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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of
suspects (not cases) referred to prosecutors for a pre-charge decision and the number
of defendants prosecuted, following a decision to charge.</p><p>The table below shows,
in each of the last five years for which figures are available, the total number of
charging decisions made against suspects and the outcome of decisions where the decision
was to (a) take no further action, (b) caution, (c) conditionally caution or (d) recommend
another out of court disposal. In addition, the table shows the number of defendants
prosecuted at magistrates' courts and at the Crown Court, by the CPS following a decision
to charge (e), the number convicted (f) and the number convicted after a contested
hearing (g). The table does not include other outcomes related to pre-charge decisions.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Total Pre-Charge</strong></p><p><strong>
Decisions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) No Further</strong></p><p><strong> Action</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b)
Simple</strong></p><p><strong> Caution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(c) Conditional</strong></p><p><strong>
Caution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(d) Other Out </strong><strong>of </strong></p><p><strong>Court
Disposal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(e) Prosecuted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(f)
Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(g) Conviction</strong></p><p><strong>
after Contest</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p>532,427</p></td><td><p>140,895</p></td><td><p>9,596</p></td><td><p>8,378</p></td><td><p>4,520</p></td><td><p>357,785</p></td><td><p>288,996</p></td><td><p>31,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p>477,522</p></td><td><p>127,502</p></td><td><p>8,040</p></td><td><p>8,229</p></td><td><p>3,088</p></td><td><p>326,051</p></td><td><p>259,017</p></td><td><p>28,777</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>468,656</p></td><td><p>120,144</p></td><td><p>6,595</p></td><td><p>6,935</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td><td><p>332,935</p></td><td><p>261,539</p></td><td><p>28,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>369,564</p></td><td><p>89,104</p></td><td><p>4,275</p></td><td><p>4,982</p></td><td><p>1,377</p></td><td><p>282,970</p></td><td><p>223,504</p></td><td><p>26,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>309,315</p></td><td><p>73,916</p></td><td><p>2,993</p></td><td><p>3,781</p></td><td><p>863</p></td><td><p>233,594</p></td><td><p>185,176</p></td><td><p>20,872</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data
Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p>The data reported in the above
table are inclusive of suspects referred to the CPS for a charging decision and defendants
prosecuted by the specialised national divisions of the CPS including, from April
2011, proceedings formerly dealt with by the prosecution functions of the Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Work and Pensions and Department
of Health.</p><p>Since 2011 the Police have been able to charge some offences without
referral to the CPS, as outlined in the DPP's Guidance on Charging which can be found
on the CPS website at <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/directors_guidance/dpp_guidance_5.html"
target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/directors_guidance/dpp_guidance_5.html</a></p><p>Data
for the annual year 2013-14 are not currently available.</p>
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