To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the proposed timelines and targets set by each local Criminal Justice Board for the reduction of the time from arrest to sentence. [130483]
All Local Criminal Justice Boards are expected to continue to work towards meeting and maintaining the Government's objective to halve the average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders in England and Wales from 142 days (1996) to 71 days. The average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders in England and Wales was 64 days for the second quarter of 2003—the eighth consecutive quarter at or below the 71 day target. Current Persistent Young Offenders (PYO) performance for each Local Criminal Justice Board is set out in the table (Table A) and further details are available at www.youth-justice-board.gov.uk/PractitionersPostal/PracticeAnd Performance/Performance.Locally, since April 2003 when the Boards were formally established, each Board has set itself individual adult and youth targets for improving general timeliness in the magistrates courts, with separate Crown court targets for different types of cases. These have been set in the context of the overall delivery of the Criminal Justice Systems (CJS's) Public Service Agreements and in the magistrates courts are expressed in terms of charge to completion. Targets for each area are set out in the table (Table B). Performance data from April-June 2003, is due to be published in October 2003.
Table A | ||
April–June 2003 | ||
Force | AS | Number of cases |
National | 64 | 6,296 |
Avon and Somerset | 61 | 108 |
Bedfordshire | 44 | 27 |
Cambridgeshire | 43 | 82 |
Table B | |||||||||||
Magistrates court | Crown court | ||||||||||
Adult | Youth | ||||||||||
TARGETS 2003/04 | PYO | Initial Guilty Plea | Trials | Committals | Initial Guilty Plea | Trials | Committals | Committal for trial (%) | Sent for trial (%) | Committal for sentence trial (%) | Sent for appeal (%) |
England and Wales | 71 | ||||||||||
Avon and Somerset | 71 | 57 | 142 | 84 | 54 | 121 | 95 | 1— | 1— | 1— | 1— |
Bedfordshire | 71 | 36 | 175 | 86 | 49 | 121 | 85 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Cambridgeshire | 71 | 49 | 145 | 86 | 49 | 119 | 85 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Cheshire | 71 | 46 | 123 | 98 | 41 | 108 | 98 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Cleveland | 71 | 50 | 141 | 86 | 49 | 99 | 85 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
Cumbria | 71 | 42 | 112 | 84 | 42 | 98 | 70 | 1— | 1— | 1— | 1— |
Derbyshire | 71 | 54 | 130 | 102 | 56 | 140 | 98 | 82 | 85 | 92 | 93 |
Devon and Cornwall | 71 | 40 | 128 | 76 | 46 | 121 | 92 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Dorset | 71 | 48 | 182 | 86 | 46 | 112 | 68 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Durham | 71 | 37 | 111 | 90 | 24 | 85 | 55 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Dyfed Powys | 71 | 38 | 126 | 72 | 44 | 78 | 85 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Essex | 71 | 50 | 127 | 86 | 40 | 106 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Gloucestershire | 71 | 50 | 140 | 85 | 45 | 110 | 80 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 90 |
Greater Manchester | 71 | 42 | 136 | 84 | 49 | 121 | 85 | 62 | 72 | 80 | 85 |
Gwent | 71 | 1— | 1— | 1— | 49 | 121 | 85 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Hampshire | 71 | 35 | 148 | 69 | 42 | 115 | 83 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Hertfordshire | 71 | 45 | 145 | 86 | 44 | 121 | 62 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Humberside | 71 | 50 | 150 | 85 | 49 | 120 | 85 | 1— | 1— | 1— | 1— |
Kent | 71 | 4o | 140 | 80 | 40 | 115 | 80 | 1— | 1— | 1— | 1— |
Lancashire | 71 | 50 | 145 | 86 | 49 | 121 | 85 | 70 | 78 | 80 | 85 |
Leicestershire | 71 | 41 | 130 | 84 | 47 | 108 | 69 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Lincolnshire | 71 | 47 | 145 | 86 | 49 | 121 | 58 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
London | 71 | 47 | 145 | 65 | 49 | 121 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Table A
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April–June 2003
