Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many cases have been forwarded to the Prosecution Service concerning people who are based in Confucius Institutes in the last two years.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold data on whether defendants are based in or members of Confucius Institutes or indeed any other similar organisations.
It would not be possible to determine whether a defendant in any specific case was based in or associated with a Confucius Institute without an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of female civil servants in the Crown Prosecution Service were employed on temporary contracts in each of the last three years.
Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
For the financial year ending 31 March 2021, of all female civil servants employed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), 6.1% (274) were employed on temporary contracts. This equates to 4% of all CPS workforce headcount.
For the financial year ending 31 March 2022, of all female civil servants employed by the CPS, 5.9% (279) were on temporary contracts. This equates to 3.9% of all CPS workforce headcount.
For the financial year ending 31 March 2023, of all female civil servants employed by the CPS, 2.9% (147) were on temporary contracts. This equates to 1.9% of all CPS workforce headcount.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud cases related to covid-19 are with the Crown Prosecution Service awaiting an outcome.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of fraud cases relating to Covid-19 currently awaiting an outcome. To obtain the data would require manually reviewing CPS case records at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many people have been appointed as Queen's Counsel in Northern Ireland in the last three years.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The appointment of Queen’s Counsel in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter for which the Northern Ireland Department of Justice has responsibility.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 191883, what the change was in the number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time personnel employed by the Crown Prosecution Service between (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2017-18.
Answered by Robert Buckland
Details of the full time and part time personnel employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2012/13 and 2017/18 are shown in the table below.
Year | Full Time Personnel | Part Time Personnel | Totals |
2012/13 | 5468 | 1861 | 7329 |
2017/18 | 4417 | 1563 | 5980 |
Difference | -1051 | -298 | -1349 |
(Data Source CPS Trent HR Database as at 26/11/18)
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the change has been in the number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time personnel employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the last two years.
Answered by Robert Buckland
Details of the full time and part time personnel employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in the last two years are shown in the table below:
Year | Full Time Personnel | Part Time Personnel | Totals |
2016/17 | 4436 | 1548 | 5984 |
2017/18 | 4417 | 1563 | 5980 |
Difference | -19 | +15 | -4 |
(Data Source CPS Trent HR Database as at 16/11/18)
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd July 2018 to Question 165033 on the National Fund, whether he has received a hearing date from the High Court on his application to release the money held by the National Fund.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The National Fund was set up by a trust deed in 1928. The Fund is held on trust for the purpose of reducing the National Debt. According to expert evidence, there is no realistic prospect of the Fund ever amounting to a sum sufficient to pay off the whole of the National Debt. On 22nd May 2018 the former Attorney General made an application to the High Court to vary the terms of the charitable trust.
While we expect the substantive hearing to take place in 2019, we have not yet received a hearing date from the High Court.