Ineffective Trials in the Magistrates' Courts
Percentage of trials in the 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. The latest quarter October to December 2004.
| Rate of ineffective trials : Magistrates' Courts c | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Target 2004/05 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | |
| CJS Areas | Jul-Sep 2002 a | (Rate not to exceed) | Jul-Sep 2004 b | Oct-Dec 2004 |
| NATIONAL: | ||||
| England & Wales |
30.9%
|
24.5%
|
25.4%
|
24.3%
|
| LOCAL: | ||||
| Avon & Somerset |
22.0%
|
23.0%
|
18.8%
|
16.1%
|
| Bedfordshire |
32.2%
|
23.0%
|
31.7%
|
35.1%
|
| Cambridgeshire |
21.7%
|
20.0%
|
15.1%
|
17.2%
|
| Cheshire |
25.2%
|
23.0%
|
17.6%
|
17.6%
|
| Cleveland |
34.8%
|
25.5%
|
20.3%
|
20.0%
|
| Cumbria |
19.7%
|
18.0%
|
18.0%
|
16.4%
|
| Derbyshire |
31.7%
|
26.5%
|
26.7%
|
24.8%
|
| Devon & Cornwall |
20.7%
|
20.0%
|
20.8%
|
18.4%
|
| Dorset |
34.7%
|
25.0%
|
24.5%
|
16.9%
|
| Co. Durham & Darlington |
24.8%
|
24.0%
|
23.4%
|
30.9%
|
| Dyfed Powys |
32.3%
|
23.0%
|
13.6%
|
22.3%
|
| Essex |
28.1%
|
24.5%
|
21.4%
|
22.8%
|
| Gloucestershire |
26.6%
|
20.0%
|
20.4%
|
24.8%
|
| Greater Manchester |
27.9%
|
22.5%
|
19.3%
|
19.3%
|
| Gwent |
31.6%
|
25.0%
|
27.1%
|
19.9%
|
| Hampshire & Isle of Wight |
35.7%
|
26.0%
|
26.2%
|
24.6%
|
| Hertfordshire |
27.8%
|
25.0%
|
23.9%
|
23.0%
|
| Humberside |
37.3%
|
21.0%
|
20.3%
|
17.8%
|
| Kent |
29.8%
|
22.0%
|
23.6%
|
24.5%
|
| Lancashire |
28.9%
|
23.0%
|
24.6%
|
23.6%
|
| Leicestershire |
22.6%
|
23.0%
|
24.6%
|
25.9%
|
| Lincolnshire |
19.6%
|
24.5%
|
24.2%
|
24.1%
|
| London |
39.8%
|
30.0%
|
33.7%
|
30.5%
|
| Merseyside |
36.2%
|
28.0%
|
29.0%
|
26.4%
|
| Norfolk |
23.2%
|
20.0%
|
24.3%
|
19.8%
|
| Northamptonshire |
22.3%
|
24.0%
|
22.0%
|
19.7%
|
| Northumbria |
29.6%
|
24.5%
|
24.6%
|
25.3%
|
| North Wales |
22.5%
|
15.0%
|
20.2%
|
15.4%
|
| North Yorkshire |
23.2%
|
22.0%
|
19.1%
|
18.9%
|
| Nottinghamshire |
32.4%
|
27.0%
|
25.2%
|
26.1%
|
| South Wales |
28.2%
|
23.0%
|
18.9%
|
17.3%
|
| South Yorkshire |
26.0%
|
23.0%
|
20.2%
|
25.8%
|
| Staffordshire |
21.4%
|
19.0%
|
20.1%
|
21.2%
|
| Suffolk |
20.0%
|
22.0%
|
16.2%
|
17.3%
|
| Surrey |
18.8%
|
21.0%
|
19.4%
|
23.2%
|
| Sussex |
36.9%
|
24.0%
|
30.2%
|
23.9%
|
| Thames Valley |
30.1%
|
24.5%
|
19.9%
|
20.1%
|
| Warwickshire |
13.5%
|
15.0%
|
10.9%
|
14.3%
|
| West Mercia |
30.9%
|
20.0%
|
26.9%
|
28.4%
|
| West Midlands |
27.0%
|
24.5%
|
25.3%
|
24.0%
|
| West Yorkshire |
29.8%
|
27.0%
|
26.4%
|
24.6%
|
| Wiltshire |
32.5%
|
24.5%
|
18.2%
|
15.8%
|
a: Baseline against which each CJS area will be monitored
b: Quarters as per financial year
c: Lower performance is better