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CJG weekly round up, Issue 9

21.4.08

This message consolidates all of the announcements that have been made this week, relevant to the new Criminal Justice Group (CJG) of the Ministry of Justice. The links will enable you to access further information about each announcement.

Consultation on structured sentencing (new window)

The Sentencing Commission Working Group is seeking views on how a structured sentencing framework could be adapted for England and Wales.  The aim is to develop a set of proposals to improve the operation of the criminal justice system in relation to sentencing. The working group was set up by the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice in January 2008 to investigate the potential of a structured sentencing framework, following Lord Carter's review of prisons. Lord Justice Gage is chairing the working group. The consultation is published by the Judiciary of England and Wales (new window).

Average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders (new window)

The latest National Statistics on persistent young offenders released by the Ministry of Justice and produced in accordance with arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.  The monthly release presents figures derived from the Police National Computer on the time taken to bring persistent young offenders to justice. This release monitors the 1997 pledge to halve the arrest to sentence time for this offender group (from 142 to 71 days) in England and Wales and all Criminal Justice Areas.

Public Service Agreements 2004 - technical notes update (new window)

Published on 17 April 2008, the technical notes for the department's Public Service Agreement targets under the 2004 Spending Review have been amended to reflect improvements to the collection of data on care cases. The change relates to PSA 4 target to increase the proportion of care cases being completed in the courts within 40 weeks by 10% by 2009/10.

This message has been sent to a list of external bodies and individuals who have an interest or involvement in the MoJ Criminal Justice Group.

If you have queries about any of the above please contact the CJG Communications Team.

 

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