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1174254

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	9691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>As of 31 January 2020, there are no apprentices in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO). This is 0% of the total staff employed within the department.</p><p>As of 31 November 2019, there are 39 apprentices in Government Legal Department (GLD). This is 1.53% of the total staff employed within the department.</p><p>As of 31 December 2019, 3.7% of staff employed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are on an apprenticeship scheme.</p><p>As of 31 December 2019, there are 4 apprentices in the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). This is 0.85% of the total staff in the department.</p><p>As of 31 November 2019, there are no apprentices at HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI). This is 0% of the total staff employed within the department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/02/2020 17:00:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1177850

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been under the Modern Slavery Act since 2015 for cases involving child victims.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The CPS records all offences charged under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and within those, the offences that involve child abuse are flagged. Since the Act came into force and up to the end of September 2019, the CPS has prosecuted 59 Modern Slavery Act offences involving child abuse.</p><p> </p><p>Cases referred to the CPS by the police as modern slavery are often prosecuted under other legislation. The CPS has prosecuted 209 defendants for human trafficking offences involving child abuse, from 2015/16 to September 2019.</p><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences or the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/02/2020 10:43:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1183769

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 757, on Slavery: Prosecutions, how many prosecutions there have been involving child victims under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	26951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) records all offences charged under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and within those, the offences that involve child abuse are flagged. Since the Act came into force and up to the end of September 2019, the number of Modern Slavery Act offences flagged as child abuse is as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>2015-2016: 1</li><li>2016-2017: 21</li><li>2017-2018: 26</li><li>2018-2019: 8</li><li>April-Sept 2019: 3</li></ul><p> </p><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p><p> </p><p>There is no indication of the number of individual defendants prosecuted for these offences, the final outcome of the prosecution proceeding, or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at the time of finalisation. It is often the case that defendants will be prosecuted for more than one offence in the same set of proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 12/03/2020 17:37:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1183770

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Slavery: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020, to Question 757, on Slavery: Prosecutions, if her Department will publish annually the number of prosecutions that take place under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of cases involving child victims.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	26952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) publishes a detailed breakdown of prosecutions for all cases flagged as modern slavery and child abuse within the 2018-19 Violence against Women and Girls Report. This is supplemented by the quarterly Data Bulletins, which are available on the CPS Website.</p><p>The CPS reviews their data publication policy periodically throughout the year and at the beginning of the financial year. As part of this review the CPS will consider what data it will publish in 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 12/03/2020 17:27:16 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1416553

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been brought against individuals or groups of individuals for charges of fraud involving the coronavirus bounce back loan scheme since the launch of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	111590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>The CPS Case Management System does not capture specific data on the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS). This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/01/2022 15:53:21 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1423302

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of prosecutions have been suspended once charges have been made as a result of a victim (a) not providing evidence or (b) withdrawing in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	125185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The below table sets out the number and percentage of Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) cases over the last five years where a non-conviction outcome occurred due to complainant/victim issue.</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>Complainant/Victim Issues</p></td><td><p>20,774</p></td><td><p>17,811</p></td><td><p>15,399</p></td><td><p>11,713</p></td><td><p>9,609</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of Total Prosecutions</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Non-conviction outcomes involving complainant/Victim issues occur when one or all of the following apply: failure to attend or refusal to be called to give evidence, withdrawal of a complaint, including cases where complainants/victims have been intimidated but it is inappropriate to compel them to attend court and if the evidence of a complainant/victim fails to support the prosecution of the defendant, including issues of credibility, but there has been no retraction.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 23/02/2022 09:11:12 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1434714

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Criminal Investigation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud cases have been discontinued in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	128272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of cases of fraud which have been discontinued. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>While no data is held reporting the number of cases of fraud prosecuted, records are collated providing the number of defendants whose prosecution was completed where the case was marked as ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </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><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of defendants with cases marked as ‘Fraud and Forgery’ where the prosecution was dropped during each of the last five years.</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>Prosecutions Dropped</p></td><td><p>1,639</p></td><td><p>1,556</p></td><td><p>1,433</p></td><td><p>1,056</p></td><td><p>811</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/02/2022 09:44:19 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1440883

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Solicitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what assessment her Department has made of the potential cost to Secretary of State for Justice's Department of the Crown Prosecution Service converting a broader background of lawyers into solicitors via the Prosecutors Pathway Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	139367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>The Prosecutor Pathway Programme provides a unique career and development route for our people into the legal profession and ultimately that of a qualified criminal lawyer trained and suitable for deployment in the role of Crown Prosecutor. This sponsored programme seeks to promote development opportunity for those who might otherwise have been unable to consider a career in law due to socio-economic, cultural, or early life opportunities and assure an inclusive and diverse profession for the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service has not made any assessment of the potential cost to the Secretary of State for Justice’s Department through its use of the Prosecutor Pathway Programme.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 17/03/2022 15:45:20 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1452718

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) total number and (b) proportion of prosecutions of each type of crime in each (i) region and (ii) local justice area of England and Wales is that have stopped post-charge because a victim did not provide evidence or has withdrawn in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	143689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The total number and proportion of prosecutions for cases that have stopped post-charge because a victim did not provide evidence or has withdrawn, is not publicly available for each crime type by region and local justice area of England and Wales, in the format that has been requested. Figures for victim attrition for all crime by region are included in the local criminal justice scorecards, which can be found at <a href="http://www.criminal-justice-scorecard.justice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.criminal-justice-scorecard.justice.gov.uk/.</a>This shows that the percentage of prosecutions that are stopped post-charge because a victim did not provide evidence or has withdrawn ranges from 11% in South West to 26% in North East in Q3 2021.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 28/03/2022 08:40:58 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1452738

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Fraud: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	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.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	143692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 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 answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 24/03/2022 13:19:32 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
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