Quarterly performance figures for Local Criminal Justice Boards published
26 Oct 2006
The latest quarterly regional performance figures for the Criminal Justice System are published today.
The figures, for the quarter to June 2006 and covering England and Wales, show:
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1.347 million offences were brought to justice in the year to June 2006. This represents an increase of 34% on the 1.002 million offences brought to justice in the year ending March 2002 and is above the level of the target to bring 1.25 million offences to justice in 2007/08.
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Public confidence in the ability of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) to bring offenders to justice has improved to 44% from 39% in March 2003. This exceeds the March 2008 target of 40%.
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The Persistent Young Offender (PYO) pledge was to halve the average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders from 142 days to 71 days. In the quarter to June 2006 the average time was 71 days.
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The proportion of ineffective trials in the Crown Court has fallen to 12.5% from 23.7% in 2002, thus is ahead of the March 2007 target of 14.2%.
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The proportion of ineffective trials in Magistrates' Courts has fallen to 19.2% from 30.9% in 2002, thus is ahead of the March 2007 target of 19.4%.
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The payment rate of fines issued by criminal courts has increased from 80% in March 2005 to 85% between April and June 2006. This exceeds the March 2007 target of 83%.
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The number of outstanding Failure To Appear (FTA) warrants has decreased by 28% since March 2005, and performance is ahead of trajectory towards the March 2007 target for a 35% reduction from the March 2005 baseline.
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The proportion of FTA warrants notified to the police within 1 working day has increased to 92% from 70% in the same quarter in 2005, exceeding the 90% target. The proportion notified within 3 working days has increased to 98% from 89% over the same period.
Use the link on the right to visit the National Criminal Justice Board website and see the performance tables in full.