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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has a comprehensive cost reduction strategy
to 2015-16 that is fully aligned to, and supports, CPS priorities and objectives.
The strategy will ensure that the department meets the SR2013 savings targets.</p><p>In
their annual report for 2013-14 the Inspectorate acknowledged that CPS had improved
its performance on serious and complex cases and also highlighted CPS success in hate
crime cases and those involving violence against women and girls. The report was largely
based on cases completed more than a year ago and more recent data shows performance
improvements across the board since then. For example, magistrates' courts are seeing
more guilty pleas and fewer cases dropped while the Crown Courts are showing increasing
conviction rates – now at 81% across England and Wales. The challenges mentioned in
the report are being addressed but they should be seen in the context of an improving
prosecution service across the country.</p><p> </p>
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