HC Deb 30 March 1995 vol 257 cc710-1W
Mr. Nick Hawkins

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when the Court Service is to be established as an executive agency. [18008]

Mr. John M. Taylor

Further to my answer of 27 May 1993 to my hon. Friend the Member for Shoreham (Mr. Stephen),Official Report, 27 May 1993, column 657, I am please to confirm that the Lord Chancellor will establish the Court Service as an executive agency on 3 April 1995. I will arrange for a copy of the framework document for the Court Service to be placed in the Library. The following table sets out the key performance targets which the Lord Chancellor has set for the Court Service for 1995–96:

The Court Service—key performance targets for 1995–96
Business area Performance indicator Target
Crown Court 1. Percentage of defendants committed for trial waiting 16 weeks or less 70 per cent.
2. Unit cost of a productive courtroom hour £462.40
County Courts 3. Percentage of administrative process dealt with within target time 90 per cent.
4. Unit cost of an hour of administrative work as measured by the Business Management System £53.39
High Court 5. Percentage of administrative process dealt with within target time 93 per cent.
Enforcement 6. Number of warrants paid as a percentage of number of correctly directed warrants 65 per cent.
Quality 7. Percentage of courts meeting all Courts Charter Standards 95 per cent.
Cost recovery 8. Percentage of the costs of civil business recovered 75 per cent.

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