Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kelly Tolhurst and Suella Braverman

Thursday 2nd July 2015 Commons Chamber

[Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood) (Con)]

4. What steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to improve the conviction rate for rape and domestic violence in the past two years.

[Suella Fernandes (Fareham) (Con)]

6. What steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to improve the conviction rate for rape and domestic violence in the past two years.

[The Attorney General (Jeremy Wright)]

Over the past two years, the Crown Prosecution Service has worked with the police to increase the number of referrals for rape and domestic abuse. As a result, the number of people prosecuted for those offences last year was the highest ever. However, more is being done to increase conviction rates, particularly in rape cases, through better training and specialisation among prosecutors and better presentation of cases to juries.