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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2018-12-05
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 Crown Prosecution Service remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194050 on Crown Prosecution Service: Staff, how many minor motoring cases were transferred to the police in the same period. more like this
tabling member constituency Birmingham, Selly Oak more like this
tabling member printed
Steve McCabe more like this
uin 199279 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-12-10more like thismore than 2018-12-10
answer text <p>The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (the 1985 Act) provides that the DPP had a duty to take over the conduct of all criminal proceedings, save for specified proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Specified proceedings are designated by Section 3(3) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 and the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) Order 1999 (the 1999 order) and include most motoring offences which are commenced by the police in accordance with Section 12 Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012, the following motoring offences were added to the list of specified proceedings:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>No</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Section</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Statute</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.</p></td><td><p>s.3</p></td><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Careless and inconsiderate driving</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.</p></td><td><p>s.35</p></td><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a traffic direction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3.</p></td><td><p>s.163</p></td><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Failing to stop a motor vehicle or bicycle when required to do so by the police</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.</p></td><td><p>s.170</p></td><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Failing to stop, report an accident or give information or documents when required to do so</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds no record of the number of these motoring cases that were prosecuted by the police.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does however maintain a central record of the volumes of completed prosecutions, assigned the Principal Offence Category ‘Motoring Offences’, as a count of the number of defendants.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows that the number of these prosecutions has fallen between 2008 and 2018 as a likely result of the additional motoring offences having been added to the list of specified proceedings.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Year Ending September 2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year Ending September 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume change</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Change</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS Motoring Offences Prosecution Caseload</p></td><td><p>379,837</p></td><td><p>99,331</p></td><td><p>-280,506</p></td><td><p>-73.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Data Source: Case Management Information System</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-12-10T16:13:58.843Zmore like thismore than 2018-12-10T16:13:58.843Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
attachment
1
file name 199279 and 199280 Annex 1 - Steve McCabe.doc more like this
title Annex 1 more like this
tabling member
298
label Biography information for Steve McCabe more like this
1020432
registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2018-12-05
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 Crown Prosecution Service remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194050 on Crown Prosecution Service: Staff, what other types of case were transferred to the police in the same period. more like this
tabling member constituency Birmingham, Selly Oak more like this
tabling member printed
Steve McCabe more like this
uin 199280 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-12-10more like thismore than 2018-12-10
answer text <p>The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (the 1985 Act) provides that the DPP had a duty to take over the conduct of all criminal proceedings, save for specified proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>Specified proceedings are designated by Section 3(3) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 and the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) Order 1999 (the 1999 order) and include most motoring offences which are commenced by the police in accordance with Section 12 Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 by serving with the summons either a statement of facts about the offence or a copy of the written statements.</p><p> </p><p>The 1999 order also provides that proceedings cease to be specified when a court begins to receive evidence. At that stage the duty for a prosecutor to conduct the proceedings engages.</p><p> </p><p>Annex 1 provides the full list of offences falling within The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (specified proceedings) Order 1999) and including all amendments to date.</p><p> </p><p>During the 2008 – 2018 period the following offences were added to the list of specified proceedings as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Offences added in 2012:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>No</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Section</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Statute</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.</p></td><td><p>s.3</p></td><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Careless and inconsiderate driving</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.</p></td><td><p>s.35</p></td><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a traffic direction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3.</p></td><td><p>s.163</p></td><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Failing to stop a motor vehicle or bicycle when required to do so by the police</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.</p></td><td><p>s.170</p></td><td><p>Road Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Failing to stop, report an accident or give information or documents when required to do so</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5.</p></td><td><p>s.1(1)</p></td><td><p>Criminal Damage Act 1971</p></td><td><p>Criminal damage where the value of the property involved is no more than £5,000 (not including arson)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6.</p></td><td><p>s.12</p></td><td><p>Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001</p></td><td><p>Consumption of alcohol in a designated public place</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7.</p></td><td><p>s.91</p></td><td><p>Criminal Justice Act 1967</p></td><td><p>Disorderly behaviour while drunk in a public place</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8.</p></td><td><p>s.12</p></td><td><p>Licensing Act 1872</p></td><td><p>Being drunk in a highway, other public place or licensed premises</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9.</p></td><td><p>s.63B(8)</p></td><td><p>Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984</p></td><td><p>Failing to give a sample for the purposes of testing for the presence of Class A drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10.