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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the change was in the performance of the National Probation Service against its performance measure on drug treatment and testing order commencements between April and September. [206152] Paul Goggins: The National Probation Service (NPS) has set an annual target of 13,000 Drug treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs) for 2004-05. In 2003-04, the target was 9,000 and the NPS achieved 8,519 (just 5 per cent. short of the target). Between April and September 2004-05 the NPS achieved 4,847 DTTO commencements which, against a profiled target of 6,078 represents a performance against target of 80 per cent. The table shows the monthly cumulative performance against target for 2004-05. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Awards April 2003 May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 Actual 812 1,579 2,390 3,201 4,009 4,847 Profile 926 1,856 2,861 4,003 5,017 6,078 Percent 88 85 84 80 80 80 Awards October 2003 November 20 03 December 20 03 January 2003 February 2004 March 2004 Actual -- -- -- -- -- -- Profile 7,259 8,320 9,405 10,432 11,596 13,000 Percent -- -- -- -- -- -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

206152; 429 c322W;429 c361-2W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Enforcement Probation orders National Probation Service for England and Wales Standards Drug treatment and testing orders

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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