Disclosure ref: 20 Sent: 3rd April 2020 

## Freedom Of Information Act 2000 Request Information Into The Serious Organised Crime And Police Act 2005

 
Request 
 
Agreements made under ss. 71-74 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA) by the 
CPS. 
 
I would like to have a set of specific, discrete data, please: 
 
(i) How many 'full immunity notice' agreements were made by the CPS under s.71 SOCPA for the time 
period 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019 and for the time period to 1 October 2019 to 31 March 
2020? 
 
(ii) How many 'restricted-use undertaking' agreements were made by the CPS under s.72 SOCPA for 
the time period 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019 and for the time period to 1 October 2019 to 31 
March 2020? 
 
(iii) How many 'co-operating witness' agreements were made by the CPS under s.73 SOCPA for the 
time period 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019 and for the time period to 1 October 2019 to 31 
March 2020? 
 
(iv) How many 'sentence review' agreements were made by the CPS under s.74 SOCPA for the time 
period 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019 and for the time period to 1 October 2019 to 31 March 
2020? 
 
Response 
 

In response to your questions above, the information you have requested is publically available on the 

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) website and therefore withheld under section 21 'Information 
accessible to applicant by other means of the FOI Act. Please see attached section 17 notice which 
explains these exemptions in further details. 
 

                                                                                                                                      
 Crown Prosecution Service, Information Access Team,  
                Floor 8, 102 Petty France, London 
                                   SW1H 9AJ 
                              United Kingdom 
                               www.cps.gov.uk 

I refer to the below link which holds the data outlined within the scope of your request for the financial year April 2019 to September 2019. 

https://www.cps.gov.uk/socpa-information Please note the data for 01 October to 31 March 2020 will not be published until at least by spring 
2020 and therefore is exempt under section 22(1) - information intended for future publication of the FOI Act.  Please see attached section 17 notice which explains these exemptions in further details. Information Management Unit 020 3357 0788 
IMU@cps.gov.uk