Rape: Trials
(asked on 5th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 9826, what method the CPS used to select the sample of case files to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history under s.41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
This question was answered on 13th December 2017
The CPS randomly selected 2 case files from each calendar month in 2016 flagged as ‘rape’ on the Case Management System for every CPS area in England and Wales.