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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-03-22more like thismore than 2023-03-22
answering body
Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General remove filter
hansard heading Rape: Offences against the Administration of Justice more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions for making false rape allegations were brought in England and Wales in each of the last five years. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Dobbs more like this
uin HL6737 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-04-18more like thismore than 2023-04-18
answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds no data showing the number of prosecutions for making false allegations of rape. The CPS has strict guidance for charging perverting the court of justice and wasting police time in cases involving allegedly false allegations of rape and/or domestic abuse. The guidance makes clear that prosecutions for these offences will be extremely rare and by their very nature they will be complex and require sensitive handling.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> more like this
answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-04-18T11:08:13.12Zmore like thismore than 2023-04-18T11:08:13.12Z
answering member
4899
label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton more like this
tabling member
4192
label Biography information for Lord Dobbs more like this