Last updated: January 2024

This is the underlying data relating to the breakdown of CPS staff and recruitment, based on gender, age, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation and religion, for the year 2016-17. Cumulative data for the period has also been compiled.

External appointments by age

Available to download in CSV format

This is the underlying data relating to the breakdown of CPS staff and recruitment, based on gender, age, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation and religion, for the year 2016-17. Cumulative data for the period has also been compiled.

External appointments by age

Available to download in CSV format

This is the underlying data relating to the breakdown of CPS staff and recruitment, based on gender, age, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation and religion, for the year 2016-17. Cumulative data for the period has also been compiled.

External appointments by age

Available to download in CSV format

In January 2018, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that senior prosecutors were assessing all cases in England and Wales where someone had been charged with rape or serious sexual assault. This additional scrutiny of pre-trial prosecutions was carried out to ensure that prosecutors were satisfied that the police had pursued all reasonable lines of enquiry, and that there was a clear strategy to ensure disclosure was carried out effectively and in a timely manner.

This report is the outcome of that assessment.

After the trial the Witness Care Unit will inform you of the outcome of your case.

Appeals

People convicted by a magistrates' court can appeal to the Crown Court against their conviction and the sentence. People convicted by the Crown Court can appeal to the Court of Appeal. If these appeals are rejected they can go on to apply for permission to appeal to the House of Lords.