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Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on violence against women.
Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on violence against women.
Debate on motion to consider the matter of the Government consultation on convicting rapists and protecting victims. Agreed to on question.
Debate on motion to consider the matter of the Government consultation on convicting rapists and protecting victims. Agreed to on question.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what steps she plans to take to increase the number of cases presented to magistrates courts by designated caseworkers.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what steps she plans to take to increase the number of cases presented to magistrates courts by designated caseworkers.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether she plans to establish small prosecution case management teams, made up of designated caseworkers, administrative staff and lawyers responsible for reviewing and presenting cases from a single police division as recommended by the National Audit Office.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether she plans to establish small prosecution case management teams, made up of designated caseworkers, administrative staff and lawyers responsible for reviewing and presenting cases from a single police division as recommended by the National Audit Office.
To ask the Solicitor-General what steps he plans to take to improve the Crown Prosecution Service's performance in ensuring that trials and hearings in magistrates courts go ahead at the time allocated.
To ask the Solicitor-General what steps he plans to take to improve the Crown Prosecution Service's performance in ensuring that trials and hearings in magistrates courts go ahead at the time allocated.
To ask the Solicitor-General if he will make a statement on the report by the National Audit Office (HC 798 2005–06) that £24 million of losses occasioned in the magistrates courts in 2005 were caused by the Crown Prosecution Service.
To ask the Solicitor-General if he will make a statement on the report by the National Audit Office (HC 798 2005–06) that £24 million of losses occasioned in the magistrates courts in 2005 were caused by the Crown Prosecution Service.
To ask the Solicitor-General whether he plans to provide Crown prosecutors with electronic equipment to enable them to update the case management system at court as recommended in the National Audit Office report, HC 798 2005–06.
To ask the Solicitor-General whether he plans to provide Crown prosecutors with electronic equipment to enable them to update the case management system at court as recommended in the National Audit Office report, HC 798 2005–06.
To ask the Solicitor-General what steps he plans to take to improve the way in which the Crown Prosecution Service prepares and brings cases to court in order to achieve better value for money from magistrates court hearings.
To ask the Solicitor-General what steps he plans to take to improve the way in which the Crown Prosecution Service prepares and brings cases to court in order to achieve better value for money from magistrates court hearings.
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on attrition in rape cases.
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on attrition in rape cases.
Westminster hall adjournment debate on witness care units.
Westminster hall adjournment debate on witness care units.
To ask the Solicitor-General if he will take steps to ensure that letters from the Crown Prosecution Service explaining the discontinuance of a criminal prosecution are written in clear non-technical language.
To ask the Solicitor-General if he will take steps to ensure that letters from the Crown Prosecution Service explaining the discontinuance of a criminal prosecution are written in clear non-technical language.
To ask the Solicitor-General how many prosecutions for domestic violence in the jurisdiction of the Teesside combined courts have (a) come to court and (b) resulted in conviction in the last 12 months.
To ask the Solicitor-General how many prosecutions for domestic violence in the jurisdiction of the Teesside combined courts have (a) come to court and (b) resulted in conviction in the last 12 months.
| CPS proceedings for domestic violence in the Crown court 2004–05 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Criminal Justice Unit/Trial Unit South | % | TeessideTrial Unit | % | YorkTrial Unit | % | Total | % | |
| Defendant died | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Judge ordered acquittal | 7 | 14.3 | 12 | 18.8 | 4 | 17.4 | 23 | 16.9 |
| Judge directed acquittal | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.5 |
| Jury acquittal | 2 | 4.1 | 6 | 9.4 | 2 | 8.7 | 10 | 7.4 |
| Total unsuccessful outcomes | 10 | 20.4 | 20 | 31.3 | 6 | 26.1 | 36 | 26.5 |
| Guilty plea | 38 | 77.6 | 43 | 67.2 | 11 | 47.8 | 92 | 67.6 |
| Guilty verdict | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.6 | 6 | 26.1 | 8 | 5.9 |
| Total convictions | 39 | 79.6 | 44 | 68.8 | 17 | 73.9 | 100 | 73.5 |
| Total | 49 | 100.0 | 64 | 100.0 | 23 | 100.0 | 136 | 100.0 |
| CPS proceedings for domestic violence in magistrates courts Teesside: 2004–05 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage | |
| Outstanding bench warrants | 2 | 0.7 |
| Discontinued | 114 | 41.0 |
| Dismissed after full trial | 10 | 3.6 |
| Total unsuccessful outcomes | 126 | 45.3 |
| Guilty plea | 142 | 51.1 |
| Guilty verdict | 10 | 3.6 |
| Total convictions | 152 | 54.7 |
| Total | 278 | 100.0 |
To ask the Solicitor-General how many prosecutions for rape and sexual offences have (a) been brought to court and (b) resulted in conviction in the jurisdiction of the Teesside combined courts in the last 12 months.
