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Written Question
Rape: Offences against the Administration of Justice
Tuesday 18th April 2023

Asked by: Lord Dobbs (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions for making false rape allegations were brought in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Answered by Lord Stewart of Dirleton - Advocate General for Scotland

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) holds no data showing the number of prosecutions for making false allegations of rape. The CPS has strict guidance for charging perverting the court of justice and wasting police time in cases involving allegedly false allegations of rape and/or domestic abuse. The guidance makes clear that prosecutions for these offences will be extremely rare and by their very nature they will be complex and require sensitive handling.