Statistics
Persistent Young Offender Statistics
This bulletin presents the figures on the average time it takes to sentence persistent young offenders in England and Wales from the date of their arrest. The figures in the bulletin are those from 2005 and include the breach of ASBO cases that led to a charge.
Title: Persistent young offenders bulletin
Author: John Perrett and Farzana Bari
Series: Ministry of Justice Statistical Bulletin
Date published: 2005
Number of pages: 17
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These figures are used to monitor the governments pledge to reduce the average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders in England and Wales from 142 days in 1996 to 71 days.
Average interval from arrest to sentence
The average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders (PYO) in February 2005 was 66 days. The same as January 2005.
94% of all PYO cases were sentenced at magistrates' courts. The average time from arrest to sentence for these cases was 58 days, down 1 day from January 2005.
The average time from arrest to sentence for cases sentenced at the Crown Court was 184 days, down 3 days from January 2005. (This includes both time spent in magistrates' courts before committal to the Crown Court and time spent in Crown Court proceedings after committal).
The number of criminal justice areas achieving the 71 days target in the latest period (December 2004 - February 2005) was 28.
To compare these latest figures with those from as late as January 1999 you can download the full report.
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Further, more recent, bulletins on the average time taken from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders can be found in the statistics area of the Ministry of Justice website.
Last update: Tuesday, September 30, 2008