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HMCPSI Business Plan 2025-26

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Business Plan 2025-26 (PDF, 377.5 KB)

Our annual business plan for 2025/26 sets out our strategic priorities and the work we expect to do this year.

HMCPSI has a statutory duty to independently inspect the work of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Our work is fundamental to improving the criminal justice system and help maintain public trust.


In setting the plan and priorities, we considered all the responses received following our consultation on the proposed long list of inspections. The inspection programme is challenging and ambitious, prioritising those inspections which will add most value. Although the programme covers the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, some early work has commenced on some of the inspection topics and others will continue after the end of this period into the following year.


We are also undertaking an inspection by invitation of the Health & Safety Executive Legal Services Division using our experience of inspection and our ability in assessing legal decision making to spread best practice to others who prosecute. We have also been invited by the Service Prosecuting Authority to carry out a follow up assessment of the implementation of the seven recommendations made in our 2024 report.


To achieve our goals, we will work closely with our criminal justice partner inspectorates, engage with key stakeholders in the criminal justice system, and ensure our recommendations are implemented.