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Our inspection programme

Each year, we work with our stakeholders to decide what inspections we will carry out and publish the resulting inspection programme in our annual business plan.

Our stakeholders include the Law Officers, the Attorney General and Solicitor General; senior members of the judiciary; academics; Members of Parliament; representatives of specialist groups, such as victim support groups; and the organisations we inspect.

Business Plan 2024 – 2025

HMCPSI Business Plan 2024-2025

Our inspection strategy 2021-2024

Inspection Strategy 2021-24

Our inspection strategy 2024 -2027

Inspection Strategy 2024-2027

Other inspections

Sometimes we are asked to carry out inspections on short notice. Naturally, it is not possible to include these in our inspection programme, but we do build flexibility into the programme to try to make sure we can assist with short notice requests.

Current and upcoming inspections

6 reports

Area Inspection Programme – Phase 3 scope

In our 25 years’ experience inspecting the CPS, we have identified several casework drivers. For this inspection, we will concentrate on three key components, which will guide our assessment and ensure a comprehensive evaluation.

Year:

2025

HMCPSI Inspection of CPSD – scoping paper

Is CPS Direct delivering good quality and timely charging decisions?

DA Follow-up Scope

In March 2023 HMCPSI published a report “The service from the CPS to victims of domestic abuse – a thematic inspection of the handling by the Crown Prosecution Service of domestic abuse cases in the magistrates’ courts”. HMPCSI will conduct a short follow up inspection to assess the extent to which these recommendations have been successfully implemented by the CPS.

Year:

2024

Rape Inspection

An inspection into whether implementation of the National Operating Model (NOM) for prosecuting rape has improved the consistency and quality of the CPS’s approach to providing early advice and pre-charge decisions in adult rape cases? Has the quality of early advice and pre-charge casework in adult rape cases improved

Year:

2024

HMCPSI Thematic Inspection of Individual Quality Assessments

Inspection of CPS Individual Quality Assessments (IQAs)

Year:

2024

Investigations and case building joint inspections

The work carried out by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services over a number of years has shown that there is room to improve the standard of case building by police forces and CPS Areas.

Year:

2024