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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has no data on the total number of incidents
of domestic violence and sexual violence that have occurred in each of the last five
years and is unable, therefore, to provide an answer to the first part of the question.</p><p>Increasing
the number of rape convictions continues to be a priority for the CPS. On 6 June 2014,
a Rape Action Plan was jointly published by the police and CPS which sets out a series
of actions designed to improve the criminal justice response in rape cases. This followed
a Rape National Scrutiny Panel led by the Director of Public Prosecutions and the
National Policing lead for rape, which considered the investigation and prosecution
of rape cases including their referral from the police to the CPS. The prosecution
of domestic violence also remains a high priority for the CPS and prosecutors receive
regular training, and are provided with relevant guidance. The Rape Action Plan can
be found on the CPS website at;</p><p><a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/equality/vaw/rape_action_plan.pdf</a></p><p>
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