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
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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…
Business InformationPolicy and GuidancePublic Accountability and InclusionPolicy and strategyEqual Opportunities Statistics
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…
Following a public consultation, the CPS has published a final revised version of its Legal Guidance on Secondary Liability (previously titled “Joint Enterprise”).
The interim guidance on which we consulted was published in July 2017, in response to the decision of the Supreme Court in R v Jogee…
Every allegation of rape that is referred to us by the police is dealt with in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors. This means we will only charge where there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and it is in the public interest to pursue the case.
