Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2022 to Question 26698 and with reference to the Answer given by the Secretary of State for Defence on 27 June 2022 to Question 23221, if she will set out how many meetings of the National Security Council she has attended since April 2022.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The National Security Council is a committee of the Cabinet. It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many meetings of the National Security Council she has attended since April 2022.
Answered by Alex Chalk
The National Security Council is a committee of the Cabinet. It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of days taken from the date of offence to a decision to charge an individual in South Yorkshire in each year since 2010 was.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) works closely with the Police to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated before charges are brought. There has been an increase in the complexity of cases investigated by the police, with investigations often involving large amounts of electronic material (social media, emails, text messages, video and photographs) which needs to be reviewed by prosecutors before a charging decision can be made. This impacts on the average number of consultations and length of time taken for prosecutors to reach a charging decision.
The CPS does not maintain a record of the average number of days taken from offence through to a decision to charge. However, data is held on the average number of days from submission of a case by the police to the CPS to the date of the CPS decision to charge.
Data relating to to all cases in South Yorkshire, summary only cases in South Yorkshire, and indictable only cases in South Yorkshire is shown in Annex A.
The data in Annex A relating to summary only cases provides figures for only a minority of summary only cases. This is because the CPS is only responsible for charging a small minority of summary only matters, with the majority charged by the police. In 2017-18 the police charged 75% of all summary only matters with only 25% charged by CPS, while for indicatable only offences the CPS charged 95% of these cases.
There are a number of reasons for the steady increase in the average number of days and average number of consultations per case since 2010/11. Police are now more regularly encouraged to seek ‘early investigative advice’ to help determine what evidence is required for a charge. Early investigative advice helps to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated and the evidence to be brought before the court is strong. As a result, the CPS is more often involved at an earlier stage in proceedings which impacts on the average number of consultations and overall timeliness.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of days taken from the date of an offence to a decision to charge and individual for summary offences in South Yorkshire in each year since 2010 was.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) works closely with the Police to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated before charges are brought. There has been an increase in the complexity of cases investigated by the police, with investigations often involving large amounts of electronic material (social media, emails, text messages, video and photographs) which needs to be reviewed by prosecutors before a charging decision can be made. This impacts on the average number of consultations and length of time taken for prosecutors to reach a charging decision.
The CPS does not maintain a record of the average number of days taken from offence through to a decision to charge. However, data is held on the average number of days from submission of a case by the police to the CPS to the date of the CPS decision to charge.
Data relating to to all cases in South Yorkshire, summary only cases in South Yorkshire, and indictable only cases in South Yorkshire is shown in Annex A.
The data in Annex A relating to summary only cases provides figures for only a minority of summary only cases. This is because the CPS is only responsible for charging a small minority of summary only matters, with the majority charged by the police. In 2017-18 the police charged 75% of all summary only matters with only 25% charged by CPS, while for indicatable only offences the CPS charged 95% of these cases.
There are a number of reasons for the steady increase in the average number of days and average number of consultations per case since 2010/11. Police are now more regularly encouraged to seek ‘early investigative advice’ to help determine what evidence is required for a charge. Early investigative advice helps to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated and the evidence to be brought before the court is strong. As a result, the CPS is more often involved at an earlier stage in proceedings which impacts on the average number of consultations and overall timeliness.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of days taken from the date of an offence to a decision to charge an individual for an indictable offence in South Yorkshire in each year since 2010 was.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) works closely with the Police to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated before charges are brought. There has been an increase in the complexity of cases investigated by the police, with investigations often involving large amounts of electronic material (social media, emails, text messages, video and photographs) which needs to be reviewed by prosecutors before a charging decision can be made. This impacts on the average number of consultations and length of time taken for prosecutors to reach a charging decision.
The CPS does not maintain a record of the average number of days taken from offence through to a decision to charge. However, data is held on the average number of days from submission of a case by the police to the CPS to the date of the CPS decision to charge.
