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To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the meeting between her predecessor and Mr David Tinsley referred to in chapter 10, paragraph 5(h)-(i) of Sir David Calvert Smith's report into the Serious Fraud Office’s handling of the Unaoil Case, if she will set out (a) when, (b) where, (c)...
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the meeting between her predecessor and Mr David Tinsley referred to in chapter 10, paragraph 5(h)-(i) of Sir David Calvert Smith's report into the Serious Fraud Office’s handling of the Unaoil Case, if she will set out (a) when, (b) where, (c)...
The then Attorney General (the Rt Hon member for Torridge and West Devon), met David Tinsley for 20 minutes in the waiting room of his barristers’ chambers on 18 October 2018, after an acquaintance requested that he meet informally with an unnamed contact with links to the US government about a matter affecting the public interest.
It transpired that Mr Tinsley wished to draw the then Attorney General’s attention to the value of his services and those of his company in facilitating a better working relationship between the English investigation and prosecution authorities and US authorities. The then Attorney General brought the meeting to an end, pointing out that he did not have responsibility for the issues Mr Tinsley had raised.
Neither the Serious Fraud Office’s investigation into Unaoil, Mr Tinsley’s involvement in it, nor the defendants in that case or any other case, were raised in the meeting or discussed. The then Attorney General took no action in connection with the meeting and had no further contact with Mr Tinsley.
The meeting was not declared in the transparency returns for the Attorney General’s Office as the then Attorney General did not meet Mr Tinsley in his ministerial capacity.
To ask the Attorney General, how much HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters...
To ask the Attorney General, how much HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters...
For the last five years, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has had a nil spend for external consultants.
To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on...
To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on...
The spend on externally contracted consultancy services for the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last five years is shown in the table below.
2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
£95,000 | £42,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used.
Government departments, their individual agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK.
All Government Departments and their individual ALBs and agencies are required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.
To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they...
To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they...
For the last five years, The Attorney General’s Office has had a nil spend for external consultants*
Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK.
All Government Departments and their individual ALBs and agencies are required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.
* Whilst preparing this response the department have not considered the use of specialist counsel or short-term contractor contracts as consultancy.
To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Attorney General, how much her Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
Agency workers are subject to a Cabinet Office controls framework to ensure robust governance of spending in this area. Commentary on Contingent Labour usage, if applicable, is available in departmental annual reports.
The Attorney General’s Office does not pay agency retainer fees and the annual spend on agency workers, since 2020, is set out below.
Year | Cost |
2020-21 | £27,841.17 |
2021-22 | £78,790.99 |
2022-23 (P1-3) | £12,663.46 |
Total | £119,295.62 |
To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the (a) application of legal professional privilege to (i) Ministers and (ii) Government employees and (b) the limits of that privilege.
To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the (a) application of legal professional privilege to (i) Ministers and (ii) Government employees and (b) the limits of that privilege.
By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.
This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.
To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the likelihood of the Government being subject to claims for damages from bereaved families during or after the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the likelihood of the Government being subject to claims for damages from bereaved families during or after the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.
This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Government's review of EU retained law, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the legal risk of (a) applying sunset clauses to and (b) attempting to codify the existing applications of VAT rules in the UK...
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Government's review of EU retained law, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the legal risk of (a) applying sunset clauses to and (b) attempting to codify the existing applications of VAT rules in the UK...
By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.
This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the review of EU retained law, what discussions she has had with the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and her officials on the legal risk of (a) applying sunset clauses to and (b) attempting to codify the existing applications of VAT rules in...
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the review of EU retained law, what discussions she has had with the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and her officials on the legal risk of (a) applying sunset clauses to and (b) attempting to codify the existing applications of VAT rules in...
By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.
This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.
To ask the Attorney General, if she make assessment of the potential effect of the UK leaving the European Convention on Human Rights on the operation of the Good Friday Agreement.
To ask the Attorney General, if she make assessment of the potential effect of the UK leaving the European Convention on Human Rights on the operation of the Good Friday Agreement.
By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.
This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.
To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the compatibility of the UK leaving the European Convention on Human Rights with the continued operation of the Good Friday Agreement.
To ask the Attorney General, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the compatibility of the UK leaving the European Convention on Human Rights with the continued operation of the Good Friday Agreement.
By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.
This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.
To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department is providing support to the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine in prosecuting war crimes.
To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department is providing support to the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine in prosecuting war crimes.
