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date	17/05/2024
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Answer of 20 January 2023 to Question 125287 on Rape: Prosecutions, how many (a) completed prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for violent crime in each quarter from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015.
tabling member constituency	Derbyshire Dales
tabling member printed	Miss Sarah Dines
uin	26924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a formal definition for ‘violent crime’, but it does hold management information on its Case Management System showing the number of defendants allocated the Principal Offence Categories of either Homicide or Offences Against the Person at completion of prosecution. The Principal Offence Category indicates the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below show the number of completed prosecutions and convictions for Homicide and Offences Against the Person from the start of January 2005 to the end of September 2015. The data provided in the tables is in financial quarters.</p><p> </p><p>‘Total completed prosecutions’ refer to the conclusion of a prosecution case against a defendant such as conviction after trial, guilty plea, acquittal, or the prosecution against the defendant being dropped. ‘Convictions’ refer to convictions after trial and guilty pleas.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Homicide</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>338</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>267</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>337</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>335</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>414</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>274</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>305</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>317</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>253</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>212</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>283</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>317</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>217</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>239</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>261</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>325</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>296</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>328</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>347</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>301</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>344</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>313</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>378</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>249</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>234</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>269</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>234</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>288</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>246</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>329</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>358</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>292</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>312</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>305</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>241</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>251</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>276</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>289</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>209</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>246</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>255</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>204</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>269</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>208</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>225</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>245</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>253</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>289</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>283</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>212</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>167</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>187</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>207</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>205</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>204</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>223</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>222</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>201</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>236</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>226</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>263</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>206</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>208</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>195</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>214</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>172</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>195</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>268</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>259</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>180</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>161</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>220</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>196</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Offences against the person</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>04/05-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>05/06-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33,884</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34,848</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,757</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,385</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39,213</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,029</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38,588</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,224</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,991</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,934</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,528</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,970</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,624</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,765</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,570</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>06/07-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>07/08-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39,017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,032</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39,795</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,899</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,650</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,648</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,579</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34,335</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,536</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,764</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,879</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,818</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,742</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,585</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,264</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,480</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>08/09-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09/10-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,983</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34,530</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,246</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,301</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,877</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,759</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,161</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,635</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,383</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,259</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,664</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,799</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,843</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,390</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,771</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38,226</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,262</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,614</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,124</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,437</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,227</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34,349</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,342</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,556</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,742</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,283</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,205</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>28,245</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,482</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,744</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,205</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,634</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31,715</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33,797</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,525</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>35,004</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,762</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,737</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,226</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,889</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,355</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,432</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26,049</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,427</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,373</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15-Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16-Q2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total completed prosecutions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>36,482</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38,986</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38,984</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41,282</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,275</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,339</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31,239</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/05/2024 15:55:39 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines

1658263

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) assault occasioning actual bodily harm or (b) causing grievous bodily harm with intent and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal Requisition letter from the Crown Prosecution Service in financial years (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	197752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 12/09/2023 13:09:31 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1658264

registered interest
date	05/09/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) wounding or (b) wounding with intent and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal Requisition letter from the Crown Prosecution Service in financial years (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	197753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 12/09/2023 13:10:03 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1648148

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of prosecution of serious violent crime in London.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	191292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>Serious violent crime encompasses many different crime types but is more commonly associated with drug crime, knife crime, gun crime and homicide.</p><ul><li>In 2022, CPS London prosecuted 10,675 defendants allocated the principal offence category of Drugs Offences with a conviction rate of 87.4%.</li><li>In the same period, CPS London prosecuted 255 defendants allocated the principal offence category of Homicide with a conviction rate of 78.0%.</li><li>In 2022, CPS London charged 3,734 knife crime offences under Section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and 2,624 offences under Section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953.</li><li>In 2022, CPS London charged 1411 firearms offences under the Firearms Act 1968.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 05/07/2023 14:44:28 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1134934

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on ensuring more effective prosecutions of cases involving violent criminals.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	269684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has not met the Director of Public Prosecutions recently to discuss prosecutions of cases involving violent criminals.</p><p>However, an effective law enforcement and criminal justice response is a very important part of the Government’s Serious Violence Strategy, and the Home Secretary and Ministers have regular discussions with senior police officers.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/07/2019 15:38:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell