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Open and Accountable

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 set out legislation designed to make public organisations and governmental departments more open and accountable. It states that the following information should be made available to the general public.

  • How public organisations make decisions
  • The way they carry out their duties
  • How they spend public money

The Freedom of Information Act came into force in January 2005.

Freedom of Information Releases 2006


  Date of Release Information Released
1 January 2006 Contact details for Head of Information Technology and structure of the Information Technology department
2 January 2006 Rules in respect to the ownership of SERCO shares
3 January 2006 Statistics on corruption case and case names
4 January 2006 Number of racist cases in South Wales from April 2002 to December 2005
5 February 2006 Information re trial dates of named individual
6 February 2006 Breakdown of prosecutions and outcomes for CPS South Wales
7 March 2006 Information re statutory instrument in relation to insertion of section 8a to the Magistrates Court Act 1980
8 March 2006 Highest cost of a single prosecution case in England and Wales during the last financial year
9 March 2006 Hearing dates and location for the ongoing case involving named individual
10 March 2006 Expenditure on interpreters and translators used by the Crown Prosecution Service
11 March 2006 Payments made to the Searchlight organisation
12 March 2006 Training for Crown Prosecution Service officials relating to wildlife crime
13 March 2006 Availability of video conferencing facilities
14 March 2006 Information regarding CPS and named individual
15 March 2006 Service Level Agreements for various police forces
16 March 2006 Request for reason not to prosecute named individual
17 April 2006 Documents relating to the restructuring of the recruitment to a national centre
18 April 2006 Request for reasons for disclosure of information published in Liverpool Echo
19 April 2006 Request for information relating to disclosures in the case of R v named individuals
20 April 2006 Figures regarding sick leave for CPS West Yorkshire staff in 2004/05
21 April 2006 Details of complaints made by CPS West Yorkshire staff against their colleagues
22 April 2006 Details of monies to Searchlight and related charities since 2003
23 April 2006 Guidance relating to expert witnesses
24 April 2006 Casework bulletins relating to racial/religious aggravated crime
25 April 2006 Information held by the CPS on GATSO cameras
26 April 2006 Request for decision not to prosecute named individual and reasons
27 April 2006 Criminal records - CPS staff
28 May 2006 Request for named individual's previous date(s) of conviction
29 May 2006 Information relating to Jean Charles de Menezes case
30 May 2006 Requests public interest factors which led the CPS to the decision to prosecute named individual
31 June 2006 Fees paid to prosecution counsel for the case of R v named individuals
32 June 2006 Information on the ACPO code of practice
33 June 2006 Information on the recruitment campaign of CPS in West Midlands region
34 June 2006 Prosecution costs for the case of R v named individual
35 June 2006 Correspondence between CPS Head Quarters & Director of Public Prosecution re ongoing case with CPS Leicestershire
36 June 2006 Explanation of decisions made in the case of named individual
37 June 2006 Starting salaries of C1 & C2 lawyers between January & August 2002
38 June 2006 Number of cases deferred or withdrawn as a result of police failing to attend courts in Surrey
39 June 2006 Management structure of the IT department
40 June 2006 Number of pupillage interviews throughout the CPS
41 July 2006 Reasons for withholding convicted/accused names from the public
42 July 2006 Details of POCA incentivisation scheme
43 July 2006 Prosecution statistics from April 2001 to June 2006
44 July 2006 Volume and outcome of rape cases and reasons for which rape cases did not proceed
45 July 2006 Confirmation of sentence of named individual
46 August 2006 Prosecution chronology for John Charles de Menezes case
47 August 2006 File retention schedule for named individual
48 August 2006 Details of ICT
49 August 2006 Details relating to the case of R v named individual
50 August 2006 IT support information
51 August 2006 Properties and leaseholds of the CPS
52 August 2006 Details relating to Nigerian Governor D Alamieyeseigha
53 August 2006 Number of immunity notices granted
54 August 2006 Information regarding the prosecutions of Rampton hospital staff in early 70s/late 80s
55 August 2006 Recruitment statistics
56 August 2006 Dates for the trial in relation to the attempted London bombings
57 September 2006 Details of staff reductions in CPS Wales since 2004 and plans for future reductions
58 September 2006 Cases originating from SOCA
59 September 2006 Rape statistics for West Midlands and Coventry
60 September 2006 Existence of pending case against named individual
61 September 2006 CPS Cumbria file retention policy and file reference policy
62 September 2006 Protocol for role of CPS in opening master tapes of interviews held by the police
63 October 2006 Rape statistics for CPS West Midlands Area
64 October 2006 Conviction figures for Doncaster MC and CC
65 October 2006 Permission to publish BD/94/2006, CPS guidance of detention of suspects pending a charge decision
66 October 2006 Possible increases to staffing levels in Wales
67 October 2006 CPS salaries of over £100,000
68 October 2006 Details of case of named individual
69 October 2006 Rape statistics in Avon and Somerset
70 October 2006 Request for papers from case of R v named individual and others
71 October 2006 Crime statistics in Derbyshire
72 October 2006 Contact information for IT procurement
73 October 2006 Location of two CPS Inspectorate reports
74 October 2006 Reasons for delay of R v named individual trial
75 November 2006 Witness expense statistics
76 November 2006 Information relating to advice in Camelford water case
77 November 2006 Letters/reports sent to DPP re a case
78 November 2006 Correspondence re meetings between CPS & RSPCA etc
79 November 2006 Request for copy of a letter made by individual involved in case
80 November 2006 Costs relating to the CPS file review re death in custody of named individual
81 December 2006 Rape statistics for Exeter
82 December 2006 In house costs in magistrates court

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