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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-07-12more like thismore than 2023-07-12
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Fraud: Prosecutions remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of fraud cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the prosecution in each year since 2010. more like this
tabling member constituency Croydon North more like this
tabling member printed
Steve Reed more like this
uin 193621 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-07-19more like thismore than 2023-07-19
answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of fraud cases stopped because a victim no longer supports the prosecution.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole more like this
answering member printed Michael Tomlinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-07-19T12:42:20.207Zmore like thismore than 2023-07-19T12:42:20.207Z
answering member
4497
label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson more like this
tabling member
4268
label Biography information for Steve Reed more like this
1652344
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-07-12more like thismore than 2023-07-12
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Fraud: Prosecutions remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the percentage of fraud cases which did not proceed due to a victim or witness no longer supporting the case for prosecution on the day of trial in each year since 2010. more like this
tabling member constituency Croydon North more like this
tabling member printed
Steve Reed more like this
uin 193622 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-07-19more like thismore than 2023-07-19
answer text <p>The percentage of cases where prosecution offers no evidence because the victim or witness no longer supports prosecution for theft, fraud, robbery and possession of weapons offence can be found in the below table.</p><p>The table details the cases in which the victim or witness no longer supports prosecution on the day of trial (%) by selected offence group, England and Wales, 2014-2023 (data for 2023 covers only the period from January to March, the latest available).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Robbery</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Theft offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Possession of weapons</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fraud offences</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>2.9%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The data presented covers trials which do not go ahead on the listed trial data as the &quot;prosecution offers no evidence because the witness/victim no longer supports prosecution&quot;. This is measured as a proportion of all listed trials in that period, excluding trial vacations.</p><p>The data is first published as part of the National Statistics series ‘Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly’, latest data available to March 2023. The data is only available from 2014 onwards.</p>
answering member constituency Charnwood more like this
answering member printed Edward Argar more like this
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193619 more like this
193625 more like this
193627 more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-07-19T10:07:06.67Zmore like thismore than 2023-07-19T10:07:06.67Z
answering member
4362
label Biography information for Edward Argar more like this
tabling member
4268
label Biography information for Steve Reed more like this
1488264
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-07-12more like thismore than 2022-07-12
answering body
Ministry of Justice more like this
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Fraud: Prosecutions remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2022 to Question 31123 on Criminal Proceedings: Statistics, how many defendants were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of fraud offences at each Crown Court in England and Wales in each year for which data is available since 2011. more like this
tabling member constituency Croydon North more like this
tabling member printed
Steve Reed more like this
uin 34936 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-07-15more like thismore than 2022-07-15
answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds information on the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for fraud offences, between 2011 and 2021, in England and Wales, by Crown Court. <br> <br>The data requested has been provided in the attached tables.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales more like this
answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-07-15T15:45:08.273Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-15T15:45:08.273Z
answering member
4816
label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines more like this
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file name 2022-07-15 34936.xlsx more like this
title PQ 34936 Table more like this
tabling member
4268
label Biography information for Steve Reed more like this
1459259
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-04-21more like thismore than 2022-04-21
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Fraud: Prosecutions remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Attorney General, what steps her Department is taking to increase prosecution rates for fraud. more like this
tabling member constituency Croydon North more like this
tabling member printed
Steve Reed more like this
uin 157374 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-04-26more like thismore than 2022-04-26
answer text <p>Tackling Fraud is a top priority for this government and requires a sophisticated multi-agency approach, coordinating with domestic and international partners. As prosecuting agencies, both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) play a vital part in that response.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the CPS published its first ever Economic Crime Strategy, which affirms its commitment to improve criminal justice outcomes in this area and support victims. In the year ending September 2021, the CPS prosecuted 7,609 defendants, in cases where Fraud and Forgery was recorded as the principal offence. The conviction rate was 84.9%.</p><p> </p><p>Taking into account judicial resolutions such as DPAs, the SFO’s successful judicial outcomes rate is 85% by case and 50% by defendant over the past four financial years [2018/19 – 2021/22].</p> more like this
answering member constituency Cheltenham more like this
answering member printed Alex Chalk more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-04-26T08:10:20.677Zmore like thismore than 2022-04-26T08:10:20.677Z
answering member
4481
label Biography information for Alex Chalk more like this
tabling member
4268
label Biography information for Steve Reed more like this
1452738
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-03-21more like thismore than 2022-03-21
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Fraud: Prosecutions remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to her Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 128272, on Fraud: Criminal Investigation, how many prosecutions for fraud and forgery were dropped in each (a) region of the country and (b) local justice area in each of the last five years. more like this
tabling member constituency Croydon North more like this
tabling member printed
Steve Reed more like this
uin 143692 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-03-24more like thismore than 2022-03-24
answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of defendants whose prosecution was dropped where the Principal Offence Category allocated at finalisation was Fraud and Forgery. This information can be further disaggregated to show the number in each CPS Area and further into each Local Criminal Justice Area.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence of Fraud and Forgery whose prosecution was dropped during each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>(a) Fraud and Forgery Prosecutions Dropped in each CPS Regional Area</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru Wales</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London North</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside &amp; Cheshire</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table above excludes prosecutions dealt with by the central specialist casework teams.</p><p> </p><p>(b) Fraud and Forgery Prosecutions Dropped in each Criminal Justice Area</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon &amp; Somerset</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland and Durham</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon &amp; Cornwall</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>397</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>274</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk and Suffolk</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table above excludes prosecutions originating from other investigatory authorities such as the Department of Work and Pensions or HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>The Fraud and Forgery category includes offences created by the Fraud Act 2006, forgery or copying false instruments, bribery, money laundering, bankruptcy offences and cheating the public revenue. It is not possible to separately report prosecution outcomes by the individual offences allocated to this category.</p><p>During the last five years, the CPS has prosecuted 67,817 defendants for fraud and forgery offences and convictions have been obtained against 58,671 (86.5%) of these defendants.</p>
answering member constituency Cheltenham more like this
answering member printed Alex Chalk more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-03-24T13:19:32.617Zmore like thismore than 2022-03-24T13:19:32.617Z
answering member
4481
label Biography information for Alex Chalk more like this
tabling member
4268
label Biography information for Steve Reed more like this