Asked by: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many successful prosecutions for corporate manslaughter have been brought in each of the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Smith of Cluny - Advocate General for Scotland
Corporate manslaughter cases are considered by the CPS Special Crime Division, which handles some of the CPSâs most complex and sensitive casework.
Our manual records confirm the number of prosecution cases in which there was a conviction for corporate manslaughter in each of the last five years is as follows:
2022 â 3
2023 â 3
2024 â 2
2025 â 1
2026 â 0
The CPS does not collect data that constitutes official statistics as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. Therefore, this update is based upon our collated manual records that may be subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. These figures are provisional and subject to change as more information is recorded by the CPS.
Asked by: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of successful criminal  prosecutions brought following the Grenfell tragedy.
Answered by Baroness Smith of Cluny - Advocate General for Scotland
The CPS Special Crime Division has worked closely with the Metropolitan Police Service throughout its investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire and expects to receive a full evidential file later this year. Charging decisions will be made independently, fairly and in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors. The CPS recognise the deep significance of this case and the importance of reaching charging decisions as soon as possible. Given the scale and complexity of the investigation, CPS specialist prosecutors will need time to review all the evidence thoroughly before any final decisions are made.Asked by: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions for corporate manslaughter there have been in each of the past three years, and how many of those prosecutions led to convictions.
Answered by Lord Hermer
There have been 13 prosecutions for corporate manslaughter in the years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25. 10 of those prosecutions were successful and led to a conviction.
A breakdown of each year is listed below:
2022-23: 6 prosecutions, 6 convictions (1 guilty plea and 5 convictions after trial).
2023-24: 4 prosecutions, 2 convictions (1 guilty plea and 1 conviction after trial), 2 unsuccessful (1 no evidence offered after trial began and 1 left to lie on file).
2024-25: 3 prosecutions, 2 convictions (both convictions after trial), 1 unsuccessful (no evidence offered after trial began).
Asked by: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions there have been relating to the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017, and how many of those prosecutions led to convictions.
Answered by Lord Hermer
The Metropolitan Police Service are still conducting their investigations into the fire at Grenfell Tower. As a result, as of August 2025, there have been no prosecutions for offences directly related to the circumstances surrounding the event.
The Crown Prosecution Service continue to work closely with the Metropolitan Police Service on the investigations and to provide advice on applicable charges.
Any charges are not expected to be announced until late 2026, with prosecutions currently due to start in mid-2027.
Asked by: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions there have been in each police authority area for drunken or drug influenced driving in each of the past three years; and how many of these prosecutions led to convictions.
Answered by Lord Hermer
A number of driving offences created by the Road Traffic Act 1988 relate to driving when under the influence of drink or drugs. These are as follows:
Section 3A(a) causing death by driving without due care and attention / reasonable consideration while unfit through drink or drugs.
Section 3A(b) causing death by due care while over prescribed limit.
Section 3A(ba) causing death by driving without due care / consideration while over specified limit - specified controlled drug.
Section 3A(c) causing death by due care and fail to provide specimen.
Section 3A(d) fail to give permission for a laboratory test on a blood specimen having caused a death.
Section 4(1) driving a motor vehicle when under the influence of drink or drugs.
Section 5(1)(a) driving a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration above the prescribed limit.
Section 5A(1)(a) and (2) driving a motor vehicle with a concentration of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not hold any data which shows the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted of the above offences and to establish whether defendants charged with these offences were convicted would require a manual review of case files and this would be at disproportionate cost.
The figures in the table below relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. It can be the case that an individual defendant is charged with more than one offence. No data are held showing the final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at finalisation.
Management information is available which shows the number of offences of charged by way of the above list of Road Traffic Act 1988 offences in which a prosecution commenced. The table below shows the number of these offences in each police force area from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2024.
Offences of attempt, in charge, aid and abet have been excluded but failure to provide specimen following drunken or drug influenced driving have been included to produce a list of offences that meet the criteria of âdrunken or drug influenced drivingâ prosecutions.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Avon & Somerset | 1,761 | 1,562 | 1,753 |
Bedfordshire | 432 | 400 | 373 |
British Transport Police | 19 | 23 | 17 |
Cambridgeshire | 758 | 720 | 640 |
Cheshire | 1,814 | 1,623 | 2,134 |
City of London Police | 230 | 244 | 220 |
Cleveland | 1,351 | 959 | 1,273 |
Cumbria | 840 | 976 | 949 |
Derbyshire | 950 | 973 | 978 |
Devon & Cornwall | 1,989 | 2,401 | 2,246 |
Dorset | 710 | 661 | 682 |
Durham | 1,062 | 921 | 920 |
Dyfed-Powys | 961 | 1,076 | 653 |
Essex | 1,929 | 1,743 | 1,780 |
Gloucestershire | 949 | 836 | 786 |
Greater Manchester | 2,075 | 3,086 | 3,421 |
Gwent | 1,073 | 1,075 | 856 |
Hampshire | 2,469 | 2,287 | 2,204 |
Hertfordshire | 761 | 723 | 657 |
Humberside | 1,106 | 838 | 1,084 |
Kent | 2,281 | 2,140 | 2,141 |
Lancashire | 2,138 | 1,643 | 2,219 |
Leicestershire | 1,024 | 884 | 757 |
Lincolnshire | 1,063 | 1,064 | 982 |
Merseyside | 3,024 | 2,990 | 2,896 |
Metropolitan Police | 5,286 | 3,561 | 3,971 |
Norfolk | 1,120 | 1,120 | 976 |
Northamptonshire | 910 | 995 | 970 |
Northumbria | 1,460 | 1,330 | 1,429 |
North Wales | 1,263 | 1,507 | 1,372 |
North Yorkshire | 1,196 | 889 | 1,010 |
Nottinghamshire | 1,557 | 1,628 | 1,156 |
South Wales | 1,716 | 1,761 | 1,619 |
South Yorkshire | 1,305 | 1,227 | 1,309 |
Staffordshire | 1,235 | 1,065 | 1,125 |
Suffolk | 835 | 985 | 960 |
Surrey | 1,287 | 1,217 | 1,412 |
Sussex | 2,036 | 1,836 | 1,696 |
Thames Valley | 2,798 | 2,806 | 3,303 |
Warwickshire | 569 | 468 | 444 |
West Mercia | 1,526 | 1,483 | 1,583 |
West Midlands | 1,656 | 1,376 | 1,356 |
West Yorkshire | 2,623 | 2,400 | 2,362 |
Wiltshire | 852 | 846 | 746 |
44 Police Force Areas Total | 63,999 | 60,348 | 61,420 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System | |||