Equality Impact Assessments
Title
Equality and Diversity Impact Assessments for 2006/2007 and 2007/2008
Description
These are the third and fourth EDIAs that the CPS has commissioned to analyse its charging activity.
The CPS is bound by the Race Relations (Amendment) Act, the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and the Equality Act 2006 to take positive steps to ensure CPS’ core activities, including charging, do not produce unjustified disproportionality in relation to race, disability and gender.
The assessment considers the impact of statutory charging in terms of whether or not charging decisions vary depending on the gender, ethnicity and age of the suspect, and (when charged) the type of offence with which suspects are charged.
In both years there was little variation of charging decision by gender and ethnicity. There was some variation in the charging process by age group.
Because the extent of disability was only coded for a small percentage of suspects, no analysis was possible.
Format
Available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF
Equality and Diversity impact assessment of CPS statutory charging: England and Wales: April 2006 to March 2007
Equality and Diversity impact assessment of CPS statutory charging: England and Wales: April 2007 to March 2008
Title
Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment on the policy for prosecuting crimes against older people
Description
This report outlines the process for developing and implementing the Crimes Against Older People policy statement and guidance, considers the positive and negative impacts of this policy and makes recommendations to ensure that identified issues are addressed.
Format
Available online in this section
Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment on the Policy for prosecuting crimes against older people
Title
Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment on the Violence against Women Strategy and Action Plan (April 2008)
Description
This is the first equality and diversity impact assessment for the Violence Against Women Strategy (VAW).
Format
Available online in the Violence Against Women section on this website
Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment on the Violence against Women Strategy and Action Plan
Title
Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment for CPS statutory Charging in England and Wales for the period April 2005 to March 2006 (September 2007)
Description
The assessment considers the impact of statutory charging in terms of whether or not charging decisions vary depending on the gender, ethnicity and age of the suspect, and (when charged) the type of offence with which suspects are charged.
Format
Available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF
Equality and Diversity impact assessment of CPS statutory charging: England and Wales: For the period ending March 2006 - PDF
Title
Policy for prosecuting cases of Homophobic and Transphobic Hate Crime Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment Report (August 2007)
Description
The revised policy takes into account legislative changes since the first policy was introduced (2002) and emphasises the CPS' commitment to deal effectively with cases of homophobic and transphobic crime.
Format
Available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF
Policy for prosecuting cases of Homophobic and Transphobic Hate Crime Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment Report (August 2007) - PDF
Title
Policy for Prosecuting Cases Involving the Sexual Transmission of Infections (August 2007)
Description
This new policy statement is intended to ensure consistency in casework decisions, protect victims and improve public confidence in the prosecution process.
Format
Available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF
Policy for Prosecuting Cases Involving the Sexual Transmission of Infections (August 2007) - PDF
Title
Prosecution of Cases of Disability Hate Crime. Equality Impact Assessment (Initial report) (July 2007)
Description
The scope of this initial assessment relates to considerations that arose from the wider public consultation and seeks to initially identify any differential in relation to equality target groups.
Format
Available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF
Prosecution of Cases of Disability Hate Crime. Equality Impact Assessment (Initial report) (July 2007) - PDF
Title
Equality Impact Assessment of the CPS Advocacy Strategy (February 2007)
Description
The aim of the study was to analyse Higher Court Advocate and Designated Caseworker selection and training by ethnicity, gender, and disability.
Format
Available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF
Equality Impact Assessment of the CPS Advocacy Strategy (February 2007) - PDF
Title
Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment for CPS statutory charging in England and Wales for the period September 2004 to February 2005 (August 2006)
Description
This assessment considers the impact of statutory charging in terms of whether charging decisions vary with the gender or ethnicity of the defendant.
Format
Available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF
Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment for CPS statutory charging in England and Wales for the period September 2004 to February 2005 (August 2006) - PDF
Title
Performance Appraisal Ratings: a review and impact assessment (March 2005)
Description
This assessment considered performance ratings to determine if there was any differential in relation to ethnicity, gender and disability.
Format
Available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF
Performance Appraisal Ratings: a review and impact assessment (March 2005) - PDF
