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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 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

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4 reports

Joint Inspection of the Young Witness Protocol – Terms of Reference

HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Service (HMICFRS) are preparing to conduct a joint thematic inspection of how well the police, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and His Majesty’s Courts & Tribunal Service (HMCTS) expedite cases involving witnesses aged under ten years.
Year:
2026

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