LCJB Annual Plan
The LCJB annual plan contains the aims and governance of the Board and its priorities and actions that will be progressed through an appropriate lead agency.
LCJB Priorities and Actions
The Board meet for an annual planning day once a year and agree the priorities for the coming 12 months and review the work delivered for the previous year. They will set new objectives and actions, which the LCJB subgroups will work to deliver with partners.
The priorities for 2025/2026 are:
- Ensure efficient and effective criminal justice
- Keep victims engaged to secure justice
- Address disproportionality
LCJB Collective Focus 2025–26
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Local Criminal Justice Board – Collective Focus 2025–26
Priority 1: Ensure efficient and effective criminal justice
- Improve timeliness for child cases through Child First Oversight Group – Lead: CPS (Vicky Cook)
- Ensure Out of Court Resolutions are used appropriately with transparency and learning – Lead: Police (James Vaughan)
- Improve targeting of repeat prolific offenders with a neighbourhood IOM focus – Lead: Police / Probation
Priority 2: Keep victims engaged to secure justice
- Improve collaboration through co-location of services – Lead: OPCC / Police / HMPPS
- Strengthen governance of Victim and Witness services – Lead: OPCC (Alison Hernandez)
- Develop a restorative justice approach addressing community cohesion – Lead: OPCC
Priority 3: Address disproportionality
- Identify best delivery model for specialist courts supporting women
- Address root causes of hate crime and prevent reoffending
- Increase transparency and awareness of disproportionality through criminal justice data
LCJB Governance Structure
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LCJB Governance and Key Meetings
National Level
National Criminal Justice Board (NCJB)
Local Criminal Justice Board (LCJB)
The Local Criminal Justice Board sits at the centre of governance and works with a range of regional, national, and local groups.
Regional and National Partnerships
- Regional Southwest Reducing Reoffending Partnership (SWRRP)
- Regional and National Integrated Offender Management (IOM) meetings
- Regional Crown and Magistrates’ Court Performance Boards
- Joint Operational Information Meeting (JOIM – CPS & Police)
LCJB Subgroups
- LCJB Scrutiny Panels
- Victims and Witnesses LCJB Subgroup
- Child First LCJB Oversight Group
Scrutiny Panels
- Adult and Child Out of Court Resolution (OoCR) Scrutiny Panels
- Victims’ Code of Practice (VCoP) Scrutiny Panel
Youth Justice Groups
- Four Strategic Youth Justice Boards
- Collaborative Youth Justice Meetings