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Stephen Lindsay Parkinson (born 15 June 1957) is an English solicitor and former barrister, [1] who has been the Director of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales) (DPP) and head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) since November 2023.
The director reports to the attorney general, who answers for the CPS in Parliament and makes appointments to the position, in the case of vacancy, on the recommendation of panels that include the Civil Service Commission. As of November 2023, the director is Stephen Parkinson. [2] [3]
The former defence lawyer, who has been at the helm of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for a year, told reporters the work was “particularly important” amid the delays, adding: “They are ...
Mr Parkinson, who has been in post as head of the CPS for a year, said: “Our figure for the crown court backlog is a caseload of 82,000 and that is 85% above pre-Covid. So a very, very ...
The main responsibilities of the CPS are to provide legal advice to the police and other investigative agencies during the course of criminal investigations, to decide whether a suspect should face criminal charges following an investigation, and to conduct prosecutions both in the magistrates' courts and the Crown Court. The Attorney General ...
Party leader Mr Farage also called for the director of public prosecutions Stephen Parkinson to resign. He said: “The British public needs to have confidence in the CPS and our police forces.
The DPP was responsible for the prosecution of only a small number of major cases until 1986 when responsibility for prosecutions was transferred to a new Crown Prosecution Service with the DPP as its head. The Director is appointed by the Attorney General for England and Wales. The current DPP, since November 2023, is Stephen Parkinson. [7]
Stephen Parkinson (mathematician) (1823–1889), British mathematician and academic Stephen Parkinson (lawyer) (born 1957), English barrister, solicitor, and head of the Crown Prosecution Service Stephen Parkinson, Baron Parkinson of Whitley Bay (born 1983), British Conservative member of the House of Lords and former lobbyist