hold management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Categories of either Homicide or Offences Against the Person at completion of prosecution. The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged.
The tables below show the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for Homicide and Offences Against the Person from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the tables is in financial quarters.
‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.
Homicide
Quarter | 04/05-Q4 | 05/06-Q1 | 05/06-Q2 | 05/06-Q3 | 05/06-Q4 | 06/07-Q1 | 06/07-Q2 | 06/07-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 338 | 267 | 337 | 335 | 414 | 274 | 305 | 317 |
Convictions | 253 | 212 | 255 | 283 | 317 | 217 | 239 | 261 |
Quarter | 06/07-Q4 | 07/08-Q1 | 07/08-Q2 | 07/08-Q3 | 07/08-Q4 | 08/09-Q1 | 08/09-Q2 | 08/09-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 325 | 296 | 328 | 347 | 301 | 344 | 313 | 378 |
Convictions | 249 | 234 | 269 | 266 | 234 | 288 | 246 | 329 |
Quarter | 08/09-Q4 | 09/10-Q1 | 09/10-Q2 | 09/10-Q3 | 09/10-Q4 | 10/11-Q1 | 10/11-Q2 | 10/11-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 358 | 266 | 292 | 312 | 305 | 241 | 251 | 276 |
Convictions | 289 | 209 | 246 | 255 | 236 | 204 | 205 | 224 |
Quarter | 10/11-Q4 | 11/12-Q1 | 11/12-Q2 | 11/12-Q3 | 11/12-Q4 | 12/13-Q1 | 12/13-Q2 | 12/13-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 269 | 208 | 225 | 245 | 244 | 253 | 289 | 283 |
Convictions | 212 | 167 | 187 | 207 | 205 | 204 | 223 | 222 |
Quarter | 12/13-Q4 | 13/14-Q1 | 13/14-Q2 | 13/14-Q3 | 13/14-Q4 | 14/15-Q1 | 14/15-Q2 |
Total completed prosecutions | 201 | 259 | 254 | 236 | 226 | 263 | 220 |
Convictions | 166 | 206 | 208 | 195 | 174 | 214 | 172 |
Quarter | 14/15-Q3 | 14/15-Q4 | 15/16-Q1 | 15/16-Q2 |
Total completed prosecutions | 224 | 195 | 268 | 259 |
Convictions | 180 | 161 | 220 | 196 |
Offences against the person
Quarter | 04/05-Q4 | 05/06-Q1 | 05/06-Q2 | 05/06-Q3 | 05/06-Q4 | 06/07-Q1 | 06/07-Q2 | 06/07-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 33,884 | 34,848 | 37,757 | 35,385 | 39,213 | 35,029 | 38,588 | 35,224 |
Convictions | 22,991 | 23,934 | 25,528 | 24,160 | 26,970 | 24,624 | 27,765 | 25,570 |
Quarter | 06/07-Q4 | 07/08-Q1 | 07/08-Q2 | 07/08-Q3 | 07/08-Q4 | 08/09-Q1 | 08/09-Q2 | 08/09-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 39,017 | 36,032 | 39,795 | 36,899 | 37,650 | 35,648 | 36,579 | 34,335 |
Convictions | 28,536 | 26,764 | 29,879 | 27,818 | 28,742 | 27,585 | 28,264 | 26,480 |
Quarter | 08/09-Q4 | 09/10-Q1 | 09/10-Q2 | 09/10-Q3 | 09/10-Q4 | 10/11-Q1 | 10/11-Q2 | 10/11-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 35,983 | 34,530 | 37,246 | 35,301 | 37,877 | 36,759 | 39,600 | 37,161 |
Convictions | 27,635 | 26,383 | 28,259 | 26,664 | 28,799 | 27,843 | 29,390 | 27,771 |
Quarter | 10/11-Q4 | 11/12-Q1 | 11/12-Q2 | 11/12-Q3 | 11/12-Q4 | 12/13-Q1 | 12/13-Q2 | 12/13-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 38,226 | 35,262 | 37,614 | 35,124 | 37,437 | 32,227 | 34,349 | 32,342 |
Convictions | 28,556 | 26,742 | 28,283 | 26,205 | 28,245 | 24,482 | 25,744 | 24,205 |
Quarter | 12/13-Q4 | 13/14-Q1 | 13/14-Q2 | 13/14-Q3 | 13/14-Q4 | 14/15-Q1 | 14/15-Q2 |
Total completed prosecutions | 32,634 | 31,715 | 33,797 | 32,525 | 35,004 | 32,762 | 36,737 |
Convictions | 24,226 | 23,889 | 25,355 | 24,432 | 26,049 | 24,427 | 27,373 |
Quarter | 14/15-Q3 | 14/15-Q4 | 15/16-Q1 | 15/16-Q2 |
Total completed prosecutions | 36,482 | 38,986 | 38,984 | 41,282 |
Convictions | 27,275 | 29,330 | 29,339 | 31,239 |
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for all crimes in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The table below shows the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for all crimes prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the table is in financial quarters and has been drawn from the CPS’ Case Management System.
‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.
Quarter | 04/05-Q4 | 05/06-Q1 | 05/06-Q2 | 05/06-Q3 | 05/06-Q4 | 06/07-Q1 | 06/07-Q2 | 06/07-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 295,088 | 290,259 | 300,855 | 272,200 | 296,790 | 264,447 | 282,732 | 255,895 |
Convictions | 240,245 | 238,312 | 245,023 | 222,887 | 245,472 | 220,338 | 235,011 | 213,242 |
Quarter | 06/07-Q4 | 07/08-Q1 | 07/08-Q2 | 07/08-Q3 | 07/08-Q4 | 08/09-Q1 | 08/09-Q2 | 08/09-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 275,227 | 260,614 | 280,807 | 255,669 | 267,104 | 257,252 | 271,022 | 245,976 |
Convictions | 232,051 | 220,494 | 238,103 | 217,259 | 230,107 | 222,868 | 234,996 | 212,865 |
Quarter | 08/09-Q4 | 09/10-Q1 | 09/10-Q2 | 09/10-Q3 | 09/10-Q4 | 10/11-Q1 | 10/11-Q2 | 10/11-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 258,348 | 244,268 | 256,691 | 236,971 | 244,802 | 237,855 | 251,790 | 233,047 |
Convictions | 223,876 | 211,200 | 221,084 | 203,540 | 210,397 | 204,215 | 214,659 | 199,748 |
Quarter | 10/11-Q4 | 11/12-Q1 | 11/12-Q2 | 11/12-Q3 | 11/12-Q4 | 12/13-Q1 | 12/13-Q2 | 12/13-Q3 |
Total completed prosecutions | 236,142 | 220,036 | 236,042 | 216,311 | 224,116 | 201,542 | 215,469 | 196,592 |
Convictions | 202,709 | 189,566 | 202,547 | 185,534 | 193,010 | 174,000 | 185,133 | 167,079 |
Quarter | 12/13-Q4 | 13/14-Q1 | 13/14-Q2 | 13/14-Q3 | 13/14-Q4 | 14/15-Q1 | 14/15-Q2 |
Total completed prosecutions | 192,855 | 186,541 | 189,668 | 176,437 | 184,050 | 163,574 | 170,234 |
Convictions | 163,541 | 159,634 | 161,268 | 149,810 | 156,177 | 137,257 | 142,020 |
Quarter | 14/15-Q3 | 14/15-Q4 | 15/16-Q1 | 15/16-Q2 |
Total completed prosecutions | 163,142 | 167,540 | 159,605 | 163,656 |
Convictions | 135,909 | 139,596 | 132,942 | 135,324 |
May. 21 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 17/05/2024 from Victoria Prentis MP to Chris Elmore MP regarding a supplementary question concerning prosecutions for new offences under the Online Safety Act 2023, as raised during a question on violence against women and girls: prosecution rates. 2p.