Data relating to to all cases in South Yorkshire, summary only cases in South Yorkshire, and indictable only cases in South Yorkshire is shown in Annex A.
The data in Annex A relating to summary only cases provides figures for only a minority of summary only cases. This is because the CPS is only responsible for charging a small minority of summary only matters, with the majority charged by the police. In 2017-18 the police charged 75% of all summary only matters with only 25% charged by CPS, while for indicatable only offences the CPS charged 95% of these cases.
There are a number of reasons for the steady increase in the average number of days and average number of consultations per case since 2010/11. Police are now more regularly encouraged to seek ‘early investigative advice’ to help determine what evidence is required for a charge. Early investigative advice helps to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated and the evidence to be brought before the court is strong. As a result, the CPS is more often involved at an earlier stage in proceedings which impacts on the average number of consultations and overall timeliness.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many officials in the Law Officers' Departments completed the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System in 2013-14; how many and what proportion of those officials received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark; and how many and what proportion (i) did and (ii) did not qualify for a bonus under that process.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The following tables contain information on performance marking and any performance awards for officials in the Law Officers’ Departments in the 2013-14 reporting year.
All of the Law Officers’ departments have a non-consolidated performance award pot funded according to HM Treasury guidance. The amount is set as part of departmental pay remits agreed by the Attorney General.
Crown Prosecution Service | ||
Rating | Headcount | % |
Exceeded | 737 | 12.9% |
Achieved (Met) | 4900 | 85.5% |
Not Achieved (Must Improve) | 94 | 1.6% |
(1) Only 15 (0.3%) Crown Prosecution Service officials qualified for a performance bonus in 2013/14. These were Senior Civil Servant grades or equivalent and their performance bonus was managed in line with the Cabinet Office Performance Management arrangements for the Senior Civil Service.
(2) Of those completing the CSEP Performance Management Process, 5716 officials (99.7%) did not qualify for a performance bonus.
(3) The source data has been extracted from the CPS e-PDR database using the base data report of 29/09/14. Consequent change to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future.
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Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol)* | ||
Rating | Headcount | % |
Exceeded | 352 | 27.7% |
Achieved (Met) | 862 | 67.9% |
Not Achieved (Must Improve)
| 55 | 4.3% |
* TSol data also covers officials employed by the Attorney General’s Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate. This includes the DWP/DH team who merged with TSol on the 1st April 2014.
Awarded performance award in accordance with the TSol pay settlement*
Received award | Did not receive award | |
TSol | 317 | 831 |
Proportion | 27.6% | 72.4% |
* This data does not include the DWP/DH legal team.
Awarded performance award in accordance with reserved rights to the DWP/DH pay settlement*
Ex DWP/DH legal team | 117 | 4 |
Proportion of team | 96.7% | 3.3% |
*The DWP/DH legal team operated under their previous appraisal policy in 2013-14. From 2014-15 these staff will be covered by the standard TSol performance system.
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Serious Fraud Office | ||
Rating | Headcount | % |
Outstanding (Exceeded) | 65 | 23.64% |
Effective (Met) | 202 | 73.45% |
Unsatisfactory (Must Improve) | 8 | 2.91% |
(1) All staff rated as Outstanding or Effective qualified for a performance award. The amount available to the SFO for performance awards was split accordingly.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many officials in the Law Officers' Departments of each (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) age received the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System's (i) exceeded, (ii) met and (iii) must improve performance mark in 2013-14.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The following tables contain the information requested for officials in the Law Officers’ Departments who received a performance appraisal in the 2013-14 reporting year. Ethnicity data is based on confidential voluntary declarations and therefore only covers staff who have chosen to make such a declaration.
