Question follow-through · 5198
Crime: Statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) ensure police forces pursue all reasonable lines of enquiry to avoid categorising victim-based offences cases as a evidential difficulties outcome prematurel
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) ensure police forces pursue all reasonable lines of enquiry to avoid categorising victim-based offences cases as a evidential difficulties outcome prematurel
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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25 Jun 2026
Answer published
The police have a duty to pursue all reasonable lines of enquiry, as set out in the Code of Practice under the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996.The Home Office works with policing and the Crown Prosecution Service to improve all case outcome...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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