FOI release

Victim Right to Review

Case reference FOI2025/00997

Received 27 June 2025

Published 28 July 2025

Request

Can you please provide me with the following information for each of the three most recent years that you hold data for (i.e, calendar years 2022, 2023, 2024 or financial years 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25): - Number of Victim Right to Review (VRR) requests received by CoLP for previously closed criminal investigations. - Number of criminal investigations subsequently reopened following VRR requests - Number of criminal investigations subsequently reopened following VRR requests that were put to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for consideration of a charging decision. - Number of reopened criminal investigations subsequently reopened following VRR requests that were put to the CPS, which resulted in charge for a criminal offence.

Response

Number of Victim Right to Review (VRR) requests received by CoLP for previously closed criminal investigations. –

2023 1

2024 7

2025 to date 3

Number of criminal investigations subsequently reopened following VRR requests - 3

Number of criminal investigations subsequently reopened following VRR requests that were put to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for consideration of a charging decision. – 0 to date 2 still ongoing

Number of reopened criminal investigations subsequently reopened following VRR requests that were put to the CPS, which resulted in charge for a criminal offence. 0 to date

 

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