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Criminal Justice Act

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the implementation dates for each measure contained in the Criminal Justice Act 2003. [181585]

Paul Goggins: The dates on which various provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 have been commenced are set out as follows:

20 November 2003:

18 December 2003:

20 January 2004:


 
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22 January 2004:

26 January 2004:

29 January 2004:

27 February 2004:

5 April 2004:

14 June 2004:

3 July 2004:

1 September 2004:

No final decision has been taken regarding the dates of commencement of the remaining provisions of the Act.

Criminal Justice Pilot Projects

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the criminal justice pilot projects being undertaken, broken down by (a) Probation Area and (b) statutory basis. [181584]

Paul Goggins: The tables A and B provide the following information.

Pilot projects for which the National Probation Service (NPS) has the lead, or shared lead, currently in operation, and their distribution among the 42 NPS Areas in England and Wales. The Intermittent Custody
 
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sentence and the Presumption Against Bail Pilot are contained within the Criminal Justice Act 2003; no other NPS led pilot project has a statutory reference.
 
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A schedule of current Central Initiatives Pilots, covering arrest to disposal, maintained by the Criminal Justice System (CJS) Reform Programme Office
Table A: National Probation Service pilot projects—June 2004

Name of pilot projectPilot projects—area coverageStatutory reference
Prospects—resettlement pilot for persistent drug usersLancashire, Devon and Cornwall, Avon and Somerset, Merseyside
Circles of Support and AccountabilityHampshire—Hampton Trust
Thames Valley—Quakers
Potential resettlement in all 42 areas—Lucy Faithfull Foundation (for former members of Wolvercote Clinic)
Leisurewatch (the Derwent Initiative)Northumbria, Surrey, Greater Manchester, Essex
Stop it Now! (Lead charity—Lucy Faithfull Foundation)Surrey, Derbyshire, Thames Valley, London
Wolvercote Outreach (Lucy Faithfull Foundation)Potential catchment area of offenders from all 42 areas, and source of advice to all 42 areas
Young Sex Offenders (Lucy Faithfull Foundation)Advice to all 42 NPS areas working with young people
Incest and Sexual Abuse SurvivorsNottinghamshire
Staffordshire Accommodation Project—Intensive Floating Support Scheme for Dangerous OffendersStaffordshire
Community Domestic Violence ProgrammeMerseyside, Cheshire, Thames Valley
Employment Pathfinder Phase 2London, North Wales, Leicestershire and Rutland, Norfolk, West Yorkshire, Devon and Cornwall, Lincolnshire
Approved Premises PathfinderBedfordshire, West Midlands, Northamptonshire, Merseyside, Lancashire, Greater Manchester
Intensive Control and Change ProgrammeLondon, Humberside, Northumbria, Nottinghamshire, West Yorkshire, South Wales, Hampshire, Lancashire, West Mercia, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire
Intensive Supervision and Monitoring SchemesLondon, South Wales, Northumbria, Staffordshire, Avon and Somerset, Leicestershire, Humberside, Sussex, Cambridgeshire, West Midlands, Nottinghamshire, Merseyside
Intermittent Custody PilotsDerbyshire, Greater Manchester, Humberside, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, South Yorkshire, West Midlands, West YorkshireCriminal Justice Act 2003 Part 12—Sentencing—Chapter 3—Section 183—Intermittent Custody
The Use of Polygraph Examinations in Risk Management of Sex OffendersBedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Devon and Cornwall, Lancashire, Leicestershire, London, Greater Manchester, Northamptonshire, Northumbria, Thames Valley, West Midlands
Benefit Sanctions PilotsTeeside, Derbyshire, West Midlands, Hertfordshire
Presumption against bail pilot (DSD-CJIP)Nottinghamshire, Greater ManchesterCriminal Justice Act 2003—Part 2—Section 19
Miscarriages of Justice Project (funded by NPD)London—Royal Courts of Justice Citizens Advice Bureau
Workload Measurement Tool (an internal NPS/NPD management pilot project, that is not offender based)Greater Manchester, Wiltshire, Gwent, North Yorkshire, Hertfordshire

Table B: Central Initiatives —CJS Reform Programme Office

Name of pilot projectPilot projects—area coverage
Early Advice and Charging ProgrammeAvon and Somerset, Greater Manchester, Humberside, Kent, Lancashire, London, Merseyside, Northumbria, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Thames Valley, West Midlands, West Yorkshire
ETMP PrototypesGreater Manchester, London, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Bedfordshire, North Wales
No Witness No Justice—CPS/ACPOAvon and Somerset, Greater Manchester, Humberside, Kent, Lancashire, London, Merseyside, Northumbria, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Thames Valley, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Essex, Gwent, North Wales
Conditional CautionsAvon and Somerset, Lancashire, Northumbria, South Yorkshire, Thames Valley, Hertfordshire, West Mercia
Defender ManagementSouth Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Essex, Gwent, North Wales
Special Measures for Victims and WitnessesLondon, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Devon and Cornwall, Norfolk, South Wales
Devolution of Witness FundingGreater Manchester, Lancashire, Surrey
Intermittent CustodyDerbyshire, Greater Manchester, Humberside, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, South Yorkshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire
Enforcement—Fine EnforcementGreater Manchester, London, Merseyside, Thames Valley, West Midlands, West Yorkshire
Enforcement—Failed to Attend WarrantsSouth Wales
Enforcement—Direct Entry of Warrants on PNCStaffordshire
Enforcement—Multi Agency Enforcement TeamLeicestershire
Drug TestingGreater Manchester, Humberside, London, Merseyside, Nottinghamshire, West Yorkshire, Cleveland

 
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