The Government is appalled by the atrocities being committed in Ukraine by Russian forces, including the targeting of civilians, mass graves, and rape and sexual violence being used as weapons of war. We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukraine, at the forefront of international efforts to ensure there is no impunity. The Attorney General personally had a long and very fruitful dialogue with the former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, having signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with her to underline UK support for her Office’s work investigating and prosecuting crimes committed in the course of the conflict. The Attorney General visited the former Prosecutor General in Ukraine and hosted her for a two-day visit in London at the end of May. We look forward to continuing working closely with the Prosecutor General’s Office. Importantly, the Attorney General appointed Sir Howard Morrison QC, one of the UK’s leading war crimes lawyers, to support the Prosecutor General directly on Ukraine’s domestic investigations. The Attorney General also convened a meeting of the Quintet of Attorneys General from the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with Prosecutor General Venediktova. Following this meeting, we published a joint statement which makes clear our countries’ support for Ukraine’s domestics war crimes investigations and prosecutions, and our commitment to work together with the Prosecutor General and Office of the Prosecutor General to ensure every perpetrator faces justice. The preservation and collection of evidence is vital. The UK, together with the United States and EU, has launched the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) to directly support the War Crimes Units of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine in its investigation and prosecution of conflict-related crimes. The ACA seeks to streamline coordination and communication efforts to ensure best practices, avoid duplication of efforts, and encourage the expeditious deployment of financial resources and skilled personnel to respond to the needs of the Office of the Prosecutor General as the legally constituted authority in Ukraine responsible for dealing with the prosecution of war crimes on its own territory. This shows the Government’s clear commitment to supporting Ukraine in its investigations. We will continue to work with Ukraine, partners and international mechanisms in their investigations and to collect and preserve evidence of war crimes in Ukraine. Those responsible will be held to account. |
To ask the Attorney General, whether (a) she, (b) the Solicitor General or (b) his predecessor have had discussions with the First Treasury Counsel on (i) the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, (ii) disclosures to that inquiry and (iii) potential restrictions on the release of sensitive covid-19 related information.
To ask the Attorney General, whether (a) she, (b) the Solicitor General or (b) his predecessor have had discussions with the First Treasury Counsel on (i) the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, (ii) disclosures to that inquiry and (iii) potential restrictions on the release of sensitive covid-19 related information.
By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.
This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.
To ask the Attorney General, whether (a) she, (b) the Solicitor General or (c) his predecessor have had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (i) the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, (ii) disclosures to that inquiry and (iii) potential restrictions on the release of sensitive covid-19 related information.
To ask the Attorney General, whether (a) she, (b) the Solicitor General or (c) his predecessor have had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on (i) the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, (ii) disclosures to that inquiry and (iii) potential restrictions on the release of sensitive covid-19 related information.
By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.
This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.
To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department’s legal position in respect of challenges to the UK-Rwanda Migration Partnership in the courts is that the partnership agreement is compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights.
To ask the Attorney General, whether her Department’s legal position in respect of challenges to the UK-Rwanda Migration Partnership in the courts is that the partnership agreement is compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights.
By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.
This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.
As you are aware, litigation is ongoing. It is the Government’s position that the Migration and Economic Development Partnership is fully compatible with all of our domestic and international legal obligations including ECHR rights.
To ask the Attorney General, whether she was consulted by (a) Ministers or (b) officials in the Home Department prior to the Secretary of State for Justice's comments in the media on 16 June 2022 on the compatibility of the UK-Rwanda Migration Partnership with the UK's membership of the European...
To ask the Attorney General, whether she was consulted by (a) Ministers or (b) officials in the Home Department prior to the Secretary of State for Justice's comments in the media on 16 June 2022 on the compatibility of the UK-Rwanda Migration Partnership with the UK's membership of the European...
By convention, whether the Law Officers have been asked to provide advice, and the contents of any such advice, is not disclosed outside Government.
This convention protects the Law Officers’ ability as chief legal advisers to the Government to give full and frank legal advice and provides the fullest guarantee that government business will be conducted at all times in light of thorough and candid legal advice.
To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions were brought for stalking offences against people previously convicted of stalking in each of the last 30 years for which data is available.
To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions were brought for stalking offences against people previously convicted of stalking in each of the last 30 years for which data is available.
The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 created the offence of harassment and latterly, as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, stalking. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into effect on 25 November 2012 and introduced two new offences of stalking, by way of Section 2A and Section 4A, into the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of defendants charged with and prosecuted for offences of stalking or the number of these who were previously convicted of similar offences.
However, management information is held showing the number of offences of stalking in which a prosecution commenced from each year from 2013. The table below shows the number of these offences to the latest available year, 2021.
Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 2A(1) and (4) } | Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(i) and (5) } | Protection from Harassment Act 1997 { 4A(1)(a)(b)(ii) and (5) } | |
2013 | 416 | 41 | 103 |
2014 | 700 | 128 | 258 |
2015 | 637 | 141 | 337 |
2016 | 519 | 83 | 336 |
2017 | 782 | 134 | 490 |
2018 | 1,208 | 290 | 622 |
2019 | 1,260 | 320 | 680 |
2020 | 1,281 | 407 | 743 |
2021 | 1,618 | 488 | 967 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System | |||
The figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It is often the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence against the same complainant. No data are held showing the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.
To ask the Attorney General, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
To ask the Attorney General, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
The table below sets out the amounts the Attorney General’s Office spent on air travel per financial year.
2020-21 | 0.00 |
2021-22 | £110.98 |
2022-23 | £2,391.36 |
To ask the Attorney General, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
To ask the Attorney General, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
The table below sets out the amounts the Attorney General’s Office spent on advertising in the periods requested. These costs relate to the advertising of communications roles externally
2019-20 | £0.00 |
2020-21 | £1,194.00 |
2021-22 | £0.00 |
2022-23 | £1,470.00 |
To ask the Attorney General, whether Mr David Scullion was employed by her Department on a full-time special adviser contract as of 13 June 2022.
To ask the Attorney General, whether Mr David Scullion was employed by her Department on a full-time special adviser contract as of 13 June 2022.
The Cabinet Office routinely publishes an annual report on the numbers and costs of special advisers, which is available on GOV.UK. As of 13 June 2022, David Scullion was employed part-time by the Attorney General’s Office.