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North Yorkshire

CPS Direct Performance Quarter 1 2008-2009

Call Volume

 Area
Total		 CPSD
Total
Number of calls answered by CPS Direct 414 43791
Number of charging decisions (form MG3) issued by CPS Direct 352 36294
Percentage of calls resulting in an MG3 (Effective Calls) 85.02% 82.88%

Between 1st April & 30th June 2008 CPS Direct answered 414 calls from North Yorkshire Police. 85.02% 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)		 00:38:07 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 79.58% 75.32%
Percentage of recorded CPS Direct cases discontinued 14.17% 13.56%
79.58% of cases charged by CPS Direct for CPS North Yorkshire ended with the defendant entering a guilty plea. 14.17% of cases charged by CPS Direct for CPS North Yorkshire were later discontinued.

 

Contact Details:

CPS North Yorkshire
Athena House
Kettlestring Lane
Clifton Moor
York YO30 4XF

DX 729960 York 29

Tel: 01904 731700
Fax: 01904 731764

Web: www.cps.gov.uk/local/yorks_humberside/northyorkshire.html