Quarterly performance figures for Local Criminal Justice Boards published
26 Jan 2006
The latest quarterly regional performance figures for the Criminal Justice System are published today.
The figures, for the year ending September 2005 and covering England and Wales, show:
- 1.23 million offences were brought to justice compared to 1 million in the year ending March 2002, an increase of 23%.
- The proportion of ineffective trials in the Crown Court has fallen to 14% from 24% in 2002.
- The payment rate of fines issued by criminal courts has increased from 68% in June 2003 to 82% between July and September 2005.
- Public confidence in the ability of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) to bring offenders to justice has improved to 43% from 39% in March 2003.
- The proportion of ineffective trials in Magistrates' Courts has fallen to 21% from 31% in 2002.
- The number of outstanding Failure To Appear (FTA) warrants has decreased by 9% since March 2005
- The proportion of FTA warrants notified to the police within 1 working day has increased from 70% to 76% between June and September 2005, and the proportion notified within 3 working days has increased from 88% to 92% over the same period.
This is the first time that data on FTA Warrants has been published.
FTA Warrants are warrants issued by courts against defendants who fail to appear in court at the allotted date and time. The published figures relate to targets for reducing the number of outstanding warrants, and ensuring that the police are notified of 90% of warrants issued by the courts within 1 working day, and 100% within 3 working days.
Use the link on the right to visit the data tables and see how your Local Criminal Justice Board is performing.