Ineffective Trials in the Crown Court

Percentage of trials in the Crown Court 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 July to September 2005.



Rate of ineffective trials : Crown Court c
Baseline Target 2005/06 Quarter 1 Quarter 2
CJS Areas Jun-Aug 2002 a (Rate not to exceed) Apr-Jun 2005 b Jul-Sep 2005
NATIONAL:
England & Wales
23.7%
17.0%
13.5%
13.8%
LOCAL:
Avon & Somerset
21.6%
16.5%
17.8%
19.0%
Bedfordshire
16.4%
15.0%
21.1%
12.7%
Cambridgeshire
27.5%
14.0%
17.1%
15.9%
Cheshire
23.0%
13.5%
9.3%
9.6%
Cleveland
28.2%
15.0%
16.3%
15.4%
Cumbria
24.5%
16.5%
7.1%
6.0%
Derbyshire
19.1%
15.5%
16.2%
13.2%
Devon & Cornwall
16.3%
12.5%
14.0%
6.9%
Dorset
14.6%
12.0%
13.6%
8.3%
Co. Durham & Darlington
31.4%
17.0%
13.2%
18.3%
Dyfed Powys
4.3%
11.5%
5.1%
6.3%
Essex
25.9%
17.0%
17.3%
10.7%
Gloucestershire
12.3%
16.0%
17.0%
6.3%
Greater Manchester
25.8%
15.0%
13.4%
13.6%
Gwent
13.3%
14.0%
12.8%
7.4%
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
19.9%
16.0%
13.2%
10.2%
Hertfordshire
19.9%
16.5%
11.8%
12.0%
Humberside
11.5%
13.0%
11.0%
7.8%
Kent
28.4%
16.0%
12.8%
17.4%
Lancashire
28.1%
16.5%
12.0%
18.6%
Leicestershire
31.2%
16.5%
15.8%
13.2%
Lincolnshire
11.8%
16.5%
15.7%
15.4%
London
25.8%
16.5%
13.4%
15.9%
Merseyside
25.3%
12.5%
15.6%
9.9%
Norfolk
22.2%
14.0%
12.3%
15.2%
Northamptonshire
28.2%
10.0%
3.4%
3.1%
Northumbria
13.4%
17.0%
17.2%
15.5%
North Wales
20.9%
15.0%
11.0%
13.9%
North Yorkshire
16.2%
16.0%
16.1%
16.7%
Nottinghamshire
19.7%
14.0%
12.8%
16.2%
South Wales
12.6%
11.5%
8.3%
8.0%
South Yorkshire
23.4%
15.0%
11.5%
13.2%
Staffordshire
26.5%
14.0%
6.5%
17.0%
Suffolk
20.2%
15.0%
7.1%
3.4%
Surrey
18.1%
16.5%
15.4%
7.7%
Sussex
19.8%
13.0%
14.2%
12.6%
Thames Valley
17.9%
16.0%
13.1%
14.5%
Warwickshire
13.3%
16.5%
8.3%
0.0%
West Mercia
24.7%
16.5%
12.2%
17.6%
West Midlands
27.7%
17.0%
14.3%
13.0%
West Yorkshire
23.9%
16.0%
14.8%
16.2%
Wiltshire
10.6%
12.0%
2.2%
12.2%

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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