Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to Recommendation 9 of the Joint Inspectorate’s Phase Two report into the police and Crown Prosecution Service response to rape, published in February 2022, in how many and what proportion of rape cases resulting in a conviction in the 2022-23 financial year did the victim (a) make a victim personal statement prior to trial, (b) make or update a victim personal statement between trial and sentencing and (c) actively decline the option to make a victim personal statement.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not have a central record of the number of victim personal statements made, updated or where a victim declined to provide one.