Prosecution
Recommendations related to prosecution
7
Recommendations
86% accepted
Government Response
Accepted (3)Accepted in Part (3)Not Accepted (1)
Recommendations in This Theme
recommendation across 4 inquiries
Across 4 inquiries
Tagged Recommendations
7 total
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 …
Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Status as of Government Response (June 2023): Completed.
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 …
Government reports this recommendation as delivered. Implementation status based on Department of Health NI Implementation Programme updates.
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 …
- CQC was given powers to prosecute for offences of ill-treatment or wilful neglect of individuals by care providers or care workers under sections 20 …
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 …
- HSE published guidance on the selection and management of expert witnesses in enforcement proceedings, including healthcare-related cases. HSE uses expert medical and clinical advisors …
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