Annual Report 2022-23

1. Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS), Quarterly Criminal Courts Statistics – Report 20 – Quarter 4 2022/23 (June 2023).

2. COPFS, Case processing statistics 2018-23 (2023).

3. COPFS, Financial strategy 2021-2024 (February 2023).

4. SCTS, Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, Quarterly Criminal Court Statistics – Bulletin 19 – Quarter 3 2022/23 (2023).

5. IPS, Inspection of COPFS practice in relation to sections 274 and 275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (October 2022).

6. Including RN v HMA [2020] HCJAC 3; CH v HMA [2020] HCJAC 43; Macdonald v HMA [2020] HCJAC 21; RR v HMA [2021] HCJAC 21; XY v HMA [2022] HCJAC 2.

7. RR v HMA [2021] HCJAC 21.

8. Law Commission, Evidence in sexual offences prosecutions: a consultation paper (2023).

9. IPS, HMICS, Care Inspectorate and HMIPS, Joint review of diversion from prosecution – Terms of Reference (March 2022).

10. IPS, HMICS, Care Inspectorate & HMIPS, Joint review of diversion from prosecution (February 2023).

11. Further information about the pilot is available in SCTS, The Summary Case Management Pilot – The transition from EPR and way forward (August 2022).

12. Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018.

13. IPS, The prosecution of domestic abuse cases at sheriff summary level – Terms of Reference (2023).

14. IPS, Annual Report 2021-22, paragraphs 44-46.

15. IPS, Thematic report on the prosecution of young people (2018).

16. IPS, Thematic review of Fatal Accident Inquiries (2016) and Follow-up review of Fatal Accident Inquiries (2019).

17. IPS, Thematic report on the Victims' Right to Review (2018).

18. In relation to the timeliness of death investigations, COPFS has a key performance target of conducting the investigation and advising next of kin of the outcome within 12 weeks in at least 80% of cases. In 2022-23, this was achieved in 65% of cases – a rise from 50% the year before, but still below target.

19. IPS, Inspection of the management by COPFS of criminal allegations against the police (September 2021).

20. IPS, Inspection of COPFS practice in relation to sections 274 and 275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (October 2022).

21. IPS, HMICS, Care Inspectorate & HMIPS, Joint review of diversion from prosecution (February 2023).

22. No member of staff earned in excess of £150,000.