Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

(asked on 5th September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many times defendants were informed that they had been charged with (a) rape or (b) sexual assault and given a date and time to appear in court by a Postal Requisition letter from the Crown Prosecution Service in financial years (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-23.


Answered by
Michael Tomlinson Portrait
Michael Tomlinson
This question was answered on 12th September 2023

The Police issue all postal requisition letters following Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advice to charge, and have sole responsibility for decisions on, and issue of, postal requisition letters. The CPS does not hold the relevant data.

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