PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prosecutions (29 October 2014)
Question Asked
To ask the Attorney General, for which offences the Crown Prosecution Service routinely monitors the number and proportion of cases that fail because of victim issues.
Asked by:
Emily Thornberry (Labour)
Asked by:
Emily Thornberry (Labour)
Answer
The CPS defendant case outcome records include an allocation of a reason for each unsuccessful outcome, including the number which did not proceed because of victim issues. These records are centrally collated under the following twelve Principal Offence Categories.
Homicide
Offences against the person
Sexual offences
Burglary
Robbery
Theft and handling
Fraud and forgery
Criminal damage
Drugs offences
Public order offences
Motoring offences
All other offences
Answered by:
Sir Robert Buckland (Conservative)
19 November 2014
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