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Recent performance

A summary of our performance is shown below. More detailed information on our local targets can be found in the Area Business Plan.

The information below is based on the most recent figures available. This is for the first quarter of this year (April-June 2004) unless otherwise stated.

Case outcomes

Our performance is measured in terms of whether the outcome of a case was successful. We aim to keep the number of cases with unsuccessful outcomes as low as possible.

Trials

There are many different reasons why trials can be 'ineffective' which means that they do not go ahead on the day or are adjourned to another date for the trial to go ahead.

The most common reason for this is that the defendant or witnesses do not turn up to court.

We are striving to keep the numberof ineffective trials as low as possible and the figures for the second quarter of the year (July to September 2004) show that this is being achieved:

Discontinued cases

There are many different reasons why cases are discontinued, for example, due to lack of evidence or witnesses not turning up at court.

Persistent Young Offenders

The government has set the timescale in which Persistent Young Offenders should be dealt with by the Criminal Justice System: within 71 days from arrest to sentence.

We are working with our partners in the Criminal Justice System to ensure that Persistent Young Offenders in this county are being successfully dealt with within this timescale: