Quarterly performance figures for Local Criminal Justice Boards published
2 May 2008
The figures, for the quarter to December 2007 and covering England and Wales, show:
1.449 million offences were brought to justice in the twelve months to December 2007. This exceeds the level of the 2007/08 PSA target to bring 1.25 million offences to justice in 2007/08, and represents an increase of 45% on the baseline year ending March 2002.
The offences brought to justice (OBTJ) were broken down as follows; 50% convictions, 26% cautions, 10% penalty notices for disorder (PNDs), 7% offences taken into consideration at court (TICs) and 7% formal warnings for cannabis.
Performance on public confidence in the CJS for the year to December 2007 was at 44%, which is stable in comparison to the baseline of 43% for the year ending March 2005.
The proportion of ineffective trials in the Crown Court has fallen to 12.7% from 23.7% in 2002, therefore ahead of the target trajectory for meeting the March 2008 target of 14.0%.
The proportion of ineffective trials in Magistrates' Courts has fallen to 18.5% from 30.9% in 2002, therefore ahead of the target trajectory for meeting the March 2008 target of 19%.
The PYO pledge was to halve the average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders from 142 days to 71 days. The average time for the period October to December 2007 was 60 days.
The total value of fines collected as a percentage of the value of fines imposed (excluding confiscation orders) across Local Criminal Justice Board areas has increased from 92% for the period April to September 2007 to 93% for the financial year to date period (April to December 2007). It is exceeding the 2007/08 target of 85%.
The number of outstanding Failure To Appear (FTA) warrants has decreased by 47% since March 2005, and has now achieved the March 2008 target of a 47% reduction.
The proportion of FTA warrants notified to the police within 1 working day was 93% for the period October to December 2006 and has remained at 93% for the period October to December 2007, exceeding the 90% target. The proportion notified within 3 working days has dropped from 99% to 98% over the same period. The proportion of FTA warrants executed in a timely manner, between October and December 2007, for Category A warrants was 62% within 14 working days, for Category B warrants was 65% within 21 working days and for Category C warrants was 57% within 28 working days, against a target of 70%, 70% and 60% respectively.
The average time to resolve community penalty breaches for the period October to December 2007 was 42 days therefore not meeting the target of 35 days. The percentage of breaches resolved within 25 working days for the period October to December 2007 was 55%, which is below the target level of 60%. There were 2,912 confiscations orders obtained for the period April to December 2007, which is 101% of the financial year to date target trajectory. The value of the confiscation orders obtained were £65.9 million, which is also above the financial year to date target.
There were 810 restraint orders for the period April to December 2007, which is 168% of the financial year to date target trajectory.
The value of confiscation orders collected for the financial year to December 2007 was £75.7 million, which is 98% of the financial year to date target trajectory.