Publications & resources

CPS Response to the HMCPSI thematic inspection report in relation to Disclosure of Unused Material in the Crown Court

HMCPSI have today (9 January 2020) published a report into the handling of unused material in Crown Court, following on from the 2017 joint inspection report Making it fair: the disclosure of unused material in volume Crown Court cases. This report was undertaken at the request of the CPS to give us an independent assessment of progress we have made since the implementation of the National Disclosure Improvement Plan.

Joint Agreement on Offences against Emergency Workers

CPS case outcomes by principal offence category 2018-2019 Quarter 4

National Summary Area reports

CPS Response to the report of the findings from the full Area Assurance Programme (AAP) 2016-17 and 2018-19

HMCPSI have today [30 October 2019] published a composite report into the work of the CPS, in relation to the Area Assurance Programme (AAP) 2016-17 and 2018-19.

Hate Crime Report 2018-2019

This is the eleventh Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hate crime report, and brings together information on CPS performance in prosecuting racist and religious hate crime, homophobic and transphobic crime, crimes against the older person and disability hate crime.

Consultation on the CPS Legal Guidance on Mentally Disordered Offenders - Summary of Responses

This is a summary of responses to the public consultation undertaken by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on the revised legal guidance prepared to update its current Mentally Disordered Offenders legal guidance, and a statement of the revisions proposed which will form the finalised guidance to be issued.

CPS Fees - Appeals Committee Decisions

The purpose of the Advocate Fee Appeals Committee is to resolve disputes by reference to published CPS fee schemes, in particular the Graduated Fee Scheme (GFS) and the Very High Cost Case scheme (VHCC).

Graduated Fee Scheme D - Manual of Guidance

The Graduated Fee Scheme D - Manual of Guidance and accompanying annexes are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs

CPS response to the thematic inspection report in relation to the Handling of Defence Correspondence

HMCPSI have today [13 August 2019] published a report into the work of the CPS, in relation to the Handling of Defence Correspondence.

CPS response to the HMICFRS/HMCPSI joint thematic inspection report in relation to Crimes Against Older People

HMICFRS/HMCPSI have today [17 July 2019] published a joint report into the work of the police, and the CPS, in relation to Crimes Against Older People (CAOP).