Performance Indicators
The CJS Strategy for 2008-2011 (Working together to cut crime and deliver justice; A strategic plan for 2008-2011) supports Public Service Agreement 24 (PSA 24), which is one of 30 PSAs set for government departments under HM Treasury’s 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review. PSA 24 aims to “Deliver a more effective, transparent and responsive Criminal Justice System for victims and for the public.” Delivery is the responsibility of the National Criminal Justice Board (NCJB), supportd by CJS Officials and the 42 Local Criminal Justice Boards (LCJBs) established across England and Wales in April 2003. LCJBs will work across the CJS agencies and local partnerships to develop local delivery strategies.
PSA 24 will be measured against five performance indicators. These are to:
- Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the CJS in bringing offences to justice, and in particular serious violent, sexual and acquisitve offences;
- Increase the percentage of people who have confidence in the effectiveness and fairness of the Criminal Justice System in bringing offences to justice;
- Increase victim and witness satisfaction with the CJS in bringing offences to justice, and victim satisfaction with the police;
- Identify, understand and address race disporportionality at key stage in the CJS through consistent collection, analysis and use of good quality ethnicity data;
- Increase the recovery of assets acquired through crime.
PSA 24 also measures improvements in compliance and enforcement through indicators designed to measure whether we are:
- increasing the percentage of fine amounts imposed that are successfully collected,
- reducing the number of unexecuted Fail to Appear (FTA) warrants and executing newly issued FTA warrants more quickly; and
- resolving community penalty breaches more quickly.
Use the menu on the left to learn more about each of these targets. To find out how your Local Criminal Justice Board is performing, click on Performance Figures to view the latest data.