Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
(asked on 26th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking to increase prosecution rates for (a) sexual assault and (b) rape offences.
This question was answered on 26th May 2022
This Government is determined to increase the number of rape and sexual assault cases going to court.
The CPS is undertaking extensive work to drive up and improve prosecutions through its Joint National RASSO Action Plan with the police, the Rape Strategy, and the Operation Soteria Path Finders, which are testing methods for best practice in six CPS Areas.
Since publication of its strategy, the CPS has continued to see increases in the number of rape charges, prosecutions and convictions.