## Cps Kent: Human Trafficking Offences Charged And Reaching A First H

| Financial Year   | Act and Section                                |   Offences |
|------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------|
| 2014-2015        | Sexual Offences Act 2003 { 59A(1)(b) and (6) } |          1 |
| 2014-2015        | Sexual Offences Act 2003 { 59A(1)(c) and (6) } |          1 |

1.  Offences recorded in the Management Information System Offences Universe are those which reached a hearing.  There is no indicat


finalisation. 2.  Data relates to the number of offences recorded in magistrates' courts, in which a prosecution commenced, as recorded on the Case 
 
3.  Offences data are not held by defendant or outcome.

4.  Offences recorded in the Offences Universe of the MIS are those which were charged at any time and reached at least one hearing.  T


with and there is no indication of final outcome or if the offence charged was the substantive offence at finalisation. 1.  CPS data are available through its Case Management System (CMS) and associated Management Information System (MIS).  The C
 
 
functions.  The CPS does not collect data that constitutes official statistics as defined in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007.  
2.  These data have been drawn from the CPS's administrative IT system, which (as with any large scale recording system) is subject to 
 
 
and subject to change as more information is recorded by the CPS.  We are committed to improving the quality of our data and from mid
 
 
some unexpected variance in some future data sets.

3.  The official statistics relating to crime and policing are maintained by the Home Office (HO) and the official statistics relating to senten
 
 
the judiciary are maintained by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ).

  
 
tion of final outcome or if the charged offence was the substantive charge at 

Management System.
 
  This offence will remain recorded whether or not that offence was proceeded 
 
  
 CPS collects data to assist in the effective management of its prosecution 

 
  
 
 possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures are provisional 


-June 2015 introduced a new data assurance regime which may explain 
 
 
ncing, criminal court proceedings, offenders brought to justice, the courts and