In the United Kingdom, the office of Director of Public Prosecutions was first created in 1880 as part of the Home Office, and had its own department from 1908. The DPP was only responsible for the prosecution of a small number of major cases until 1986 when responsibility for all prosecutions was transferred to a new Crown Prosecution Service[?] with the DPP as its head.
History of the DPP and CPS (http://www.cps.gov.uk/home/WhatDoesTheCpsDo/history.htm)
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