To ask the Solicitor-General how many prosecutions for rape and sexual offences have (a) been brought to court and (b) resulted in conviction in the jurisdiction of the Teesside combined courts in the last 12 months.
| CPS proceedings for sexual offences in the Crown court—September 2004-March 2005 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Criminal Justice Unit/Trial Unit South | % | Teesside Trial Unit | % | York Trial Unit | % | Total | % | |
| Outstanding bench warrants | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 2.4 | 2 | 1.7 |
| Judge ordered acquittal | 3 | 11.1 | 9 | 17.3 | 6 | 14.3 | 18 | 14.9 |
| Judge directed acquittal | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.8 | 2 | 1.7 |
| Jury acquittal | 5 | 18.5 | 15 | 28.8 | 7 | 16.7 | 27 | 22.3 |
| Total unsuccessful outcomes | 8 | 29.6 | 25 | 48.1 | 16 | 38.1 | 49 | 40.5 |
| Guilty plea | 14 | 51 .9 | 23 | 44.2 | 19 | 45.2 | 56 | 46.3 |
| Guilty verdict | 5 | 18.5 | 4 | 7.7 | 7 | 16.7 | 16 | 13.2 |
| Total convictions | 19 | 70.4 | 27 | 51.9 | 26 | 61.9 | 72 | 59.5 |
| Total | 27 | 100.0 | 52 | 100.0 | 42 | 100.0 | 121 | 100.0 |
| CPS proceedings for sexual offences in magistrates courts Teesside: September 2004-March 2005 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage | |
| Discontinued | 7 | 21.2 |
| Total unsuccessful outcomes | 7 | 21.2 |
| Proved in absence | 1 | 3.0 |
| Guilty plea | 24 | 72.7 |
| Guilty verdict | 1 | 3.0 |
| Total convictions | 26 | 78.8 |
| Total | 33 | 100.0 |
To ask the Solicitor General, what monitoring he undertakes of the relationship between the granting of special measures in criminal trials and the outcome of trials.
To ask the Solicitor General, what monitoring he undertakes of the relationship between the granting of special measures in criminal trials and the outcome of trials.
To ask the Solicitor-General how many applications for the use of special measures for complainants in trials concerning domestic violence were made by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2003 and 2004.
To ask the Solicitor-General how many applications for the use of special measures for complainants in trials concerning domestic violence were made by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2003 and 2004.
To ask the Solicitor-General how many applications by the Crown Prosecution Service for the use of special measures to protect complainants in trials concerning domestic violence were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful during (i) 2003 and (ii) 2004.
To ask the Solicitor-General how many applications by the Crown Prosecution Service for the use of special measures to protect complainants in trials concerning domestic violence were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful during (i) 2003 and (ii) 2004.
To ask the Solicitor-General what his policy is on writing to rape complainants to explain why a discontinued case would not proceed.
To ask the Solicitor-General what his policy is on writing to rape complainants to explain why a discontinued case would not proceed.
To ask the Solicitor-General if he will make it his policy that the complainant should be personally visited by the Crown Prosecution Service lawyer who makes the decisions when cases of rape are discontinued.
To ask the Solicitor-General if he will make it his policy that the complainant should be personally visited by the Crown Prosecution Service lawyer who makes the decisions when cases of rape are discontinued.
To ask the Solicitor-General what the Crown Prosecution Service's policy is on the use of video interviews of rape complainants as evidence in chief.
To ask the Solicitor-General what the Crown Prosecution Service's policy is on the use of video interviews of rape complainants as evidence in chief.