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Mr. Garnier: To ask the Solicitor-General in how many cases prosecuted in each of the last five years the Crown Prosecution Service opposed bail; and in how many such cases in respect of which legal proceedings have been completed bail was not granted. [305455]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain central records relating to applications for bail.
To provide this information would involve checking paper records across the CPS and would incur disproportionate costs.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Solicitor-General how many consultations the Crown Prosecution Service has initiated in each of the last five years; what the cost was of each such consultation; how many external consultants were contracted to provide services in respect of each such consultation; and what changes to prosecution policy were made as a consequence of each such consultation. [305456]
The Solicitor-General: The Crown Prosecution Service's answer is provided in the following table:
It is not possible to provide the discrete costs of the consultation exercise for each publication without incurring disproportionate costs.
The CPS has been able to identify which consultation exercises have involved the use of external consultants, although it has not been possible to provide the number of external consultants instructed without incurring disproportionate costs. Where external consultants have been involved only a single consultancy firm will have been contracted.
It is likely that there will have been changes made to each of the publications set out in the table following the end of the respective consultations, as the views and responses received in each of the consultation exercises were the subject of careful consideration, and the CPS will have incorporated suggested changes where they improved the publication. However, the CPS has not been able to identify the discrete changes made to each publication following consultation, as to provide this information for each publication would involve checking stored paper records across the CPS and again incur disproportionate costs.
It should also be noted that, as of 9 December 2009, the consultations on Assisted Suicide, Core Quality Standards, and the Code for Crown Prosecutors have not yet concluded, and no decisions have yet been made as to whether and how the publications should be revised in light of the responses received.
Mr. Garnier: To ask the Solicitor-General how many complaints of bullying, harassment or discrimination on grounds of (a) sexual orientation, (b) race, (c) disability and (d) gender were made against Crown Prosecution Service staff in (i) London and (ii) each of the 42 regional offices in each of the last five years; and how many such complaints are unresolved. [305457]
The Solicitor-General: Until 9 December 2009, there have been a total of 28 internal complaints relating to bullying, harassment or discrimination. Fourteen of these complaints are currently ongoing. None of these complaints relate to (a) sexual orientation; nine relate to (b) race; six relate to (c) disability and two relate to (d) gender. 11 of these complaints relate to bullying and harassment but were not categorised under the headings listed in (a) to (d). 12 internal complaints were raised in London-they included five race complaints, one disability complaint and six relating to bullying, harassment and discrimination. The remaining 16 complaints were raised in the CPS's areas outside London. A breakdown is provided in Table 1.
In 2008, there were a total of 36 internal complaints made relating to bullying, harassment or discrimination. Seven of these complaints are currently ongoing. None of the complaints relate to (a) sexual orientation; six relate to (b) race; six to (c) disability; and four relate to (d) gender. The remaining 20 internal complaints relate to bullying and harassment but were not categorised under the headings (a) to (d). From the 36 internal complaints, 12 were raised in London (they included three race complaints and nine complaints relating to bullying, harassment and discrimination). The remaining 24 were raised in the CPS's areas outside London. A breakdown is provided at Table 2.
Prior to 2008, the CPS only held central records on the number of complaints made under the generic heading of bullying, harassment or discrimination. In 2005 there were 36 complaints, 15 of which were raised in CPS London; in 2006 there were 28 complaints with 15 being raised in London; and in 2007, there were 26 complaints, three of which were raised in CPS London. The following tables provide a further breakdown of the areas.
| Table 1: 2009 | |||||
| Area | Bullying, harassment discrimination | (a) Sexual orientation | (b) Race | (c) Disability | (d) Gender |
| (1) Four ongoing (2) Two ongoing (3) Ongoing | |||||
| Table 2: 2008 | |||||
| Area | Bullying, harassment, discrimination | (a) Sexual orientation | (b) Race | (c) Disability | (d) Gender |
| (1) Five ongoing (2) One ongoing | |||||
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