Proceeding contribution from Yvette Cooper (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 25 May 2021. It occurred during Urgent question on Criminal Justice Review: Response to Rape.
Criminal Justice Review: Response to Rape
The Government know that rape prosecution and conviction rates have always been too low,
but they have plummeted over the last four years, dropping by 60% to 70%. Ministers were warned several years ago about the impact of cuts to specialist rape prosecutors and to specialist sexual violence teams in the police. Has the Minister done an assessment of what the reduction in some of those specialist policing teams has been, what the impact has been, and what additional capacity is now needed in those specialist teams, in both the CPS and the police, to turn this awful situation around?
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- Criminal investigation Prosecutions Rape Reviews
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