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Public Health England (PHE) is not a statutory consultee under the planning regime. Local authority planners should consider consulting the Director of Public Health on any planning applications (including at the pre-application stage) that are likely to have a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of the local population or particular groups within it. This guidance can be viewed at the following links:<\/p>

<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/consultation-and-pre-decision-matters#Statutory-consultees-on-applications<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/health-and-wellbeing#health-organisation-contact<\/a>.<\/p>

<\/p>

Where consulted on planning applications, PHE takes the view that emissions from such plants are best considered as part of the associated environmental permit application. PHE is consulted by the Environment Agency and provides an independent opinion on all bespoke environmental permit applications, such as municipal waste incinerators, with regard to public health impacts. These assessments cover a range of emissions to air, water and land, including but not exclusively particulate matter. The role of PHE can be viewed at the following link:<\/p>

<\/p>

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477277/Environmental_permitting_guide_Nov_2015.pdf<\/a><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4067", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Brine"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Winchester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Steve Brine"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-07T13:43:15.94Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Incinerators: Air Pollution"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Public Health England assesses evidence submitted by applicants for planning permission of the projected or estimated effect of waste incinerators on (a) air quality and (b) human health of future emissions (i) PM0.1 (ii) PM1 and (iii) PM 2.5.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/252", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr David Drew"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stroud"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr David Drew"} ], "uin" : "214454"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051316", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051316/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Data on the number of abortions declined as a result of a suspicion of coercion is not collected centrally.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Department has no current plans to commission a review of reproductive coercion.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Department takes this issue very seriously. The Department\u2019s required standard operating procedures (RSOPs) for independent sector abortion providers and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists clinical guideline on the Care of Women Requesting Induced Abortion, specify that careful and sensitive enquiry as to the reasons for requesting an abortion should be made, with the opportunity for further discussion, especially where women express any doubts or there may be a suggestion of pressure or coercion. The Care Quality Commission inspects independent sector abortion providers against all of the Department\u2019s RSOPs including looking at the procedures and policies services have in place to ensure that all women and young persons are seeking abortion voluntarily.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4065", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Thurrock"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jackie Doyle-Price"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "214475"} , {"_value" : "214476"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-06T16:33:57.76Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Abortion"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures his Department uses to monitor the effectiveness of abortion providers in screening for coercion.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/345", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gainsborough"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Edward Leigh"} ], "uin" : "214477"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051317", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051317/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Spinal surgery for spina bifida for babies in the womb is among new, innovative treatments that will be routinely available on the National Health Service for the first time.<\/p>

<\/p>

The procedure for unborn children with spina bifida, whose spine and spinal cord do not develop properly, allows pregnant women to be treated closer to home and their families.<\/p>

<\/p>

Pain relief for the unborn baby will be delivered intra-operatively. This is administered before the fetal surgery, after the uterus is opened. The fetus will be monitored during the procedure by ultrasound to check the fetal heart rate. The surgery takes place between 20 and 26 weeks of gestation.<\/p>

<\/p>

This proposed new treatment was independently assessed for its clinical benefit and cost by the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group comprising doctors, health experts and patient representatives.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4065", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Thurrock"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jackie Doyle-Price"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-06T16:35:43.02Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Foetuses: Surgery"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement, Spinal surgery for babies in the womb on the NHS, published by NHS England in December 2018, whether painkillers will be administered to the unborn baby; and at what age unborn babies will have that surgery.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/345", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Gainsborough"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir Edward Leigh"} ], "uin" : "214478"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051327", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051327/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

\u200bInformation on the number of children being educated at home, and the reasons for their being so educated, is not held centrally.<\/p>

\u200bIn 2018, the department held a consultation and call for evidence on home education to gain more information about home education in England. The government\u2019s response to this will be published shortly.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anne Milton"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Guildford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Anne Milton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-06T17:35:54.46Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Home Education"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of children who are being home educated after leaving school due to bullying.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4625", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Paul Masterton"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Renfrewshire"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Paul Masterton"} ], "uin" : "214620"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051328", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051328/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Department is carefully considering the High Court\u2019s Judgment and it is therefore not appropriate to comment further at this stage.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Reading West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alok Sharma"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-07T09:52:01.757Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the High Court decision in R (Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart) v SSWP CO/1552/2018, what recent estimate she has made of the number of claimants that have received less money as a result of the incorrect interpretations of the Regulations relating to universal credit\u2019s assessment periods.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4632", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna McMorrin"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Anna McMorrin"} ], "uin" : "214621"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051329", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051329/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

I understand that the Department for Work and Pensions is carefully considering the High Court\u2019s Judgment and it is therefore not appropriate to comment on this case, which is a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4097", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Elizabeth Truss"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Norfolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Elizabeth Truss"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-07T09:22:54.323Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Universal Credit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential costs to the public purse of implementing changes to universal credit's automated systems in response to the High Court decision in R (Johnson, Woods, Barrett and Stewart) v SSWP CO/1552/2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4632", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna McMorrin"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Anna McMorrin"} ], "uin" : "214622"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051339", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051339/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Following the consultation which closed in November 2018, the Department is currently finalising the regulations and guidance for the new subjects of Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education.<\/p>

The Department plans to publish the Government response to the consultation in Spring 2019 and lay the regulations for debate in Parliament. Once the regulations have completed the Parliamentary process, they will be available to schools and other stakeholders along with the final guidance.<\/p>

Schools will be encouraged and supported to start teaching the new subjects from September 2019 on a voluntary basis, and will then be required to do so from September 2020.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/111", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Gibb"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bognor Regis and Littlehampton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nick Gibb"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-06T17:37:07.13Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the regulations and guidance on Relationship Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education will be available for schools by July 2019; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3930", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Lucas"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Brighton, Pavilion"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Caroline Lucas"} ], "uin" : "214530"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051360", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051360/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the volumes of completed prosecutions, or caseload, by outcome as a count of the number of defendants and collates the data collected in financial years.<\/p>

