Note 26 to the Departmental Resource Accounts: Related-party transactions
The CPS has close working relationships with all agencies within the criminal justice system and particularly the Courts, their ultimate controlling party being the Ministry of Justice. The Courts are regarded as related parties with which the Department has had material transactions, being mainly costs awarded by the Courts to the CPS (see note 11) less amounts written off (see Note 10).
In response to the recommendations of the Glidewell review in a number of locations the CPS and the Police have combined the administration of case files through the co-location of Criminal Justice Units.
More recently Integrated Prosecution Teams (IPTs) now merge the Police and CPS teams together to manage an integrated single file and administrative process. By reducing duplication, IPTs will deliver significant efficiencies and improvements in the criminal justice service, including timeliness, quality and readiness of files for court.
The CPS requests that each of its senior managers complete a declaration, stating whether they or their spouse and close family members have been in a position of influence or control in organisations with which the CPS has transactions. The declarations advised no material transactions had taken place.
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