Budget 2003 -- Government of British Columbia.
   

Objectives, Strategies, Measures and Targets for Core Business Areas — Continued

Court Services

This core business area supports the following ministry goals:

  • Laws and justice services are administered fairly, equitably, and efficiently to all British Columbians, while individual rights and judicial independence are protected
  • Citizens and communities of British Columbia receive protection from crime and its social and economic consequences
  • The efficiency of all ministry operations is improved through the use of innovative business practices and technology
Objective: Support operation of three levels of court in processing cases in a timely, efficient manner

Strategies:

  • Use more videoconferencing units to permit appearances by witnesses, accused, counsel and other parties
  • Reform processes for hearing disputed traffic offences
  • Remove municipal bylaw disputes from the Provincial Court hearing process

 

Performance Measures: 2001/02
Base Data 		2002/03
Estimates 		2003/04
Target 		2004/05
Target 		2005/06
Target
Organizational Capacity Measures1
# hours for criminal sittings at all levels of court 108,600 105,500 104,900 104,900 104,900
# hours for civil and family sittings at all levels of court 75,000 72,900 72,500 72,500 72,500
# of criminal cases concluded in all levels of court2 128,000 125,000 124,000 123,000 123,000
Output Measures
# of videoconferencing units in use 62 65 68 71 74
# of bylaw and traffic disputes concluded in Provincial Court3 113,000 113,000 113,000 93,000 93,000
Outcome Measures
% of scheduled court events for which staff are available 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Efficiency Measures
Median # of days to disposition from first appearance in court for criminal cases 45 44 44 44 44
Average # of appearances per completed case in Provincial Court 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.2
 
1   All organizational capacity measures above are projections of future events rather than targets, and take courthouse closures into account. Court Services has no control over the number of, or nature of, new cases entering the justice system.
2   Approximately 85% of criminal cases are initiated and prosecuted by provincial Crown counsel. The remaining 15% are initiated and prosecuted by federal Crown counsel.
3   Municipal bylaw ticket reforms may significantly alter these projections.

 

Expenditures for Core Business Area:
(With the exception of FTEs, all figures are expressed in thousands of dollars) 		2002/03
Restated
Estimates 		2003/04
Estimates 		2004/05
Plan 		2005/06
Plan
Operating Expenses ($000)
Operating expenses 141,794 135,297 136,154 136,723
Capital Expenditures (CRF) ($000)
Capital expenditures (CRF) 9,829 3,999 3,746 3,529
Capital Expenditures (CCP) ($000)
Capital expenditures (CCP) 3,250 3,580 1,350 0
FTEs
FTEs 1,311 1,301 1,288 1,288
Financing Transactions ($000)
Financing Transactions 0 0 0 0
Receipts        
Disbursements        
Net Cash Source        

 

  
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