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<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (‘CPS’) do not have a mechanism for recording the
profession of defendants and so are unable to provide the data requested.</p><p> </p><p>The
CPS continue to play an important role in prosecuting professionals, whether they
be professionals who have used their position to commit crimes or whether they have
enabled others to commit crimes. This includes bank directors, insolvency practitioners,
estate agents, lawyers, and accountants.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that alongside
prosecuting professional individuals, prosecutors should have the right tools to pursue
and prosecute corporate bodies. In November last year, this government announced the
Law Commission Project on Corporate Criminal Liability, which will be conducted over
a 12-month period with a view to setting out potential options for reform.</p><p>
</p><p>The above answer represents the position for England and Wales only, and not
for Scotland, for which the data, if available, would be held by the Crown Office
and Procurator Fiscal Service.</p>
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