Press Releases
Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has today published its Area Assurance Inspection report for Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) London South. Amidst the significant challenges of dividing CPS London into the 2 new Areas of London North and South, CPS London South has made considerable progress in terms of leadership from senior management. Inspectors […]
Published: 25 October 2018
Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has today published its Area Assurance Inspection report for Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) London North. Amidst the significant challenges of dividing CPS London into the 2 new Areas of London North and South, both Areas have effectively built strong working relationships with key criminal justice partners. Inspectors were […]
Published: 23 October 2018
HMCPSI, the inspectorate for the CPS, has published a summary of the trends appearing from its two year-long review of CPS Areas across England and Wales, known as the Area Assurance Programme (AAP). Bringing together the inspection reports of individual Areas provides the opportunity to review the overall strengths and weaknesses of the CPS as […]
Published: 13 July 2018
CPS Mersey-Cheshire has earned an encouraging appraisal from HMCPSI inspectors in their latest Area report. Engaging with community groups and stakeholders has helped to raise hate crime conviction rates, with conviction of disability hate crime up to 91.4% – making it one of the best rates in the country, and well above the CPS goal. […]
Published: 05 April 2018
HMCPSI has found that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has shown a real commitment to refreshing its quality assurance regime, but improvements still need to be made. Inspectors looked at whether Individual Quality Assessments (IQAs) – which were introduced in 2015 – were fit for purpose, whether they were being undertaken as envisaged and whether […]
Published: 13 March 2018
HMCPSI inspectors have found that the new management of CPS North West have made a strong start, but more work needs to be done to raise casework standards across the board. The Chief Crown Prosecutor (CCP) and several senior managers were newly appointed in 2017. Inspectors commended the Area’s managers for their effective leadership, staff […]
Published: 27 February 2018
A recent inspection into CPS South East by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) found encouraging results in the improvement that the Area has managed to make in its overall sexual offences conviction rate. The rate improved from 77.5% in 2015-16 to 79.9% in the 12 months to June 2017, compared to 78.0% and 79.6% […]
Published: 30 January 2018
A report from Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) into the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) response to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 has found that examples of good practice need to be used to develop an overarching national strategy to tackle this complex crime. The UK Government has just committed a £40m aid package […]
Published: 14 December 2017
The report from Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) into internal fraud controls at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) shows good procedures are in place, but there is still work to be done to educate staff about their responsibilities. Inspectors found that the CPS has a zero tolerance policy on fraud and considered the […]
Published: 30 November 2017
Improved hate crime conviction rates, better outcomes for victims and witnesses and a ‘people first’ culture has seen CPS West Midlands’ performance roundly praised in a report released today by Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI). The improvement in hate crime conviction rates has been achieved in part as a result of community engagement […]
Published: 03 October 2017