Corporate targets to improve the justice system

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A new focus

In 2008-9 we are building on the successes we achieved in meeting our 2007-8 targets.

As we will be focussing on mental health in addition to family and crime, we have expanded the targets to reflect this.

In family, the focus remains the same, but in crime will be wider than last year’s focus on the police station and the magistrates’ court.

Our new targets for 2008-9 are to:

engage with Her Majesty’s Court Service (HMCS), Police and Tribunal Service Mental Health (TSMH) to address identified and agreed operational and policy issues that unnecessarily increase legal aid costs or cause unnecessary operational difficulties to legal aid providers and to improve the client experience
work effectively with justice system partners to assist to deliver the CJSSS and PSA 4 targets (PSA4 is a government target to complete care proceedings within 40 weeks)
make transparent the full cost of the criminal defence through input into the Waterfall (an activity model produced by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform highlighting the costs of CJS agencies and where the pressures exist).

Specific objectives and milestones can be found on the crime and civil justice system initiatives pages.

Last updated: 21 November 2008