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The amount of rape allegations that were passed onto the CPS in the 2017/18 financial year, including the amount where no further action was taken and were not in the public interest to proceed. 

## Request

1. How many allegations of rape were passed from the police to the CPS for a charging decision 
in the year 2017/18 financial year? 
2. On how many occasions did the CPS decide to take no further action? 
 
3. When the decision was made to take no further action how many cases were classified as (i) 
failing to meet the evidential test and (ii) how many was it not in the public interest to proceed? 

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 Response We do not publish the disaggregated 'no further action/no prosecution' decisions based upon evidential or public interest reasons.  Please see the table attached which shows rape flagged precharge data for 2017-18 and should be read in conjunction with the caveats appended to it. Information Management Unit 020 3357 0899 
IMU@cps.gov.uk  
 

                                                                                                                                           
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                                   United Kingdom 
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