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<p>The table below shows the number of defendants prosecuted and finalised in 2013-14
by the Crown Prosecution Service in each business area and the Central Casework Division,
where the Principal Offence was categorised as ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The category of ‘Fraud and Forgery, comprises a number of offences
including offences prosecuted by way of the Fraud Act 2006, fraudulently evading income
tax, VAT, excise duty or national insurance, bankruptcy offences, money laundering,
forgery or using a false instrument and obtaining property, services or pecuniary
advantage by deception.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cymru
Wales</p></td><td><p>426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Midlands</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>3,196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside
& Cheshire</p></td><td><p>528</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
West</p></td><td><p>931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
West</p></td><td><p>558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames and Chiltern</p></td><td><p>802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>449</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire & Humberside</p></td><td><p>933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central
Casework Division</p></td><td><p>6,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong><strong>
& Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,042</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The
Central Casework Division includes ‘Fraud and Forgery’ prosecutions previously undertaken
by the prosecution function of the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>The Principal Offence Category is assigned at the end of a prosecution to indicate
the most serious offence with which a defendant is charged at the time of finalisation.
It is not possible to disaggregate the outcomes of individual offences, such as fraud,
without undertaking a manual search of case records which would incur disproportionate
cost.</p>
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