Select Committee on Public Accounts Minutes of Evidence

ANNEX A

Table 1-

Lancashire Constabulary JPM Data

Quarter	Timeliness	Quality
December 1996	61.9%	76.8% (CPS data)
March 1997	50.6%	68.9% (HMIC data)
June 1997	57.2%	67.5%
September 1997	68.5%	68.5%

  Percentage meeting the standards.

Table 2

FILE TYPE	TIMELINESS			QUALITY
	% within	% up to 5 days	% more than 5 days	% Fully	% sufficient to	% insufficient
	timescale	late	days late	satisfactory	proceed	to proceed
Abbreviated	49.38%	23.08%	27.54%	69.38%	28.15%	2.46%
Full Assault	62.03%	16.46%	21.52%	30.38%	60.76%	8.86%
Full-Summary trial	36.64%	14.66%	48.71%	60.78%	36.21%	3.02%
Full-Committal	38.16%	 9.87%	51.97%	53.95%	42.11%	3.95%
Full other	48.63%	18.03%	33.33%	41.53%	52.46%	6.01%
TOTAL	46.45%	18.90%	34.65%	59.72%	36.65%	3.63%

  Period: October to November 1995

FILE TYPE	TIMELINESS			QUALITY
	% within	% up to 5 days	% more than 5 days	% Fully	% sufficient to	% insufficient
	timescale	late	days late	satisfactory	proceed	to proceed
Abbreviated	51.17%	22.12%	26.69%	68.92%	29.43%	1.65%
Full Assault	46.15%	30.77%	23.08%	25.64%	66.67%	7.69%
Full-Summary trial	47.70%	10.92%	41.38%	69.54%	25.29%	5.17%
Full-Committal	51.11%	12.59%	36.30%	58.52%	34.07%	7.41%
Full other	53.21%	19.27%	27.52%	43.12%	50.00%	6.88%
TOTAL	50.85%	18.96%	30.19%	61.19%	34.68%	4.13%

  Period: December 1995 to March 1996

FILE TYPE	TIMELINESS			QUALITY
	% within	% up to 5 days	% more than 5 days	% Fully	% sufficient to	% insufficient
	timescale	late	days late	satisfactory	proceed	to proceed
Abbreviated	52.17%	21.68%	26.15%	74.53%	23.31%	2.17%
Full Assault	44.53%	30.47%	25.00%	38.28%	53.13%	8.59%
Full-Summary trial	45.56%	14.58%	39.86%	73.35%	23.23%	3.42%
Full-Committal	58.13%	14.46%	27.41%	59.64%	33.73%	6.63%
Full other	54.68%	15.83%	29.50%	46.76%	44.06%	9.17%
TOTAL	52.00%	19.07%	28.93%	65.81%	29.72%	4.47%

  Period: April to June 1996

FILE TYPE	TIMELINESS			QUALITY
	% within	% up to 5 days	% more than 5 days	% Fully	% sufficient to	% insufficient
	timescale	late	days late	satisfactory	proceed	to proceed
Abbreviated	51.06%	22.99%	25.95%	79.13%	18.22%	2.65%
Full Assault	58.14%	11.63%	30.23%	48.89%	46.67%	4.44%
Full-Summary trial	60.91%	11.93%	27.16%	80.25%	18.52%	1.23%
Full-Committal	66.83%	 9.13%	24.04%	69.23%	25.48%	5.29%
Full other	58.26%	18.81%	22.94%	59.86%	32.57%	7.57%
TOTAL	55.92%	18.78%	25.29%	72.97%	23.08%	3.94%

  Period: July to September 1996

FILE TYPE	TIMELINESS			QUALITY
	% within	% up to 5 days	% more than 5 days	% Fully	% sufficient to	% insufficient
	timescale	late	days late	satisfactory	proceed	to proceed
Abbreviated	66.39%	22.30%	12.31%	77.35%	21.41%	1.24%
Full-Summary trial	69.92%	19.02%	11.06%	61.63%	34.96%	3.41%
Full-Committal	70.49%	15.30%	14.21%	69.66%	24.16%	6.18%
TOTAL	68.05%	19.89%	25.29%	71.08%	26.42%	2.50%

