Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, on how many working days did the Crown Prosecution Service’s case management system experience (a) planned and (b) unplanned outages that prevented staff from accessing the system between 1 April and 30 September 2023.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
Planned outages
There were two planned outages on working days, namely 25th April and 27th June.
Further, there was a planned outage on the weekend of Saturday 19th August to Sunday 20th August, which included an outage during the CPS core working hours of Saturday morning.
Unplanned outages
There were three unplanned outages, namely on the 4th August, 16th August, and 17th August.
Further, there were two periods on the 20th June and 15th August of degraded service. During these periods some users were not able to log in to the system.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, if she will publish a list of the (a) dates when the case management system experienced its ten longest outages, (b) the number of hours the case management system could not be used on each date and (c) whether each outage was (i) planned or (ii) unplanned between 1 April and 30 September 2023.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
Planned outages are normally scheduled outside the CPS core working hours (Mon-Fri 7am to 7pm and Saturday 8am – 1pm) to minimise impact.
The table below sets out:
a) Days and dates when the case management system (CMS) experienced its ten longest outages;
b) The number of hours the case management system could not be used on each date; and
c) whether each outage was planned or unplanned.
Outage Start | Outage End | Duration (Hrs/Mins) | Planned / Unplanned |
Sunday 23/04/2023 08:00 | 23/04/2023 13:00 | 05:00 | Planned |
Tuesday 25/04/2023 19:15 | 25/04/2023 23:30 | 04:15 | Planned |
Thursday 11/05/2023 19:00 | 11/05/2023 20:00 | 01:00 | Unplanned |
Wednesday 07/06/2023 19:15 | 07/06/2023 20:45 | 01:30 | Planned |
Tuesday 27/06/2023 17:30 | 27/06/2023 21:30 | 04:00 | Planned |
Tuesday 11/07/2023 19:15 | 12/07/2023 00:15 | 05:00 | Planned |
Friday 04/08/2023 17:36 | 04/08/2023 20:28 | 02:52 | Unplanned |
Sunday 06/08/2023 08:00 | 06/08/2023 13:30 | 05:30 | Planned |
Wednesday 16/08/2023 13:00 | 16/08/2023 15:11 | 02:11 | Unplanned |
Saturday 19/08/2023 14:00 | 20/08/2023 19:00 | 29:00 | Planned |
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship, (b) stalking and (c) harassment and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal Requisition letter from the Crown Prosecution Service in financial years (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs or (b) conspiracy to supply a Class A drug and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal Requisition letter from the Crown Prosecution Service in financial years (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) wounding or (b) wounding with intent and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal Requisition letter from the Crown Prosecution Service in financial years (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) assault occasioning actual bodily harm or (b) causing grievous bodily harm with intent and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal Requisition letter from the Crown Prosecution Service in financial years (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) sexual activity with a child or (b) making an indecent image of a child and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal Requisition letter from the Crown Prosecution Service in financial years (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) rape of a child under 13 or (b) sexual assault of a child under 13 and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal Requisition letter from the Crown Prosecution Service in financial years (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) rape or (b) sexual assault and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal Requisition letter from the Crown Prosecution Service in financial years (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) murder or (b) manslaughter and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal Requisition letter from the Crown Prosecution Service in financial years (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.
Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.