§ The Lord President of the Council (Baroness Amos)My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Northern Ireland has made the following Ministerial Statement.
I have placed copies of the Youth Justice Agency's corporate plan for 2004–07 and business plan for 2004–05 in the Libraries of both Houses.
The business plan contains eight key performance targets I have set for the service for 2004–05. These are:
- 1. Contribute towards the development and publication of an NIO public service agreement target to reduce the reconviction rate for all offenders (compared to a predicted rate for Northern Ireland).
- 2. During term-time, 95 per cent of children in the Juvenile Justice Centre will receive 20 hours a week of education and training.
- 3. No escapes from the Juvenile Justice Centre.
- 4. Over the year no more than 3 per cent of the total new admissions to the Juvenile Justice Centre should be non-accidentally injured.
- 5. Over the year no more than 2 per cent of the total members of staff should be non-accidentally injured while engaged in the work of the agency.
- 6. No members of the public should be non-accidentally injured on agency premises.
- 7. Deliver at least 70 per cent of the planned training days specified in the corporate training priorities plan for 2004–05.
- 8. Expenditure is within budget allocated.