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 January to March 2005.



Rate of ineffective trials : Magistrates' Courts c
Baseline Target 2004/05 Quarter 3 Quarter 4
CJS Areas Jul-Sep 2002 a (Rate not to exceed) Oct-Dec 2004 b Jan-Mar 2005
NATIONAL:
England & Wales
30.9%
24.5%
24.3%
22.7%
LOCAL:
Avon & Somerset
22.0%
23.0%
16.1%
12.6%
Bedfordshire
32.2%
23.0%
35.1%
34.6%
Cambridgeshire
21.7%
20.0%
17.2%
18.9%
Cheshire
25.2%
23.0%
17.6%
19.1%
Cleveland
34.8%
25.5%
20.0%
17.0%
Cumbria
19.7%
18.0%
16.4%
13.9%
Derbyshire
31.7%
26.5%
24.8%
27.4%
Devon & Cornwall
20.7%
20.0%
18.4%
18.7%
Dorset
34.7%
25.0%
16.9%
17.5%
Co. Durham & Darlington
24.8%
24.0%
30.9%
26.7%
Dyfed Powys
32.3%
23.0%
22.3%
15.1%
Essex
28.1%
24.5%
22.8%
20.9%
Gloucestershire
26.6%
20.0%
24.8%
19.3%
Greater Manchester
27.9%
22.5%
19.3%
20.0%
Gwent
31.6%
25.0%
19.9%
24.8%
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
35.7%
26.0%
24.6%
22.7%
Hertfordshire
27.8%
25.0%
23.0%
22.1%
Humberside
37.3%
21.0%
17.8%
16.3%
Kent
29.8%
22.0%
24.5%
22.9%
Lancashire
28.9%
23.0%
23.6%
23.5%
Leicestershire
22.6%
23.0%
25.9%
24.7%
Lincolnshire
19.6%
24.5%
24.1%
20.5%
London
39.8%
30.0%
30.5%
27.7%
Merseyside
36.2%
28.0%
26.4%
23.4%
Norfolk
23.2%
20.0%
19.8%
13.1%
Northamptonshire
22.3%
24.0%
19.7%
16.4%
Northumbria
29.6%
24.5%
25.3%
23.9%
North Wales
22.5%
15.0%
15.4%
15.8%
North Yorkshire
23.2%
22.0%
18.9%
16.9%
Nottinghamshire
32.4%
27.0%
26.1%
24.4%
South Wales
28.2%
23.0%
17.3%
19.7%
South Yorkshire
26.0%
23.0%
25.8%
22.3%
Staffordshire
21.4%
19.0%
21.2%
17.3%
Suffolk
20.0%
22.0%
17.3%
11.7%
Surrey
18.8%
21.0%
23.2%
23.5%
Sussex
36.9%
24.0%
23.9%
20.1%
Thames Valley
30.1%
24.5%
20.1%
19.2%
Warwickshire
13.5%
15.0%
14.3%
6.6%
West Mercia
30.9%
20.0%
28.4%
24.1%
West Midlands
27.0%
24.5%
24.0%
22.6%
West Yorkshire
29.8%
27.0%
24.6%
25.4%
Wiltshire
32.5%
24.5%
15.8%
23.4%

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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