</p></td><td><p>s.12(3) and 14(3)</p></td><td><p>Drugs Act 2005</p></td><td><p>Failing to attend an assessment following testing for the presence of Class A drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11.</p></td><td><p>s.55 and 56</p></td><td><p>British Transport Commission Act 1949</p></td><td><p>Trespassing or throwing stones on the railway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12.</p></td><td><p>s.49</p></td><td><p>Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004</p></td><td><p>Knowingly giving a false alarm of fire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13.</p></td><td><p>s.5</p></td><td><p>Public Order Act 1986</p></td><td><p>Behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14.</p></td><td><p>s.11</p></td><td><p>Fireworks Act 2003</p></td><td><p>Contravention of a prohibition or failure to comply with a requirement imposed by or under fireworks regulations or making false statements</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15.</p></td><td><p>s.80</p></td><td><p>Explosives Act 1875</p></td><td><p>Throwing fireworks in a thoroughfare</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16.</p></td><td><p>s.87(1)</p></td><td><p>Environmental Protection Act 1990</p></td><td><p>Depositing and leaving litter</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Offences added in 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>No</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Section</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Statute</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.</p></td><td><p>s.1</p></td><td><p>Theft Act 1968 (but only if the offence constitutes low-value shoplifting within the meaning of section 22A(3) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980)</p></td><td><p>Theft (Shoplifting where the value of the stolen goods is worth £200 or less)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-12-10T16:14:55.17Zmore like thismore than 2018-12-10T16:14:55.17Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
attachment
1
file name 199279 and 199280 Annex 1 - Steve McCabe.doc more like this
title Annex 1 more like this
tabling member
298
label Biography information for Steve McCabe more like this
994122
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-10-24more like thismore than 2018-10-24
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 Crown Prosecution Service remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, if he will ensure that only the Crown Prosecution Service is able to make decisions on the charging of individuals. more like this
tabling member constituency Hendon more like this
tabling member printed
Dr Matthew Offord more like this
uin 183346 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-11-01more like thismore than 2018-11-01
answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutes criminal cases that have been investigated by the police and other investigative organisations in England and Wales.</p><p>The statutory framework that determines by whom an offence is charged is set out in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.</p><p>The CPS determines the appropriate charges in more serious or complex cases. Minor offences are charged by the police.</p><p>The CPS advises the police on cases for possible prosecution, and reviews cases submitted by the police for prosecution in accordance with the principles set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-11-01T12:39:37.713Zmore like thismore than 2018-11-01T12:39:37.713Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
4006
label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord more like this
928817
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-06-21more like thismore than 2018-06-21
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 Crown Prosecution Service remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Crown Prosecution Service in charging suspects with the appropriate offence. more like this
tabling member constituency Witham more like this
tabling member printed
Priti Patel more like this
uin 156417 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-07-09more like thismore than 2018-07-09
answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) inspects the work of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and reports to the Law Officers. The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code) provides that it is the duty of prosecutors to make sure that the right person is prosecuted for the right offence. Between 2016 and 2018 HMCPSI inspected 12 of the 14 CPS Areas in England and Wales and found that in a very high proportion of cases the CPS correctly applied the Code and that the charges proceeded with were the correct ones. HMCPSI reported that in over 94.5% of the cases they inspected the decision to charge complied with the Code; that measure relates to all the provisions of the Code and not only whether any offence charged was the correct one.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam more like this
answering member printed Jeremy Wright more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-07-09T15:56:01.603Zmore like thismore than 2018-07-09T15:56:01.603Z
answering member
1560
label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright more like this
previous answer version
68163
answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam more like this
answering member printed Jeremy Wright more like this
answering member
1560
label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright more like this
tabling member
4066
label Biography information for Priti Patel more like this
928818
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-06-21more like thismore than 2018-06-21
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 Crown Prosecution Service remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, if he will commission research into the extent to which charging decisions made by the Crown Prosecution Service differ from the expectation of (a) Police and (b) victims of crime. more like this
tabling member constituency Witham more like this
tabling member printed
Priti Patel more like this
uin 156418 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-07-09more like thismore than 2018-07-09
answer text <p>HMCPSI provide reports to the Law Officers and the public on the work of the CPS and that includes analysis of charging decisions made by the CPS with reference to the Code for Crown Prosecutors. HMCPSI reports and CPS performance information do not provide data on the expectations of the police or victims as to charging decisions and any difference between those expectations and the charging decision made by the CPS.</p><p> </p><p>If the police wish to query or challenge a CPS charging decision, that can be done through a formal escalation procedure. If a victim wishes to query or challenge a CPS charging decision that can be done through the Victim’s Right to Review Scheme, the Victim Communication and Liaison Scheme and the CPS Feedback and Complaints Scheme.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam more like this
answering member printed Jeremy Wright more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-07-09T15:56:38.97Zmore like thismore than 2018-07-09T15:56:38.97Z
answering member
1560
label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright more like this
previous answer version
68159
answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam more like this
