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Written Question
Crown Prosecution Service: Coronavirus
Thursday 5th November 2020

Asked by: David Johnston (Conservative - Wantage)

Question to the Attorney General:

What assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) effectiveness of the digital capability of the CPS during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Michael Ellis

The CPS successfully enabled almost its entire workforce to move to remote working at the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak, without business interruption. Working with partners, the CPS has helped the criminal justice system to continue to function throughout the pandemic.

The CPS Inspectorate published a report on the performance of the CPS at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. It commended the organisation’s digital capability and strategic planning and its foresight in upgrading its digital capabilities.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Apr 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps his Department is taking to enable local authorities to provide (a) food and (b) other support to people who have been identified as clinically extremely vulnerable during the covid-19 outbreak. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Apr 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"The supermarkets have clearly got a big job on their hands, but my constituents who are shielding in Wantage and Didcot are finding their approach inconsistent. Some are very responsive, with dedicated telephone lines and email addresses that get people’s issues resolved quickly. Others have fobbed people off with lines …..."
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