§ Mr. Allen:To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the responses to the British Crime Survey questions on public confidence in the criminal justice system, broken down by criminal justice board area. [140596]
§ Paul Goggins:The responses to the British Crime Survey (BCS) questions on confidence in the criminal justice system from the 2001–02 BCS were published in the Crime in England and Wales 2001–02: Supplementary Volume in January 2003. Chapter 8 635W contains the information about confidence, and table 8.04 contains the figures broken down by Local Criminal Justice Board area.
The equivalent data for 2002–03 are due to be published in January by the Research, Development and Statistics Directorate at the Home Office in the upcoming supplementary volume to the 2002–03 British Crime Survey. The final title for this publication is still being decided.
In the meantime the confidence data for 2002–03 were made available to Local Criminal Justice Boards in July 2003 in the guidance document "Improving Public Satisfaction and Confidence in the Criminal Justice System". The document is available on the CJS website at: www.cjsonline.org.