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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of the numbers of
defendants and the outcome of prosecution proceedings, divided into twelve Principal
Offence Categories, including ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p> </p><p>The category of ‘Fraud
and Forgery, includes offences prosecuted by way of the Fraud Act 2006, fraudulently
evading income tax, VAT, excise duty or national insurance, bankruptcy offences, money
laundering, forgery or using a false instrument and obtaining property, services or
pecuniary advantage by deception.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows, in each of
the last five calendar years, the number of defendants prosecuted and finalised, in
Crown Courts in Wales, where the Principal Offence was categorised as ‘Fraud and Forgery’.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total Prosecutions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Data Source: CPS Management Information System</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The
Principal Offence Category is assigned at the end of a prosecution to indicate the
most serious offence with which a defendant is charged at the time of finalisation.
It is not possible to disaggregate the outcomes of individual offences, such as fraud,
without undertaking a manual search of case records which would incur disproportionate
cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This table does not include those cases prosecuted by
the DWP prosecution teams that merged with the CPS in 2012, as the DWP Cardiff team
prosecutes cases in Crown Courts in England, as well as Wales. It is not possible
to provide a breakdown of cases prosecuted solely in Wales without incurring a disproportionate
cost.</p>
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