Ineffective Trials in the Magistrates’ Courts
Percentage of trials in Magistrates’ Courts which were ineffective (i.e. unable to proceed on the day they were scheduled to start and re-listed to start another day), across Local Criminal Justice Board areas; latest quarter October to December 2007.
| Rate of ineffective trialsc | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | HMCS Target at end of 2007/08 | Quarter 2 b | Quarter 3 b | |
| CJS Areas | Jul-Sep 2002a | (Rate not to exceed…) | July-Sept 2007 | Oct-Dec 2007 |
| England & Wales | 30.9% |
19.0% |
18.2% |
18.5% |
| Avon & Somerset | 22.0% |
18.0% |
14.4% |
11.4% |
| Bedfordshire | 32.2% |
21.5% |
18.1% |
22.7% |
| Cambridgeshire | 21.7% |
16.5% |
15.4% |
12.4% |
| Cheshire | 25.2% |
18.0% |
8.6% |
8.2% |
| Cleveland | 34.8% |
18.0% |
21.7% |
22.0% |
| Cumbria | 19.7% |
16.5% |
17.7% |
19.2% |
| Derbyshire | 31.7% |
24.0% |
24.9% |
22.6% |
| Devon & Cornwall | 20.7% |
18.0% |
15.8% |
13.1% |
| Dorset | 34.7% |
21.0% |
24.2% |
32.5% |
| Co. Durham & Darlington | 24.8% |
21.5% |
15.3% |
19.6% |
| Dyfed Powys | 32.3% |
16.9% |
12.7% |
8.9% |
| Essex | 28.1% |
21.0% |
20.9% |
20.7% |
| Gloucestershire | 26.6% |
19.5% |
29.4% |
26.7% |
| Greater Manchester | 27.9% |
16.5% |
14.7% |
14.0% |
| Gwent | 31.6% |
18.5% |
18.8% |
22.9% |
| Hampshire & Isle of Wight | 35.7% |
21.0% |
17.7% |
18.9% |
| Hertfordshire | 27.8% |
21.0% |
21.6% |
23.9% |
| Humberside | 37.3% |
18.0% |
14.2% |
15.1% |
| Kent | 29.8% |
20.0% |
20.3% |
(tbc) |
| Lancashire | 28.9% |
19.5% |
17.0% |
17.7% |
| Leicestershire | 22.6% |
21.0% |
20.0% |
20.8% |
| Lincolnshire | 19.6% |
20.5% |
18.9% |
(tbc) |
| London | 39.8% |
19.0% |
17.9% |
17.2% |
| Merseyside | 36.2% |
16.5% |
14.3% |
14.1% |
| Norfolk | 23.2% |
17.0% |
12.6% |
16.9% |
| North Wales | 22.5% |
15.0% |
16.4% |
13.8% |
| North Yorkshire | 23.2% |
18.0% |
16.6% |
19.5% |
| Northamptonshire | 22.3% |
16.0% |
12.9% |
14.7% |
| Northumbria | 29.6% |
20.5% |
20.5% |
19.6% |
| Nottinghamshire | 32.4% |
22.0% |
24.6% |
24.7% |
| South Wales | 28.2% |
19.0% |
14.8% |
13.1% |
| South Yorkshire | 26.0% |
18.5% |
20.5% |
18.4% |
| Staffordshire | 21.4% |
18.0% |
18.8% |
23.2% |
| Suffolk | 20.0% |
16.0% |
9.3% |
11.1% |
| Surrey | 18.8% |
18.0% |
18.7% |
17.6% |
| Sussex | 36.9% |
18.5% |
19.1% |
18.6% |
| Thames Valley | 30.1% |
21.0% |
17.4% |
21.1% |
| Warwickshire | 13.5% |
19.0% |
13.3% |
14.5% |
| West Mercia | 30.9% |
18.0% |
20.1% |
17.3% |
| West Midlands | 27.0% |
20.0% |
19.2% |
20.4% |
| West Yorkshire | 29.8% |
21.0% |
20.7% |
21.4% |
| Wiltshire | 32.5% |
19.0% |
13.5% |
17.8% |
(a) Baseline against which each CJS area will be
monitored.
(b) Quarters as per financial year
(c) Lower performance is better
The method of collecting data allows for amendments to previously
published figures. Accordingly, this data is subject to change.
Data shown as at 26/03/08