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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold records of the number of cases
reported to the police or of the number the police decide not to proceed with. A record
is held of the number of cases where the CPS has been asked to make a charging decision
and the decision made; either to charge or take no further action.</p><p>However,
no central records of the alleged offence(s) considered at the pre-charge decision
are held by the CPS. To obtain details of the number of allegations of unlawful sexual
intercourse offences considered and those which do not proceed, either by way of decision
to take no further action or discontinuance following charge, due to the 12 month
Statute of Limitations would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case
files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p>
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