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Subject to the statistical data topic COPFS does not provide statistical information for groups of fewer than five and relevant numbers are replaced with an asterisk. Some values of five or more may also be replaced with an asterisk to ensure that no suppressed values can be deduced by subtraction from a total.

COPFS applies this approach, where appropriate, to requests for data such as FOI responses, parliamentary questions and other statistical reports which are published on the COPFS website. This practice best meets the COPFS legal responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation implemented in 2018.

COPFS should not be providing information that identifies, or potentially allows to be identified, an individual person or some personal information about that individual. The prosecution service can receive separate requests over a period of time for related but slightly different information e.g. by age, sex, location, crime, etc. and for overlapping time periods or geographies. These separate pieces of information taken together for numbers fewer than five could create the potential risk of identifying individuals.

Information on race crime and on crimes aggravated by religious, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity prejudice is available on our Equality and Diversity page.

COPFS has a national database which stores operational information about our cases. That allows us to take decisions in each case and track the outcomes. We use it to help us manage our casework effectively and, although it is not a statistical database, we are able to use some of the information it provides to help us monitor aspects of our performance.

pdfCOPFS Performance Against Key Targets April 2020 to March 2021

docCOPFS Performance Against Key Targets April 2020 to March 2021

 

pdfCOPFS Case Processing Financial Year April 2020 to March 2021

docCOPFS Case Processing Financial Year April 2020 to March 2021

 

pdfCOPFS Statistics on Case Processing last 5 years (2016-2021)

docCOPFS Statistics on Case Processing last 5 years (2016-2021)

 

pdfNo Action cases reported to COPFS 2016 - 2021

docNo Action cases reported to COPFS 2016 - 2021

 

docCOPFS Achievements (Updated November 2015)

pdfCOPFS Performance Measures (Updated November 2015)

The Civil Service People Survey (CSPS) is an annual survey of the attitudes and work-life experiences of Civil Servants. Managed by the Cabinet Office it is open to all Civil Servants and those that work for Civil Service organisations. The CSPS provides consistent and robust metrics which helps understand how to improve levels of engagement across the Civil Service and in individual organisations. 

COPFS survey scores:

2020 Civil Service People Survey results are available on GOV.UK

COPFS - Civil Service People Survey 2019

COPFS - Civil Service People Survey 2018

COPFS - Civil Service People Survey 2017

COPFS - Civil Service People Survey 2016

The Lord Advocate directed that from 21 May 2020, Covid-19 or presumed Covid-19 deaths where the deceased might have contracted the virus in the course of their employment or occupation, or where deceased is resident in a care home when the virus is contracted, should be reported to COPFS. This applies to deaths reportable by medical practitioners to the Procurator Fiscal which have already occurred before that date.

COPFS has established a Covid Deaths Investigation Team (CDIT) which is working closely with Police Scotland and other agencies to obtain the information it requires to identify and investigate these deaths. There is more information on this work on the Covid-19 information for bereaved families page.

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