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Records created or inherited by the Crown Prosecution Service
Catalogue reference: CPS
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CPS
Records created or inherited by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CPS
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records created or inherited by the Crown Prosecution Service
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1999-2020
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records created or inherited by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
For series created for regularly archived websites, please see the separate Websites Division.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Crown Prosecution Service, 1986-1986
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government established under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, which created the CPS under the direction of the Director of Public Prosecutions, consisting of a merger of his old department with the existing police prosecution departments. It started operating in 1986.
The CPS is responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in England and Wales, with the exception of cases conducted by the Serious Fraud Office and certain minor offences. It is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) who works under the superintendence of the Attorney General and a chief executive. The service comprises a headquarters and individual areas which correspond to a police area in England and Wales, each of which is headed by a Chief Crown Prosecutor and an Area Business Manager.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C420/
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Records created or inherited by the Crown Prosecution Service