The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record showing the number of fraud cases stopped because a victim no longer supports the prosecution.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4497", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Michael Tomlinson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mid Dorset and North Poole"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Michael Tomlinson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2023-07-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2023-07-19T12:42:20.207Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "88"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Attorney General"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2023-07-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Fraud: Prosecutions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what percentage of fraud cases were stopped after a defendant had been charged due to a victim no longer supporting the prosecution in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4268", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Reed"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Croydon North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve Reed"} ], "uin" : "193621"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1652344", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1652344/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The percentage of cases where prosecution offers no evidence because the victim or witness no longer supports prosecution for theft, fraud, robbery and possession of weapons offence can be found in the below table.<\/p>
The table details the cases in which the victim or witness no longer supports prosecution on the day of trial (%) by selected offence group, England and Wales, 2014-2023 (data for 2023 covers only the period from January to March, the latest available).<\/p>
Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> All offences<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Robbery<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Theft offences<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Possession of weapons<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Fraud offences<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/p><\/td> 2.1%<\/p><\/td> 3.1%<\/p><\/td> 2.0%<\/p><\/td> 3.8%<\/p><\/td> 0.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> 1.8%<\/p><\/td> 3.1%<\/p><\/td> 2.1%<\/p><\/td> 2.6%<\/p><\/td> 0.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/p><\/td> 1.9%<\/p><\/td> 3.4%<\/p><\/td> 2.6%<\/p><\/td> 2.9%<\/p><\/td> 0.5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017<\/p><\/td> 2.0%<\/p><\/td> 3.8%<\/p><\/td> 2.3%<\/p><\/td> 3.2%<\/p><\/td> 1.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/p><\/td> 1.9%<\/p><\/td> 3.3%<\/p><\/td> 2.0%<\/p><\/td> 3.2%<\/p><\/td> 0.4%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019<\/p><\/td> 1.9%<\/p><\/td> 2.8%<\/p><\/td> 2.1%<\/p><\/td> 3.0%<\/p><\/td> 0.4%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2020<\/p><\/td> 1.7%<\/p><\/td> 2.5%<\/p><\/td> 2.4%<\/p><\/td> 2.5%<\/p><\/td> 1.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2021<\/p><\/td> 1.5%<\/p><\/td> 3.1%<\/p><\/td> 2.5%<\/p><\/td> 1.8%<\/p><\/td> 0.7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2022<\/p><\/td> 1.4%<\/p><\/td> 3.0%<\/p><\/td> 2.4%<\/p><\/td> 1.4%<\/p><\/td> 0.2%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2023<\/p><\/td> 1.5%<\/p><\/td> 3.7%<\/p><\/td> 2.4%<\/p><\/td> 2.1%<\/p><\/td> 0.7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> The data presented covers trials which do not go ahead on the listed trial data as the "prosecution offers no evidence because the witness/victim no longer supports prosecution". This is measured as a proportion of all listed trials in that period, excluding trial vacations.<\/p> The data is first published as part of the National Statistics series \u2018Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly\u2019, latest data available to March 2023. The data is only available from 2014 onwards.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2023-07-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the percentage of fraud cases which did not proceed due to a victim or witness no longer supporting the case for prosecution on the day of trial in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4268", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Reed"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1486679", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1486679/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " In its role as a specialist law enforcement agency tackling the top level of serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is prosecuting eight cases within the 2022-23 financial year. These involve more than 20 individuals, charged with criminality worth over £550m.<\/p> <\/p> Given this specialist role, as well as the scale and complexity of the cases it takes on, the focus of the SFO is less on increasing the number of cases it takes on, but rather increasing its capacity through the use of technology, reducing manual errors and delivering this year\u2019s trials effectively.<\/p> <\/p> Driving this, the SFO received a funding uplift in the 2021 Spending Review which included £4.4m over three years to invest in technology. This will complement the wider work that it is doing to reduce case lengths and ensure the tools it uses to investigate and prosecute fraudsters match the evolving methods used by these criminals.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Attorney General, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of steps taken by the Serious Fraud Office to increase the number of cases it prosecutes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4090", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1434163", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Attorney General"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1434163/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Since Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) were introduced in 2014, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has signed a total of 12. The table below provides details of the number of DPAs signed each year since their introduction in 2014.<\/p> <\/p> |