Prosecution
Recommendations related to prosecution
9
Recommendations
67% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (3)Accepted in Part (3)Not Accepted (1)Awaiting Response (2)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 5 inquiries
Across 5 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
9 total
R105
Response Pending
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry
Reverse burden for organisational failure to prevent harm
Consideration should be given to a different approach to the prosecution of organisations for failing to prevent deliberate harm being caused by their employees, such as by applying a reverse …
Department of Health NI
R89
Response Pending
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry
Review of prosecution system timeliness
The Department of Justice should review the timeliness of the handling of each aspect of the prosecution system that has led to the delay in bringing those accused of causing …
Northern Ireland Executi…
DM-7
Accepted
Daniel Morgan Panel
CPS guidance on disclosure for profit
It is recommended that the Crown Prosecution Service's additional guidance should be amended to include a requirement that the Prosecutor should consider whether the information was disclosed with a view …
Crown Prosecution Service
IHRD-8
Accepted
Hyponatraemia Inquiry
RQIA Compliance Review Powers
Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority ('RQIA') should review overall compliance and consideration should be given to granting it the power to prosecute in cases of serial non-compliance or serious and …
- The Department of Health NI stated in March 2018 that expanded oversight powers for RQIA were under consideration (IHRD Implementation Programme, Department of Health …
Northern Ireland Executi…
Department of Health NI
F87
Accepted in Part
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Ensuring the utility of a health and safety function in a clinical setting
The Health and Safety Executive is clearly not the right organisation to be focusing on healthcare. Either the Care Quality Commission should be given power to prosecute 1974 Act offences …
- The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 granted the Care Quality Commission powers to prosecute providers for breaches related to …
Department of Health and…
F90
Accepted
Mid Staffs Inquiry
Assistance in deciding on prosecutions
In order to determine whether a case is so serious, either in terms of the breach of safety requirements or the consequences for any victims, that the public interest requires …
- The Department of Health and Social Care stated in April 2025 that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) exists between the Care Quality Commission (CQC) …
L55
Not Accepted
Leveson Inquiry
ICO Prosecution Powers Extension
The prosecution powers of the Information Commissioner should be extended to include any offence which also constitutes a breach of the data protection principles.
- Under the Data Protection Act 1998, the Information Commissioner's prosecution powers were limited to specific offences including section 55 (unlawful obtaining of data). The …
UK Government
L56
Accepted in Part
Leveson Inquiry
ICO Consult with CPS
A new duty should be introduced (whether formal or informal) for the Information Commissioner's Office to consult with the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to the exercise of its powers …
- The Data Protection Act 2018 does not include a formal statutory duty for the ICO to consult with the Crown Prosecution Service before exercising …
UK Government
L63
Accepted in Part
Leveson Inquiry
ICO Adopt DPP Guidelines
The Information Commissioner's Office should immediately adopt the Guidelines for Prosecutors on assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media, issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions in September …
- The Director of Public Prosecutions published Guidelines for Prosecutors on assessing the public interest in cases affecting the media in September 2012 (DPP Guidelines, …
Information Commissioner