His Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate inspects the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office. It provides independently assessed evidence to help drive improvement and build public confidence in the prosecution process.
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Area Inspection Programme Composite Report of the baseline assessments of the 14 Crown Prosecution Service Areas in England and Wales.
HMCPSI carried out a programme of inspections across all 14 CPS Areas between 2021 and 2022 with a focus on casework quality.
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CPS Handling of complaints
This inspection is a follow-up to our 2018 inspection. This report finds that almost half of the written responses from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to complainants, including victims of crime, are inadequate.
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An inspection of the effectiveness of Crown Prosecution Service policy and guidance for the handling of cases involving the National Referral Mechanism
The illegal drug trading model known as “county lines” has been deployed for many years by criminal gangs. The gangs often exploit vulnerable individuals, including adults and children to distribute drugs to customers, as well as to move and store drugs and money.
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Annual Report 2022-23
This report covers our inspection activity for the year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. During this period, we completed the CPS Area Inspection programme publishing the final eight inspection reports.
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Follow-up inspection of the Serious Fraud Office – case progression
This inspection is a follow-up to HMCPSI’s 2019 report on case progression in the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). It reviews the SFO’s progress towards implementing the seven recommendations made in that report.
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HMCPSI Business plan 2023-24
Our annual business plan sets out the work we expect to do this year, along with some background on how we chose certain topics as priorities. This year’s business plan focusses on a series of thematic inspections.