Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals have ceased pursuing a case prior to reaching trial for (a) rape, (b) domestic violence, (c) burglary cases and (d) drug-related cases since 2010.
Victims can withdraw from the criminal justice process at any stage and some of this information is published for adult rape and all offences as part of our Criminal Justice Delivery Data Dashboard and through trial effectiveness in the quarterly Criminal Court Statistics, available at the following links:
We are taking strong action to address victim attrition, including: