Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the average number of days taken from a report of rape to a decision to charge was in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a record of the average number of days taken from a report of rape to the police through to a decision to charge. Data is, however, held on the average number of days from submission of a rape case by the police to the CPS through to the date of the decision to charge. The CPS works closely with police colleagues to ensure that where individuals are charged, cases have been thoroughly investigated and individuals are properly charged and prosecuted so that the interests of both victims and perpetrators are protected and cases do not collapse mid-trial. The figures provided in the table below include the end to end timeliness from submission to the date of the decision to charge. This comprises of the time when the case was with both police and the CPS.
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There are a number of reasons for the steady increase in the average number of days and average number of consultations per case since 2010/11. The number of consultations between CPS prosecutors and police investigators is important. Consultations allow for a close examination of the evidence thus ensuring the case is strong. Clearly, the more consultations that take place, the longer the time between receipt of the case and the decision to charge.
Police are now encouraged to seek early investigative advice more often and in particular in rape and serious sexual offences cases. Early investigative advice helps to ensure that cases are thoroughly investigated and the evidence to be brought before the court is strong. As a result, fewer cases are dropped after the defendant has been charged. With the increase in early investigative advice, CPS is more often involved at an earlier stage in proceedings and this will invariably impact on the average number of consultations and overall timeliness.
There has also been an increase in the complexity of rape cases investigated by the police. Investigations often involve large amounts of electronic material (social media, emails, text messages, video and photographs) which needs to be reviewed by prosecutors before a charging decision can be made. This also impacts on the average number of consultations and timeliness of the pre-charge stage of the case.
CPS prosecutors work closely with police colleagues to build strong cases which can be brought before the courts. Increased complexity has been evidenced over time by the rise in the average number of consultations with the police. Since 2010/11, the number has increased from 1.71 to 1.98 consultations per case, a rise of 16%.
Changes have now been made to the Casework Management System to provide for a more sophisticated level of reporting. In future, CPS will be able to report the timeliness for each individual consultation.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the overall budget of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme was for covering the costs of acquiring medical evidence for applicants in each year since 2010.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The information requested is not available.
The Ministry of Justice does not provide the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority with a specific budget for the purpose of costs associated with acquiring medical evidence for applicants.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported instances of rape led to a criminal charge in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Hurd
Information on the number and percentage of recorded crimes, including rapes, that led to a charge can be found in the Outcomes open data tables, which can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of reported instances of rape led to a criminal charge in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Hurd
Information on the number and percentage of recorded crimes, including rapes, that led to a charge can be found in the Outcomes open data tables, which can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many businesses in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire hired apprentices in each of the last five years.
Answered by Anne Milton
The most recent statistics on the total number of businesses with apprenticeship starts for the 2016/17 academic year are published on GOV.UK. This can be found at:
Due to the methodology behind these experimental statistics, we do not provide regional data at a lower level of granularity than Government Office Region. We are developing the methodology which will potentially allow for more detailed breakdowns in the future.
The latest published information on apprenticeship starts can be found in the further education data library. This can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships.
The latest published figures on the number of apprenticeship starts at a geographical level can be found at:
2017/18 and the first six months of the 2018/19 academic year (provisional):
2014/15 to 2017/18 academic years:
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria his Department uses to determine eligibility for compensation awards to victims of terrorism from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Applications from victims of terrorism in Great Britain are determined by reference to the eligibility rules contained within the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-injuries-compensation-scheme-2012
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken is by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme to decide on applications for compensation by victims of terrorism in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This information can only be provided for financial years 2017/18 & 2018/19. Information from previous financial years has been archived in line with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority’s (CICA) data retention policy.
Terrorism is not defined for the purposes of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. Victims are compensated for the injuries they have sustained rather than the nature of the incident (with the exception of sexual assault or abuse).
To support consistent decision-making, CICA does record the nature of the incident where it identifies the potential for multiple applications in relation to the same circumstances. The data below relates to applicants who have been identified as victims of terrorism for this purpose.
Period | Mean time taken to decide applications for compensation by victims of terrorism |
2017-18 | 289 days |
2018-19 | 167 days |
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprenticeship starters were eligible for free school meals in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England in each quarter of each academic year since 2014.
Answered by Anne Milton
Information on the proportion of apprenticeship starters who were eligible for free school meals is not held in the format requested.
We publish data on apprenticeship starts with various breakdowns by level, local authority and parliamentary constituency in the apprenticeships geography and sector subject area tool of the apprenticeships data library. This can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of people entering higher education by age 19 in (a) 2018-19 and (b) each of the last five academic years were eligible for free school meals in (i) Ashfield constituency, (ii) Nottinghamshire and (iii) England.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The Department publishes information at a national level on the proportion of students who entered higher education by age 19 who were eligible for free school meals at age of 15 in state-funded and special schools.
The latest figures for England can be found in Table 1 here:
The information is not held centrally, regarding figures at local authority or parliamentary constituency level.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprenticeship starters who were eligible for free school meals started (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher apprenticeships in (i) Ashfield constituency, (ii) Nottinghamshire and (iii) England, in the first quarter of the academic year (A) 2018-19 (B) 2017-18, (C) 2016-17, (D) 2015-16 and (E) 2014-15.
Answered by Anne Milton
Information on the proportion of apprenticeship starters who were eligible for free school meals is not held in the format requested.
We publish data on apprenticeship starts with various breakdowns by level, local authority and parliamentary constituency in the apprenticeships geography and sector subject area tool of the apprenticeships data library. This can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships.