Finance

• What was the budget cut in the police 2010-2018?

  19%
• What did the polices budget cut result in?

  1. 20,000 fall in police officers and a shortage of detectives
  2. Them dropping cases (The Met Police dropped 2.9x more cases in 2018 than 2013)
• What cases were most likely to be dropped by the police as a result of budget cuts?

  Time consuming and expensive (Rape cases that take around 129 days to solve)
• What was the budget cut for the CPS between 2010 and 2018?

  25%
• What was the result of the CPS budget cut?

  1. Lost 1/3 of staff
  2. Head of CPS identified that cases were solved less efficiently in 2018 (rape, fraud and modern slavery)
  3. Short on skills needed to combat crime
  4. Accused of downgrading charges in order to have them prosecutes in magistrates courts
• What issues did the Chief Inspector of probation highlight in 2019?

  1. Staff shortages
  2. Failure of CRCs (19/21)
  3. Lack of confidence in the serve of judges (from victims, the public and offenders)
• What did the new chief of probation in 2020 highlight?

  1. Must be properly funded
  2. Vacancies must be filled
  3. Staff need to be properly trained
• How much extra funding have the probation service received after July 2019?

  £300 million
• How much did the prison services funding fall between 2010 and 2018?

  19%
• How much did the prison staff fall as a result of the funding fall?

  15%
• Why do critics say that the prison service is in a crisis?

  1. Rising levels of assaults, self harm and suicide
  2. Overcrowding and staff cuts reduce the chances of rehabilitation
• Why may have prison privatisation caused a crisis?

  Worst prison riot in 25 years at HMP Birmingham. This was due to staff levels dropping as well as staff motivation, leading to the prisoners taking control of the prison. So it was closed and returned to a public prison in 2016.