Written Question·Home Office·UIN 8040

Crime: Prosecutions and Victims

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 16 October 2024

Question

Tom Hayes

LabourBournemouth East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve (a) charge rates of people accused of crime and (b) support for victims of crime.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The Home Office recognises that charge volumes and rates have been persistently low for too long. That’s why we have set out our Safer Streets mission to rebuild confidence in policing and the criminal justice system.The Home Office is working with the po...

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