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Annual Report 2023-24

HMCPSI's Annual Report for 2023-24 was laid in Parliament 31st October 2024
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Area Inspection Programme

Since the publication of this report in 2023 we have discovered and corrected typographical errors in table 3 on page 14 and table 4 on page 15. This is a corrected version.
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Serious Fraud Office – disclosure

An inspection of the handling and management of disclosure in the Serious Fraud Office.
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HMCPSI Business Plan 2024 – 2025

Our annual business plan for 2024/25 sets out our strategic priorities and the work we expect to do this year.
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An inspection of Crown Prosecution Service actions in the Valdo Calocane case

The Attorney General requested HMCPSI undertake a rapid inspection of CPS action in the Calocane (Nottingham) case.
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Efficiency spotlight report: The impact of recruitment and retention on the criminal justice system

In this report we focus on recruitment and retention in the agencies that we inspect.
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Joint case building by the police and Crown Prosecution Service

Interim findings from phase 1 of a joint inspection by HMCPSI and HMICFRS of case building by the police and Crown Prosecution Service.
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An inspection of how well the police, the Crown Prosecution Service and the Probation Service support victims of crime

This was a joint inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), His Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMI Probation).
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CPS Handling of custody time limits – follow-up inspection

HMCPSI has conducted a follow-up inspection into the CPS’s handling of custody time limits.
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Area inspection programme: Composite report of the baseline assessments of the 14 Crown Prosecution Service Areas in England and Wales.

HMCPSI carried out a programme of inspections across all 14 CPS Areas between 2021 and 2022 with a focus on casework quality.
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