§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 30 July,Official Report, column 263, to the hon. Member for South Derbyshire (Mr. Todd), on the review of delay in the criminal justice system, which recommendations for procedural changes in the youth court will be contained in the Crime and Disorder Bill. [12730]
§ Mr. MichaelThe Crime and Disorder Bill will introduce wide-ranging reform of the youth justice system. The measures in the Bill, including the new final warning scheme and a range of new sentencing options, will improve the effectiveness of the youth justice system and the speed with which cases can be concluded.
The Bill will include the legislative provisions necessary to implement the following recommendations from the review of delay in the criminal justice system for procedural reform in the youth court:
recommendation 31: stipendiary magistrates should be able to sit alone in the youth court and should specialise in the management of particularly complex cases;recommendation 32: when the Crown Court deals with a grave offence it should also deal with other related charges;recommendation 33: the requirement that there should be an hour's interval between sittings of the magistrates' court and the youth court in a courtroom should be abolished.The Government also intend to give the youth court discretion to remit a case to the adult court where a juvenile, aged under 18 at the outset of his case, is likely to turn 18 during the course of the proceedings. This is a modification of recommendation 26 from the review of delay in the youth justice system. The necessary legislative changes will be included in the Crime and Disorder Bill.
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Chief Constable/Commissioner Assistant Chief Constable (Designate)/Deputy Commissioner Length of ACPO service prior to current appointment (years) Date of current appointment Length of ACPO service prior to current appointment (years) Date of current appointment Avon and Somerset 12 5 June 1989 2 8 August 1994 Bedfordshire 7 3 January 1996 2 1 January 1996 Cambridgeshire 7 1 January 1994 3 3 May 1994 Cheshire Vacant Vacant 1 1 November 1995 City of London 9 4 April 1994 5 1 May 1995 Cleveland 5 5 April 1993 4 12 May 1997 Cumbria 5 1 October 1991 9 1 February 1989 Derbyshire 8 1 June 1990 11 1 October 1996 Devon and Cornwall 9 1 January 1989 5 1 April 1993 Dorset 6 1 January 1995 4 1 January 1995 Durham 10 12 September 1997 7 29 September 1997 Dyfed Powys 5 5 June 1989 7 1 April 1994 Essex 11 1 February 1988 3 1 September 1997 Gloucestershire 6 23 August 1993 3 5 April 1993 Greater Manchester 8 1 July 1991 4 30 September 1991 Gwent 9 1 January 1997 2 5 September 1994 Hampshire 7 1 September 1988 4 28 March 1995 Hertfordshire 6 1 August 1994 6 3 March 1997 Humberside 11 1 January 1992 2 1 September 1997 Kent 9 1 March 1993 5 6 June 1997 Lancashire 3 31 July 1995 7 1 January 1996 Leicestershire 6 16 June 1997 Vacant Vacant In addition to these measures, the Crime and Disorder Bill will include legislative provision to give effect to a number of other recommendations from the review of delay in the criminal justice system which apply to both youth and adult proceedings. The Government's response to all the recommendations of the review is set out in a document which has been placed in the Library.