The CPS will receive £49 million to support victims of crime and
transform the services they provide to the public.
Funding will mean additional staff in CPS's specialist Rape and
Serious Sexual Offence units and further staff to support the
ongoing victim transformation programme.
This funding will be a boost in the Government's pledge to halve
violence against women and girls in the next decade, a key
element of the wider mission to deliver the safer streets
mission.
Further funding will be made available to develop the CPS's use
of new technology to increase productivity, efficiency, and
quality in its services.
Additional funding for CPS is being made available after the
government recognised the CPS has been under increasing pressure
from the wider criminal justice system, including court backlogs
and capacity pressures in our prisons.
The Solicitor General KC MP said:
Tackling crime, supporting victims, and strengthening public
confidence in the criminal justice system are priorities for me
as Solicitor General.
I know that prosecutors will play a vital role in our ambitious
missions to halve violence against women and girls in a decade,
deliver swifter justice for victims, and double down on knife
crime as we make our streets safer for everyone.
That's why I welcome this budget, which is not only fixing the
foundations of our economy, but is focused on rebuilding trust in
the criminal justice system too.
Director of Public Prosecutions said:
I am pleased with the increase in our funding, which will help us
begin to tackle the significant challenges we face and build
on our work to make the public safer.
This investment will help us to achieve better outcomes,
particularly in cases involving rape and serious sexual offence
and domestic abuse, while supporting us to improve the experience
of victims in the justice system. It will also support
investment in technology to help us increase productivity and
efficiency.
It is imperative that we work together with our criminal justice
partners to build public confidence, and this investment in the
CPS will be an important first step to do that.
The Budget provides funding for the Law Officers' Department,
which the Attorney General KC and Solicitor General
KC MP superintend, which
includes CPS, provides total funding of £1.1bn in 2025-26.
This is equivalent to an annual real terms increase of 7.5% over
this financial year and the next.
