04a JSNA Appendix , item 5. PDF 6 MB - Lambeth Council

DRAFT
• In the latest available performance Lambeth has the seventh lowest rate of
re-offending of the 32 London boroughs as measured by the Youth Justice
Board and is within the top 30% of YOTs nationally.
• A reduction of above 20% in young people entering the criminal justice
system has been achieved in 2007/08, with the majority of these from BME
communities. This was against an LAA target to reduce the number of
young people entering the criminal justice system by 3%, with an additional
1% for young people from BME groups.
• Lambeth’s rate of youth re-offending has reduced from 63% recidivism in to
57% in 2005. The average for our Nearest Neighbour group in 2005 was
also 57%; this compared with the England and Wales average of 64%.
• A reduction of over 60% has been achieved in the frequency of re-offending
of young BME people subject to the Intensive Supervision and Surveillance
Programme against an LAA target of 10%.
SIGNIFICANT INEQUALITIES IDENTIFIED
• 75% of young people in the youth justice system come from BME
communities. 58
NATIONAL PRIORITIES
Reference
NI 18
NI 19
NI 30
NI 31
Indicator
Adult re-offending rates for those under probation supervision
Rate of proven re-offending by young offenders
Re-offending rate of prolific and priority offenders
Deleted
NI 111 First time entrants to the Youth Justice System aged 10-17
CURRENT RELEVANT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
• Prevent young people from drifting into crime, in particular young black and
minority ethnic (BME) boys (Lambeth Children and Young People’s Plan 2 2007-10)
Do they live sustainably and try to minimise their impact on the
environment?
STATUS
• In 2006/07 Lambeth had the 3 rd lowest weight of household waste collection
compared with out nearest neighbours with 351.6 kg/head. The average of
the nearest neighbours group was 428.7 kg/head. 59
• Of the London authorities which send their waste to landfill in 2006/07,
Lambeth sends 84.7%, Hammersmith & Fulham 82.5%, Kensington &
Chelsea 81.9% and Wandsworth 79.2%.
• At the end of 2007/08, Lambeth reached the target of 25% of household
refuse being recycled or composted.
• 75% of our adult residents use the recycling facilities provided (in line with
78% across inner London) with 63% of residents rating these recycling
58 London Borough of Lambeth. Draft Parenting and Family Support Strategy 2008-11. 2008.
59 Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Wandsworth, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Ealing, Croydon, Brent,
Southwark, Islington, Waltham Forest, Newham, Greenwich, Lewisham, Hounslow.
Lambeth JSNA – Preliminary Assessment
Version 4
October 2008
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