Rape: Prosecutions

(asked on 22nd February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of rape were recorded in 2020, and how many of those cases resulted in, within one year of recording, a (a) reference to the CPS, (b) charge or summons, (c) completed prosecution and (d) conviction, including guilty pleas.


Answered by
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Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 25th February 2022

In June 2021 the Government published its End to End Rape Review Report and Action Plan. During that review, we took a hard and honest look at how the entire criminal justice system deals with rape and in too many instances it simply had not been good enough.

The Action Plan outlined a robust programme of work to achieve a significant improvement, and we are committed to delivering on the actions in order to bring this about.

This includes the publication on a quarterly basis of scorecards to shine a light on the performance of the criminal justice system and give greater transparency.

Further information on recorded rape offences, including time to charge and measures from the CPS and Ministry of Justice, can be found in the Criminal Justice Scorecard for recorded adult rape offences:

CJS scorecard - recorded adult rape offences - Justice data

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