Crown Prosecution Service 1 | |||
Gender | Exceeded
| Achieved (Met) | Not Achieved (Must Improve) |
Female | 474 | 3225 | 57 |
Male | 263 | 1675 | 37 |
Ethnicity | Exceeded | Achieved (Met) | Not Achieved (Must Improve) |
BME | 92 | 762 | 35 |
White | 562 | 3513 | 47 |
Age | Exceeded | Achieved (Met) | Not Achieved (Must Improve) |
16-19 | * | 36 | * |
20-29 | 57 | 320 | * |
30-39 | 187 | 1162 | 15 |
40-49 | 302 | 1887 | 40 |
50-59 | 168 | 1275 | 33 |
60-64 | 17 | 171 | * |
65+ | * | 49 | * |
1. The source data has been extracted from the CPS e-PDR database using the base data report of 29/09/14. Consequent change to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future.
* Staff numbers which are less than five have been suppressed to preserve staff confidentiality.
Treasury Solicitor’s Department 1 | |||
Gender | Exceeded
| Met | Must Improve |
Female | 232 | 525 | 27 |
Male | 120 | 337 | 28 |
Ethnicity | Exceeded | Met | Must Improve |
Asian/Asian British | 21 | 62 | 7 |
Black/African/Carib | 18 | 64 | * |
Mixed/multiple ethnic | 6 | 24 | * |
Other Ethnic | * | 8 | * |
White | 183 | 371 | 20 |
Age | Exceeded | Met | Must Improve |
16-24 | * | * | * |
25-29 | 30 | 37 | * |
30-34 | 79 | 125 | 5 |
35-39 | 64 | 159 | 5 |
40-44 | 65 | 143 | * |
45-49 | 36 | 105 | 12 |
50-54 | 35 | 104 | 7 |
55-59 | 13 | 46 | 8 |
60-64 | 7 | 19 | 5 |
65+ | * | 10 | * |
1. Tsol data also covers staff employed by the Attorney General’s Office and HMCPSI.
* Staff numbers which are less than five have been suppressed to preserve staff confidentiality.
Serious Fraud Office1 | |||
Gender | Outstanding (Exceeded) | Effective (Met) | Unsatisfactory (Must Improve) |
Female | 28 | 86 | * |
Male | 37 | 116 | * |
Ethnicity | Outstanding (Exceeded) | Effective (Met) | Unsatisfactory (Must Improve) |
BME | 9 | 47 | * |
White | 44 | 108 | * |
Age | Outstanding (Exceeded) | Effective (Met) | Unsatisfactory (Must Improve) |
25 or under | * | 9 | * |
26-35 | 14 | 51 | * |
36-45 | 23 | 61 | * |
46-55 | 18 | 57 | * |
56+ | 8 | 24 | * |
* Staff numbers which are less than five have been suppressed to preserve staff confidentiality.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many officials in the Law Officers' Departments who received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark under the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System (i) had a disability, (ii) worked full-time and (iii) worked part-time in 2013-14.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The following tables contain the information requested for officials in the Law Officers’ Departments who received a performance appraisal in the 2013-14 reporting year. Disability data is based on confidential voluntary declarations and therefore only covers staff who have chosen to make such a declaration.
Crown Prosecution Service1 | |||
| Exceeded | Achieved (Met) | Not Achieved (Must Improve) |
Declared - Disabled | 34 | 311 | 13 |
Full Time | 635 | 3601 | 74 |
Part Time | 102 | 1299 | 20 |
1. The source data has been extracted from the CPS e-PDR database using the base data report of 29/09/14. Consequent change to data input may mean that this data will change at some point in the future.
Treasury Solicitor’s Department1 | |||
| Exceeded | Met | Must Improve |
Declared - Disabled | 11 | 31 | ** |
Full Time | 286 | 658 | 47 |
Part Time | 66 | 204 | 8 |
1. TSol data also covers staff employed by the Attorney General’s Office and HMCPSI.
** Staff numbers which are less than five have been suppressed to preserve staff confidentiality.
Serious Fraud Office | |||
| Outstanding (Exceeded) | Effective (Met) | Unsatisfactory (Must Improve) |
Declared - Disabled | * | 11 | * |
Full Time | 62 | 177 | * |
Part Time | * | 25 | * |
* Staff numbers which are less than five have been suppressed to preserve staff confidentiality.