Press Releases

New report finds significant improvement in SFO governance arrangements, though some issues still need to be resolved A new HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate report has found that the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has achieved a fundamental shift in leadership and direction in the past four years The report, released today, looked at whether SFO […]

Published: 24 May 2016

CPS leading the Transforming Summary Justice initiative An HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate report published today has found that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is making a positive early contribution to the Transforming Summary Justice (TSJ) initiative, which was adopted by all criminal justice agencies in June 2015. The report also warned that focus needed […]

Published: 22 February 2016

CPS RASSO unit press notice (38 kB) See also: CPS RASSO unit report (463 kB)

Published: 02 February 2016

Witness summons – press release (36 kB) Witness summons executive summary (97 kB) Witness summons report (382 kB)

Published: 19 January 2016

Communicating with victims – Press Release (25 kB) Communicating with victims – Executive summary (2 MB) Communicating with victims report (182 kB)

Published: 19 January 2016

HMIC and HMCPSI published a joint report today looking at identifying the vulnerability of victims and witnesses in prosecution cases. The report found that vulnerable victims and witnesses were being let down by an inconsistent approach to the management of criminal case files. Chief Inspector Kevin McGinty said: “Witnesses are the cornerstone of any case, […]

Published: 12 November 2015

CPS South East Area Effectiveness Inspection press notice (24 kB)

Published: 21 July 2015

Review of the performance of CPS North East follow-up press notice (61 kB)

Published: 24 June 2015

Joint Inspection of the Provision of Charging Decisions press notice (61 kB)

Published: 28 May 2015

Joint review of Disability Hate Crime press notice (43 kB)

Published: 21 May 2015