answering member printed Jeremy Wright more like this
answering member
1560
label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright more like this
tabling member
4066
label Biography information for Priti Patel more like this
928819
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-06-21more like thismore than 2018-06-21
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 Crown Prosecution Service remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the number of occasions the Crown Prosecution Service has charged suspects with offences that are deemed less serious than the offences which the police investigated in the last 12 months. more like this
tabling member constituency Witham more like this
tabling member printed
Priti Patel more like this
uin 156419 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-07-09more like thismore than 2018-07-09
answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of those occasions where the Crown Prosecution Service charges suspects with offences considered less serious than the offences which the police investigated. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam more like this
answering member printed Jeremy Wright more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-07-09T15:57:05.647Zmore like thismore than 2018-07-09T15:57:05.647Z
answering member
1560
label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright more like this
previous answer version
68158
answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam more like this
answering member printed Jeremy Wright more like this
answering member
1560
label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright more like this
tabling member
4066
label Biography information for Priti Patel more like this
862937
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-14more like thismore than 2018-03-14
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 Crown Prosecution Service remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, are employed by the Crown Prosecution Service; and how many (a) men, and (b) women, hold senior posts. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Stoddart of Swindon more like this
uin HL6385 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-28more like thismore than 2018-03-28
answer text <p>As at 28 February 2018 the Crown Prosecution Service employed (1) 2,083 men and (2) 3,987 women. In senior posts (graded at Senior Civil Service or equivalent) the Crown Prosecution Service employed (a) 34 men and (b) 40 women, with women making up 54% of the workforce in these grades.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-28T11:12:01.847Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-28T11:12:01.847Z
answering member
4538
label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie more like this
tabling member
950
label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon more like this
850230
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-02-26more like thismore than 2018-02-26
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 Crown Prosecution Service remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, if he will publish (a) the amount of money he has allocated to and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by CPS Proceeds of Crime in each year since 2016. more like this
tabling member constituency Hampstead and Kilburn more like this
tabling member printed
Tulip Siddiq more like this
uin 129798 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-03-12more like thismore than 2018-03-12
answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) has allocated £9,536,522 to its central Proceeds of Crime Unit in 2016/17. This does not include work carried out in CPS Areas. An average 127.7 full time equivalent staff were in post in the Proceeds of Crime Unit during 2016/17</p> more like this
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-03-12T16:43:36.907Zmore like thismore than 2018-03-12T16:43:36.907Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
4518
label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq more like this
832862
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-01-29more like thismore than 2018-01-29
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 Crown Prosecution Service remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to review the performance of the Director of Public Prosecutions. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Blencathra more like this
uin HL5197 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-02-15more like thismore than 2018-02-15
answer text <p>The performance of the DPP is reviewed on a regular basis and the Attorney General has regular meetings with the DPP about the work of the Crown Prosecution Service. The Crown Prosecution Service is also regularly inspected by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate which includes looking at performance within each area and on a national level for thematic reports.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-02-15T14:02:05.617Zmore like thismore than 2018-02-15T14:02:05.617Z
answering member
4538
label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie more like this
tabling member
497
label Biography information for Lord Blencathra more like this
681287
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-01-30more like thismore than 2017-01-30
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 Crown Prosecution Service remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, what the procedure is for presenting a case to the Crown Prosecution Service independently of the police. more like this
tabling member constituency Congleton more like this
tabling member printed
Fiona Bruce more like this
uin 62297 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-02-02more like thismore than 2017-02-02
answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal prosecuting authority for England and Wales. The functions of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) as head of the CPS are set out in section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.</p><p> </p><p>The DPP may instigate a prosecution in any case investigated by the police or any of the Government departments or other agencies specifically set out in section 3 and in the exercise of any power specifically assigned to her by the Attorney General. There is no power to prosecute offences which have been investigated by any person or body not listed in section 3 or in an assignment, with the exception that the DPP may also institute criminal proceedings in any case where it appears to her to be appropriate to do so, including cases of particular importance or difficulty.</p><p> </p><p>The use of this power is rare, and anyone approaching the CPS asking them to consider a case for prosecution under this section will usually be recommended to contact the police, as the CPS has no power to investigate a case.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, section 6 of the same Act preserves the right of any individual to commence a private prosecution although the DPP may also take over such proceedings where it is appropriate.</p>
answering member constituency South Swindon more like this
answering member printed Robert Buckland more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-02-02T18:03:42.607Zmore like thismore than 2017-02-02T18:03:42.607Z
answering member
4106
label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland more like this
tabling member
3958
label Biography information for Fiona Bruce more like this