HC Deb 10 April 2000 vol 348 cc67-8W
24. Mr. Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the speeding up of sentencing for persistent young offenders. [116811]

Liz Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the speeding up of sentencing for persistent young offenders. [116806]

Mr. Charles Clarke

We are making continued progress towards achieving our pledge to halve the time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders. Alongside the measures to reduce delay introduced by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, work is being taken forward with local areas to ensure the effective fast tracking of persistent young offenders in both youth and Crown Courts.

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