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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-06-22more like thismore than 2018-06-22
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 more like this
hansard heading Crown Prosecution Service: Staff more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Attorney General, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the reduction in the number of CPS staff on the number of criminal charges brought in England and Wales between 2010 and 2017. more like this
tabling member constituency Scunthorpe more like this
tabling member printed
Nic Dakin more like this
uin 156623 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-07-09more like thismore than 2018-07-09
answer text <p>Whilst the Crown Prosecution Service has seen a reduction of staff, this does not necessarily correlate to the decreasing caseload. During the same period, the volume of police charged cases and referrals for pre-charge decisions has declined. Importantly, the Crown Prosecution Service has maintained its conviction rate of around 84% throughout this time.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam more like this
answering member printed Jeremy Wright more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-07-09T13:33:25.467Zmore like thismore than 2018-07-09T13:33:25.467Z
answering member
1560
label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright more like this
tabling member
4056
label Biography information for Nic Dakin more like this