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To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, When he expects the Auld Report to be published. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

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Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 July 2001

Reference

2613; 372 c156W

House

House of Commons

Solicitor-General

To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions in 2000 the Crown Prosecution Service (a) downgraded and (b) dropped charges; on how many occasions victims were informed of the decision; and what (i) statutory and (ii) non-statutory requirements there are on the service to inform victims in such cases....

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Solicitor General

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

23 January 2001

For answer on

30 January 2001

Answered on

30 January 2001

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Solicitor-General on how many occasions in 2000 the Crown Prosecution Service (a) downgraded and (b) dropped charges; on how many occasions victims were informed of the decision; and what (i) statutory and (ii) non-statutory requirements there are on the service to inform victims in such cases. [147443] The Solicitor-General: During the period January to September 2000 the Crown Prosecution Service discontinued proceedings in respect of 127,078 defendants, amounting to 12.6 per cent. of all cases completed in magistrates' courts. Proceedings were dropped in respect of a further 7,619 defendants in the Crown court, amounting to 11.9 per cent. of cases completed in the Crown court. The Crown Prosecution Service does not routinely keep figures for charges downgraded, nor for charges increased in seriousness. There is currently no statutory or non-statutory requirement on the Crown Prosecution Service either to inform victims directly of its casework decisions or to inform them of the progress of the case. In 1998, Sir Iain Glidewell's independent review of the CPS recommended that the Service should take responsibility for communicating its casework decisions direct to victims rather than via the police. Similar recommendations followed in Sir William Macpherson's report into the death of Stephen Lawrence. The CPS has welcomed these recommendations and is currently conducting a study to identify best practice with a view to national roll-out of direct communication with victims, which is due on a phased basis from April 2001. The CPS will give as much detail as possible of the reasons for its decisions, bearing in mind that in some cases there may be sensitive and important matters which cannot properly be disclosed. Subject to this initiative, the question of keeping victims and witnesses informed of the progress of the case will remain a matter for the police.

Date

30 January 2001

Reference

362 c112W; 147443

House

House of Commons

Solicitor-General

To ask the Solicitor General, what action the Government has taken since 2nd May 1997 to ensure that victims of crime are kept informed of the progress of cases by the Crown Prosecution Service; and what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory requirements there are on the service to keep victims...

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Solicitor General

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 January 2001

Reference

147445; 362 c111-2W

House

House of Commons

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