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Assignment at Auckland, Manukau and Waitakere Courts report

For the period 3 May 2004 - 13 November 2009

For the period 1 July 2004 - 30 June 2005

For the period 1 July 2005 - 30 June 2006

For the period 1 July 2006 - 30 June 2007

For the period 1 July 2007 - 30 June 2008

For the period 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009

For the period 1 July 2009 - 13 November 2009

For the period 3 May 2004 - 13 November 2009


	Auckland Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		12,427	1,484	6,934	5,108	25,953		75%	25%	46%
	2		1,210	74	415	305	2,004		81%	19%	36%
	3		722	44	267	237	1,270		78%	22%	40%
	4		413	9	81	62	565		87%	13%	25%

	Grand Total		14,772	1,611	7,697	5,712	29,792		75%	25%	45%


	Manukau Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		12,906	1,231	8,652	5,117	27,906		77%	23%	49%
	2		507	39	211	150	907		79%	21%	40%
	3		653	56	264	215	1,188		77%	23%	40%
	4		223	17	73	38	351		84%	16%	32%

	Grand Total		14,240	1,337	9,160	5,488	30,225		77%	23%	48%


	Waitakere Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		2,551	1	2,503	2	5,057		100%	0%	50%
	2		241	0	287	1	529		100%	0%	54%
	3		189	0	147	0	336		100%	0%	44%
	4		167	0	123	0	290		100%	0%	42%

	Grand Total		3,148	1	3,060	5,388	6,212		100%	0%	49%

For the period 1 July 2004 - 30 June 2005


	Auckland Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		1,985	167	934	920	4,006		73%	27%	46%
	2		209	9	56	55	329		81%	19%	34%
	3		123	7	44	45	219		76%	24%	41%
	4		77	2	16	17	112		83%	17%	29%

	Grand Total		2,394	185	1,050	1,037	4,666		74%	26%	45%


	Manukau Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		1,550	79	1,026	933	3,588		72%	28%	55%
	2		37	3	22	22	84		70%	30%	52%
	3		89	8	56	48	201		72%	28%	52%
	4		14	0	13	11	38		71%	29%	63%

	Grand Total		1,690	90	1,117	1,014	3,911		72%	28%	54%


	Waitakere Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		1,118	1	1,017	0	2,136		100%	0%	48%
	2		61	0	49	0	110		100%	0%	45%
	3		53	0	24	0	77		100%	0%	31%
	4		17	0	17	0	34		100%	0%	50%

	Grand Total		1,249	1	1,107	0	2,357		100%	0%	47%

For the period 1 July 2005 - 30 June 2006


	Auckland Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		2,293	212	1,218	895	4,618		76%	24%	46%
	2		228	7	91	57	383		83%	17%	39%
	3		141	4	57	37	239		83%	17%	39%
	4		79	1	13	6	99		93%	7%	19%

	Grand Total		2,741	224	1,379	995	5,339		77%	23%	44%


	Manukau Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		1,765	165	1,393	846	4,169		76%	24%	54%
	2		68	4	43	33	148		75%	25%	51%
	3		142	8	45	41	236		79%	21%	36%
	4		24	3	5	7	39		74%	26%	31%

	Grand Total		1,999	180	1,486	927	4,592		76%	24%	53%


	Waitakere Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		1,112	0	1,113	0	2,225		100%	0%	50%
	2		115	0	146	1	264		100%	0%	56%
	3		101	0	97	0	196		100%	0%	49%
	4		94	0	68	0	162		100%	0%	42%

	Grand Total		1,422	0	1,426	1	2,649		100%	0%	50%

For the period 1 July 2006 - 30 June 2007


	Auckland Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		2,346	255	1,412	824	4,837		78%	22%	46%
	2		239	21	104	61	425		81%	19%	39%
	3		137	12	50	47	246		76%	24%	39%
	4		70	4	14	14	102		82%	18%	27%

	Grand Total		2,792	292	1,580	946	5,610		78%	22%	45%


	Manukau Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		2,394	209	1,723	863	5,189		79%	21%	50%
	2		109	7	43	31	190		80%	20%	39%
	3		129	11	49	32	221		81%	19%	37%
	4		68	6	19	7	100		87%	13%	26%

	Grand Total		2,700	233	1,834	933	5,700		80%	20%	49%


	Waitakere Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		135	0	162	1	318		100%	0%	56%
	2		37	0	70	0	107		100%	0%	65%
	3		31	0	25	0	56		100%	0%	45%
	4		54	0	34	0	66		100%	0%	39%

	Grand Total		257	0	311	1	569		100%	0%	55%

For the period 1 July 2007 - 30 June 2008


	Auckland Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		2,098	319	1,307	1,046	4,770		71%	29%	49%
	2		191	13	53	39	296		83%	17%	31%
	3		116	6	39	41	203		77%	23%	39%
	4		56	1	14	9	80		88%	12%	29%

	Grand Total		2,463	339	1,413	1,135	5,350		72%	28%	48%


	Manukau Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		2,569	283	1,874	832	5,558		80%	20%	49%
	2		115	12	52	25	204		82%	18%	38%
	3		110	9	41	32	192		79%	21%	38%
	4		66	6	18	2	92		91%	9%	22%

	Grand Total		2,860	310	1,985	891	6,046		80%	20%	48%


	Waitakere Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		15	0	44	01	59		100%	0%	75%
	2		0	0	1	0	1		100%	0%	100%

	Grand Total		15	0	45	0	60		100%	0%	75%

For the period 1 July 2008 - 30 June 2009


	Auckland Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		2,411	367	1,428	902	5,109		75%	25%	46%
	2		204	14	60	44	322		82%	18%	32%
	3		146	9	48	40	243		80%	20%	36%
	4		91	1	11	9	112		91%	9%	18%

	Grand Total		2,852	391	1,547	995	5,785		76%	24%	44%


	Manukau Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		3,205	334	1,815	1,013	6,367		79%	21%	44%
	2		123	11	27	17	178		84%	16%	25%
	3		138	16	45	38	237		77%	23%	35%
	4		42	1	7	6	56		88%	13%	23%

	Grand Total		3,508	362	1,894	1,074	6,838		79%	21%	43%


	Waitakere Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		2	0	3	0	5		100%	0%	60%
	2		1	0	0	0	1		100%	0%	0%

	Grand Total		3	0	3	0	6		100%	0%	50%

For the period 1 July 2009 - 13 November 2009


	Auckland Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		938	148	485	400	1,971		72%	28%	45%
	2		84	6	21	22	133		79%	21%	32%
	3		45	6	19	18	88		73%	27%	42%
	4		28	0	4	2	34		94%	6%	18%

	Grand Total		1,095	160	529	442	2,226		73%	27%	44%


	Manukau Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		1,181	155	646	501	2,483		74%	26%	46%
	2		46	2	18	17	83		77%	23%	42%
	3		30	3	16	16	65		71%	29%	49%
	4		7	1	4	2	14		79%	21%	43%

	Grand Total		1,264	161	684	536	2,645		74%	26%	46%


	Waitakere Court		Number of cases and assignment type						Assignment percentages

	Case Category		Private Preferred	PDS Preferred	Private on Rotation	PDS on Rotation	Total number of cases		% Private Providers	% PDS	% available on rotation

	1		1	0	1	0	2		100%	0%	50%

	Grand Total		1	0	1	0	2		100%	0%	50%

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