<\/p>

The table below shows the number of finalised prosecutions and convictions in the Merseyside and Cheshire CPS Area during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18.<\/p>

<\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

Convictions<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Non-Convictions<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Total Prosecutions<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td>

Volume<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

%<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Volume<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010-2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

39,902<\/p><\/td>

84.4%<\/p><\/td>

7,402<\/p><\/td>

15.6%<\/p><\/td>

47,304<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011-2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

35,074<\/p><\/td>

86.4%<\/p><\/td>

5,537<\/p><\/td>

13.6%<\/p><\/td>

40,611<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012-2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31,528<\/p><\/td>

87.9%<\/p><\/td>

4,322<\/p><\/td>

12.1%<\/p><\/td>

35,850<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013-2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31,971<\/p><\/td>

88.8%<\/p><\/td>

4,017<\/p><\/td>

11.2%<\/p><\/td>

35,988<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014-2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

28,129<\/p><\/td>

87.2%<\/p><\/td>

4,123<\/p><\/td>

12.8%<\/p><\/td>

32,252<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015-2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

26,017<\/p><\/td>

87.3%<\/p><\/td>

3,801<\/p><\/td>

12.7%<\/p><\/td>

29,818<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016-2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

26,545<\/p><\/td>

87.7%<\/p><\/td>

3,720<\/p><\/td>

12.3%<\/p><\/td>

30,265<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017-2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

25,037<\/p><\/td>

86.6%<\/p><\/td>

3,875<\/p><\/td>

13.4%<\/p><\/td>

28,912<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Data Source: CPS Management Information System<\/p>

<\/p>

While the volume of prosecutions in the Area have fallen by 39% during the 8 year period, it is important to be aware that the types of cases prosecuted by Merseyside and Cheshire CPS have changed significantly in the period between 2010 and 2018. The Area is prosecuting more serious and complex cases as evidenced by a 21% increase in homicide, a 23% increase in offences against the person and a 62% increase in sexual offences cases. During this period, minor motoring cases have fallen by 52% in the Area. This followed changes to the list of specified offences made in 2012 which transferred responsibility for prosecuting many low level motoring offences back to the police.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "214504"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-07T12:31:40.597Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Crown Prosecution Service: Cheshire and Merseyside"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what the caseload of Merseyside-Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service has been in each year from 2010 to 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/483", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Maria Eagle"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Garston and Halewood"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Maria Eagle"} ], "uin" : "214502"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051361", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051361/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The overall staffing levels of the Crown Prosecution Service in Merseyside Cheshire from 2010 to 2018 are listed in the table below. Following an organisational restructure in 2011, the separate Areas of Crown Prosecution Service Merseyside and Crown Prosecution Service Cheshire combined under a single Chief Crown Prosecutor leadership to form the Area of Crown Prosecution Service Mersey Cheshire.<\/p>

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Head Count<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS Mersey Cheshire<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31 December 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

240<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS Mersey Cheshire<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31 December 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

224<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS Mersey Cheshire<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31 December 2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

217<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS Mersey Cheshire<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31 December 2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

205<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS Mersey Cheshire<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31 December 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

223<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS Mersey Cheshire<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31 December 2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

233<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS Mersey Cheshire<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31 December 2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

282<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS Merseyside<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31 December 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

250<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS Cheshire<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31 December 2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

88<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS Merseyside<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31 December 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

255<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

CPS Cheshire<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31 December 2010<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

103<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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(Data Source Trent HR Database as at 31/01/2019)<\/em><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4106", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Buckland"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-02-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-02-07T12:41:19.49Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Crown Prosecution Service: Cheshire and Merseyside"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what the overall staffing level of Merseyside-Cheshire Crown Prosecution Service was in each year from 2010 to 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/483", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Maria Eagle"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Garston and Halewood"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Maria Eagle"} ], "uin" : "214503"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051363", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051363/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the volumes of completed prosecutions, or caseload, by outcome as a count of the number of defendants and collates the data collected in financial years.<\/p>

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The table below shows the number of finalised prosecutions and convictions in the Merseyside and Cheshire CPS Area during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18.<\/p>

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Convictions<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Non-Convictions<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Total Prosecutions<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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Volume<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

%<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Volume<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

%<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010-2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

39,902<\/p><\/td>

84.4%<\/p><\/td>

7,402<\/p><\/td>

15.6%<\/p><\/td>

47,304<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011-2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

35,074<\/p><\/td>

86.4%<\/p><\/td>

5,537<\/p><\/td>

13.6%<\/p><\/td>

40,611<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012-2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31,528<\/p><\/td>

87.9%<\/p><\/td>

4,322<\/p><\/td>

12.1%<\/p><\/td>

35,850<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013-2014<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

31,971<\/p><\/td>

88.8%<\/p><\/td>

4,017<\/p><\/td>

11.2%<\/p><\/td>

35,988<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014-2015<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

28,129<\/p><\/td>

87.2%<\/p><\/td>

4,123<\/p><\/td>

12.8%<\/p><\/td>

32,252<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015-2016<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

26,017<\/p><\/td>

87.3%<\/p><\/td>

3,801<\/p><\/td>

12.7%<\/p><\/td>

29,818<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016-2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

26,545<\/p><\/td>

87.7%<\/p><\/td>

3,720<\/p><\/td>

12.3%<\/p><\/td>

30,265<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017-2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

25,037<\/p><\/td>

86.6%<\/p><\/td>

3,875<\/p><\/td>

13.4%<\/p><\/td>

28,912<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Data Source: CPS Management Information System<\/p>

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