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 2026 – 2027

HMCPSI Business Plan 2026-27

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 inspections

6 reports

PTPH Inspection – Scope

The inspection will establish the route by which each sampled case reached the Crown Court, what information and Better Case Management products were available on receipt, and whether subsequent CPS activity was appropriate.

DA Strangulation – Scope

An inspection evaluating how the offences of strangulation and suffocation have embedded in domestic abuse casework dealt with by the Crown Prosecution Service.

Transforming Summary Justice Inspection – Scope

An inspection assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the CPS’s preparation of magistrates’ courts cases for first hearing in accordance with the ten principles of Transforming Summary Justice

SFO Disclosure follow-up

This inspection will examine the Serious Fraud Office’s progress in implementing key recommendations from HMCPSI’s 2024 disclosure inspection. This inspection will provide independent assurance on the effectiveness of the Serious Fraud Office’s current disclosure arrangements.

Year:

2026

An inspection of the Serious Economic Organised Crime and International Directorate (SEOCID) 2026 Scope

HMCPSI will conduct an inspection of how the CPS Serious Economic, Organised Crime and International Division (SEOCID) has developed since its creation in 2022.