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 how many case files were selected by the Crown Prosecution Service for the sample of case files selected to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history.
This question was answered on 13th December 2017
The Crown Prosecution Service selected 309 case files flagged as ‘rape’ on the Case Management System which were finalised in the calendar year 2016.