Written Question·Attorney General·UIN 75246

Prosecutions

Tabled: 4 September 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

ConservativeSolihull West and Shirley

To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has discontinued in the last three years; and for what reasons.

Answer

Ellie Reeves
Management information held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) shows the number of defendants whose prosecution was dropped by the CPS and the primary reason allocated to the outcome at finalisation.The table below shows the number and proportion of p...

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