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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the number of suspects (not cases) referred to prosecutors for a pre-charge decision and the number of defendants prosecuted, following a decision to charge.<\/p>
The table below shows, in each of the last five years for which figures are available, the total number of charging decisions made against suspects and the outcome of decisions where the decision was to (a) take no further action, (b) caution, (c) conditionally caution or (d) recommend another out of court disposal. In addition, the table shows the number of defendants prosecuted at magistrates' courts and at the Crown Court, by the CPS following a decision to charge (e), the number convicted (f) and the number convicted after a contested hearing (g). The table does not include other outcomes related to pre-charge decisions.<\/p>
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<\/td> | Total Pre-Charge<\/strong><\/p> Decisions<\/strong><\/p><\/td> (a) No Further<\/strong><\/p> Action<\/strong><\/p><\/td> (b) Simple<\/strong><\/p> Caution<\/strong><\/p><\/td> (c) Conditional<\/strong><\/p> Caution<\/strong><\/p><\/td> (d) Other Out <\/strong>of <\/strong><\/p> Court Disposal<\/strong><\/p><\/td> (e) Prosecuted<\/strong><\/p><\/td> (f) Convictions<\/strong><\/p><\/td> (g) Conviction<\/strong><\/p> after Contest<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008-09<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 532,427<\/p><\/td> 140,895<\/p><\/td> 9,596<\/p><\/td> 8,378<\/p><\/td> 4,520<\/p><\/td> 357,785<\/p><\/td> 288,996<\/p><\/td> 31,049<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009-10<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 477,522<\/p><\/td> 127,502<\/p><\/td> 8,040<\/p><\/td> 8,229<\/p><\/td> 3,088<\/p><\/td> 326,051<\/p><\/td> 259,017<\/p><\/td> 28,777<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 468,656<\/p><\/td> 120,144<\/p><\/td> 6,595<\/p><\/td> 6,935<\/p><\/td> 2,390<\/p><\/td> 332,935<\/p><\/td> 261,539<\/p><\/td> 28,186<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 369,564<\/p><\/td> 89,104<\/p><\/td> 4,275<\/p><\/td> 4,982<\/p><\/td> 1,377<\/p><\/td> 282,970<\/p><\/td> 223,504<\/p><\/td> 26,042<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 309,315<\/p><\/td> 73,916<\/p><\/td> 2,993<\/p><\/td> 3,781<\/p><\/td> 863<\/p><\/td> 233,594<\/p><\/td> 185,176<\/p><\/td> 20,872<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System<\/p> The data reported in the above table are inclusive of suspects referred to the CPS for a charging decision and defendants prosecuted by the specialised national divisions of the CPS including, from April 2011, proceedings formerly dealt with by the prosecution functions of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health.<\/p> |