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Cheshire

CPS Direct Performance Quarter 1 2008-2009

Call Volume

 Area
Total		 CPSD
Total
Number of calls answered by CPS Direct 886 43791
Number of charging decisions (form MG3) issued by CPS Direct 795 36294
Percentage of calls resulting in an MG3 (Effective Calls) 89.73% 82.88%

Between 1st April & 30th June 2008 CPS Direct answered 886 calls from Cheshire Police. 89.73% of these calls resulted in a charging decision being issued by a CPS Direct Prosecutor.

 

Call Length

 Area
Total		 CPSD
Total
Average call length for all calls over 10 minutes
(hours:minutes:seconds)		 00:40:08 00:42:47

Calls over 10 minutes in length are those most likely to have resulted in a charging decision being issued by CPS Direct.

All calls over 90 minutes in length are investigated by the CPS Direct Central Support Team. Although uncommon long calls occur most often when CPS Direct advice is sought in complex or serious cases.

 

Case Outcomes

 Area
Total		 CPSD
Total
Percentage of recorded CPS Direct cases ending in a guilty plea 78.79% 75.32%
Percentage of recorded CPS Direct cases discontinued 9.77% 13.56%
78.79% of cases charged by CPS Direct for CPS Cheshire ended with the defendant entering a guilty plea. 9.77% of cases charged by CPS Direct for CPS Cheshire were later discontinued.

 

Contact Details:

CPS Cheshire
2nd floor
Windsor House,
Pepper Street,
Chester CH1 1TD

DX 20019 Chester

Tel: 01244 408600
Fax: 01244 408658

Web: www.cps.gov.uk/local/northwest/cheshire.html