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 April to June 2005.



Rate of ineffective trials : Magistrates' Courts c
Baseline Target 2005/06 Quarter 4 Quarter 1
CJS Areas Jul-Sep 2002 a (Rate not to exceed...) Jan-Mar 2005 b Apr-Jun 2005
NATIONAL:
England & Wales
30.9%
23.0%
22.7%
21.6%
LOCAL:
Avon & Somerset
22.0%
19.5%
12.6%
14.4%
Bedfordshire
32.2%
22.5%
34.6%
32.2%
Cambridgeshire
21.7%
16.5%
18.9%
17.0%
Cheshire
25.2%
18.0%
19.1%
18.4%
Cleveland
34.8%
20.0%
17.0%
18.2%
Cumbria
19.7%
16.5%
13.9%
17.3%
Derbyshire
31.7%
22.5%
27.4%
27.2%
Devon & Cornwall
20.7%
18.0%
18.7%
18.8%
Dorset
34.7%
22.0%
17.5%
20.0%
Co. Durham & Darlington
24.8%
23.5%
26.7%
25.9%
Dyfed Powys
32.3%
18.0%
15.1%
17.1%
Essex
28.1%
22.5%
20.9%
23.2%
Gloucestershire
26.6%
21.0%
19.3%
20.9%
Greater Manchester
27.9%
18.0%
20.0%
18.3%
Gwent
31.6%
20.0%
24.8%
23.6%
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
35.7%
22.0%
22.7%
22.6%
Hertfordshire
27.8%
22.5%
22.1%
23.0%
Humberside
37.3%
18.0%
16.3%
14.6%
Kent
29.8%
20.0%
22.9%
20.4%
Lancashire
28.9%
21.0%
23.5%
21.5%
Leicestershire
22.6%
21.0%
24.7%
23.7%
Lincolnshire
19.6%
22.5%
20.5%
25.1%
London
39.8%
25.0%
27.7%
26.3%
Merseyside
36.2%
18.0%
23.4%
20.2%
Norfolk
23.2%
18.5%
13.1%
15.8%
Northamptonshire
22.3%
20.0%
16.4%
15.4%
Northumbria
29.6%
23.0%
23.9%
23.3%
North Wales
22.5%
15.0%
15.8%
11.4%
North Yorkshire
23.2%
19.0%
16.9%
21.3%
Nottinghamshire
32.4%
22.0%
24.4%
25.3%
South Wales
28.2%
20.0%
19.7%
17.1%
South Yorkshire
26.0%
21.0%
22.3%
18.0%
Staffordshire
21.4%
18.0%
17.3%
18.7%
Suffolk
20.0%
16.0%
11.7%
12.4%
Surrey
18.8%
18.0%
23.5%
16.9%
Sussex
36.9%
19.0%
20.1%
17.5%
Thames Valley
30.1%
22.0%
19.2%
20.6%
Warwickshire
13.5%
14.5%
6.6%
15.5%
West Mercia
30.9%
18.0%
24.1%
20.7%
West Midlands
27.0%
22.5%
22.6%
22.4%
West Yorkshire
29.8%
23.0%
25.4%
20.9%
Wiltshire
32.5%
20.0%
23.4%
19.6%

a: Baseline against which each CJS area will be monitored
b: Quarters as per financial year
c: Lower performance is better

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