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Force
| AS
| Number of cases
|
Cheshire | 55 | 95 |
Cleveland | 57 | 88 |
Cumbria | 53 | 93 |
Derbyshire | 91 | 90 |
Devon and Cornwall | 48 | 120 |
Dorset | 76 | 58 |
Durham | 60 | 102 |
Dyfed-Powys | 31 | 51 |
Essex | 79 | 94 |
Gloucestershire | 40 | 41 |
Greater Manchester | 67 | 474 |
Gwent | 64 | 78 |
Hampshire | 65 | 314 |
Hertfordshire | 49 | 58 |
Humberside | 89 | 130 |
Kent | 67 | 189 |
Lancashire | 52 | 240 |
Leicestershire | 66 | 106 |
Lincolnshire | 79 | 78 |
Merseyside | 89 | 257 |
Metropolitan | 75 | 453 |
Norfolk | 70 | 72 |
North Wales | 43 | 110 |
North Yorkshire | 76 | 79 |
Northamptonshire | 68 | 71 |
Northumbria | 70 | 384 |
Nottinghamshire | 59 | 150 |
South Wales | 63 | 259 |
South Yorkshire | 73 | 164 |
Staffordshire | 46 | 147 |
Suffolk | 40 | 91 |
Surrey | 74 | 48 |
Sussex | 55 | 121 |
Thames Valley | 64 | 147 |
Warwickshire | 43 | 41 |
West Mercia | 59 | 129 |
West Midlands | 51 | 436 |
West Yorkshire | 65 | 331 |
Wiltshire | 68 | 36 |
British Transport Police | 75 | 54 |
Note:
This table shows the latest available PYO arrest-to-sentence figures for each Criminal Justice Area.
Table B
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Magistrates court
| Crown court
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Adult
| Youth
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TARGETS 2003/04
| PYO
| Initial Guilty Plea
| Trials
| Committals
| Initial Guilty Plea
| Trials
| Committals
| Committal for trial (%)
| Sent for trial (%)
| Committal for sentence trial (%)
| Sent for appeal (%)
|
Merseyside | 71 | 52 | 140 | 80 | 40 | 110 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 91 | 96 |
Norfolk | 71 | 38 | 110 | 62 | 37 | 98 | 70 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Northamptonshire | 71 | 50 | 145 | 86 | 49 | 121 | 62 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Northumbria | 71 | 28 | 112 | 84 | 28 | 112 | 70 | 1— | 1— | 1— | 1— |
North Wales | 71 | 36 | 104 | 90 | 45 | 102 | 67 | 90 | 92 | 90 | 93 |
North Yorkshire | 71 | 42 | 130 | 86 | 42 | 90 | 72 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Nottinghamshire | 71 | 49 | 144 | 69 | 48 | 114 | 84 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
South Wales | 71 | 50 | 128 | 84 | 42 | 92 | 60 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
South Yorkshire | 71 | 54 | 138 | 98 | 57 | 117 | 102 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Staffordshire | 71 | 50 | 129 | 86 | 44 | 90 | 85 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Suffolk | 71 | 50 | 142 | 71 | 49 | 101 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Surrey | 71 | 45 | 140 | 86 | 44 | 100 | 45 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Sussex | 71 | 50 | 145 | 86 | 41 | 121 | 82 | 1— | 1— | 1— | 1— |
Thames Valley | 71 | 50 | 145 | 86 | 46 | 109 | 85 | 1— | 1— | 1— | 1— |
Warwickshire | 71 | 50 | 117 | 85 | 46 | 99 | 85 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
West Mercia | 71 | 42 | 155 | 125 | 45 | 118 | 85 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
West Midlands | 71 | 42 | 112 | 70 | 42 | 112 | 70 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
West Yorkshire | 71 | 48 | 128 | 84 | 45 | 116 | 84 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
Wiltshire | 71 | 47 | 120 | 108 | 42 | 98 | 0 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
1 denotes no area target set
Notes:
Persistent Young Offenders—Targets are based on average time in days from arrest to sentence
Timeliness in Magistrates courts—Targets are based on 80 per cent. of defendants charged with crime to be dealt within the number of days shown from charge to disposal.
Timeliness in Crown courts—Targets are the percentage of defendants to be dealt with within National Targets from committal to first hearing
Crown Court National targets are: Committals for trial, 16 weeks; Sent for trial cases, 26 weeks; Committals for sentence, 10 weeks; Appeals, 14 weeks
These figures have been updated recently and may differ slightly from previously published figures
Awaiting clarification from Gwent on Adult timeliness targets