The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)\u2019s Victims\u2019 Right to Review scheme came into effect on 5 June 2013. Between the date the scheme commenced and 31 December 2014, the CPS has reviewed 2,423 appeals of which 315 (13.0%) were upheld.<\/p>
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The number of decisions overturned represents a very small fraction of all the decisions made by CPS lawyers. During the period from 1 June 2013 to 31 December 2014, the CPS finalised 198,786 cases with a qualifying decision. This means that approximately 0.16% of cases that would qualify under the scheme resulted in an upheld Appeal.<\/p>
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)\u2019s Victims\u2019 Right to Review scheme came into effect on 5 June 2013. Between the date the scheme commenced and 31 December 2014, the CPS has reviewed 2,423 appeals of which 315 (13.0%) were upheld.<\/p>
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The number of decisions overturned represents a very small fraction of all the decisions made by CPS lawyers. During the period from 1 June 2013 to 31 December 2014, the CPS finalised 198,786 cases with a qualifying decision. This means that approximately 0.16% of cases that would qualify under the scheme resulted in an upheld Appeal.<\/p>
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The joint police/Crown Prosecution Service Witness Care Units are responsible for updating victims on the progress of their case. This includes informing victims of hearing outcomes, and, in any case which cannot be listed within the usual timescales, providing them, where known, with relevant information about why the delay has occurred.<\/p>
The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (the Victims\u2019 Code) sets out the services to be provided to victims of crime. Under the Victims\u2019 Code, victims are entitled to be informed of the date, location and outcome of any criminal court hearings in the case by their Witness Care Unit or by the police where they act as a single point of contact for victims. This information must be provided within 1 working day of the Witness Care Unit receiving it from the court. Where victims are due to attend court as a witness they are entitled wherever possible, to receive an explanation from the Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor or representative if there is a delay in proceedings on the day and how long the wait is likely to be.<\/p>
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The Crown Prosecution Service does not maintain a central record of the number of re-trials that have been pursued. To identify the number of these would require a manual exercise to review individual files which would incur a disproportionate cost.<\/p>
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As at 31st<\/sup> January 2015 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) employed 140 apprentices. A breakdown by age category is shown in the table below.<\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Age Band<\/p><\/td> Headcount<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 16-18<\/p><\/td> 18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 19-24<\/p><\/td> 103<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 25+<\/p><\/td> 19<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/p><\/td> 140<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The CPS does not centrally record how many of these apprentices were previously employed by the Government. To obtain this information would require a manual check of application forms which would incur a disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> There are currently three apprentices working in the Serious Fraud Office and two in the remaining Law Officer\u2019s Departments, however in order to protect individual\u2019s personal data we are unable to provide any details of age or employment history, as the small numbers involved could lead to individuals being identified.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, how many apprentices employed by (a) the Law Officers' Departments and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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