  Period: October to December 1996

FILE TYPE	TIMELINESS			QUALITY
	% within	% up to 5 days	% more than 5 days	% Fully	% sufficient to	% insufficient
	timescale	late	days late	satisfactory	proceed	to proceed
Abbreviated	58.89%	22.12%	18.99%	82.81%	15.75%	1.44%
Full-Summary trial	62.60%	20.10%	17.30%	67.43%	29.52%	3.05%
Full-Committal	74.58%	10.17%	15.25%	69.49%	27.68%	2.82%
TOTAL	61.91%	20.04%	18.05%	76.82%	21.11%	2.07%

Table 3.

Summary of Forces Providing JPM Data 1997

Quarter	Number of Forces Providing Usable Data	Number of files covered by JPM measurement
1	13	24,375
2	20	44,176
3	26	68,893

Table 4-

JPM Data Quarters 1-3 1997

Number of files shown above and percentage of all files below. Change shown between q1 and q3 in percentage points

	Perfect Files				Within PTI Limits				Fully Satisfactory
	q1	q2	q3	change	q1	q2	q3	change	q1	q2	q3	change
Bedfordshire	187	310	336		400	670	735		519	491	420
	14.6%	26%	33%	18.4	31.2%	56.2%	72.2%	41	40.5%	41.2%	41.3%	0.8
City of London	24	82	127		68	129	199		26	104	148
	28.9%	48%	53.8%	24.9	81.9%	75.4%	84.3%	2.4	31.3%	60.8%	62.7%	31.4
Cleveland	1529	1553	1659		2355	2239	2417		1764	1840	1956
	55.3%	57.3%	56.4%	1.1	85.2%	82.6%	82.2%	-3	63.8%	67.9%	66.5%	2.7
Derbyshire	229	177	348		763	511	832		415	338	576
	16.7%	17.6%	22.5%	5.8	55.7%	50.8%	53.7%	-2	30.3%	33.6%	37.2%	6.9
Devon and Cornwall	454	468	486		729	832	846		554	636	636
	47.1%	40.7%	41.5%	-5.6	75.7%	72.3%	72.2%	-3.5	57.5%	55.3%	54.3%	-3.2
Dorset	429	n/a	n/a		614	n/a	n/a		853	n/a	n/a
	33.4%				47.8%				66.4%
Gwent	217	262	207		458	534	407		896	823	925
	11.5%	13.9%	10.6%	-0.9	24.2%	28.4%	20.8%	-3.4	47.3%	43.7%	47.4%	0.1
Hertfordshire	494	461	577		796	840	1038		801	663	882
	34.2%	32.5%	32.4%	-2	55.1%	59.2%	58.3%	3.2	55.4%	46.7%	49.6%	-5.8
Lancashire	2019	1951	1957		2736	2734	2705		3725	3230	3247
	37.4%	40.8%	41.3%	3.9	50.6%	57.2%	57%	 6.4	68.9%	67.5%	68.5%	-0.4
Leicestershire	810	n/a	n/a		1104	n/a	n/a		1557	n/a	n/a
	37.5%				51.2%				72.1%
MPS	538	3935	5454		902	6979	9979		764	5212	7013
	37.9%	40.6%	39.5%	1.6	63.5%	72.1%	72.3%	8.8	53.8%	53.8%	50.8%	-3
Nottinghamshire	416	588	461		793	1112	1052		1359	1565	1150
	14.3%	18.8%	18.8%	4.5	27.3%	35.6%	43%	15.7	46.7%	50.1%	47.0%	0.3
Surrey	611	691	714		1187	1318	1349		691	789	812
	43.7%	44.2%	45.3%	1.6	84.8%	84.3%	85.7%	0.9	49.4%	50.4%	51.6%	2

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<caption>Figure 1

<descript>Percentage of Files Within PTI Time Limits - Quarter 3, 1997

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<caption>Figure 2

<descript>Percentage of Fully Satisfactory Files - Quarter 3 1997

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26 March 1998

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Prepared 8 May 1998