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Assignment at Auckland, Manukau, Waitakere and North Shore Courts report

For the period 3 May 2004 - 25 July 2010

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 - 30 June 2010

For the period 1 July 2010 - 25 July 2010

For the period 3 May 2004 - 25 July 2010


	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		15,318	1,736	8,542	5,930	31,526		76%	24%	46%
	2		1,551	92	526	345	2,514		83%	17%	35%
	3		1,047	53	386	272	1,758		82%	18%	37%
	4		604	15	128	73	820		89%	11%	25%

	Grand Total		18,520	1,896	9,582	6,620	36,618		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		16,199	1,541	10,953	5,957	34,650		78%	22%	49%
	2		689	51	322	174	1,236		82%	18%	40%
	3		954	73	373	254	1,654		80%	20%	38%
	4		348	21	126	55	550		86%	14%	33%

	Grand Total		18,190	1,686	11,774	6,440	38,090		79%	21%	48%


	North Shore 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		180	5	70	63	318		79%	21%	42%
	2		14	0	6	4	24		83%	17%	42%
	3		9	0	2	2	13		85%	15%	31%
	4		3	0	1	1	5		80%	20%	40%

	Grand Total		206	5	79	70	360		79%	21%	41%


	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		1,042	62	712	551	2,367		74%	26%	53%
	2		28	0	20	9	57		84%	16%	51%
	3		26	2	31	11	70		81%	19%	60%
	4		18	0	14	3	35		91%	9%	49%

	Grand Total		1,114	64	777	574	2,529		75%	25%	53%

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		2,115	173	979	926	4,193		74%	26%	45%
	2		240	9	61	56	366		82%	18%	32%
	3		148	8	51	45	252		79%	21%	38%
	4		102	2	21	17	142		87%	13%	27%

	Grand Total		2,605	192	1,112	1,044	4,953		75%	25%	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		1,651	81	1,095	941	3,768		73%	27%	54%
	2		43	4	26	22	95		73%	27%	51%
	3		111	8	66	49	234		76%	24%	49%
	4		19	0	22	11	52		79%	21%	64%

	Grand Total		1,824	93	1,209	1,023	4,149		73%	27%	54%

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		2,464	222	1,303	906	4,895		77%	23%	45%
	2		264	7	111	57	439		85%	15%	38%
	3		184	5	77	40	306		85%	15%	38%
	4		100	2	21	7	130		93%	7%	22%

	Grand Total		3,012	236	1,512	1,010	5,770		78%	22%	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		1,881	168	1,463	852	4,364		77%	23%	53%
	2		79	5	55	33	172		78%	22%	51%
	3		171	9	53	41	274		82%	18%	34%
	4		30	3	8	7	48		79%	21%	31%

	Grand Total		2,161	185	1,579	933	4,858		77%	23%	52%

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		2,556	260	1,526	832	5,174		79%	21%	46%
	2		279	21	118	63	481		83%	17%	38%
	3		188	13	65	48	314		81%	19%	36%
	4		96	6	28	15	145		86%	14%	30%

	Grand Total		3,119	300	1,737	958	6,114		79%	21%	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		2,561	2189	1,829	869	5,478		80%	20%	49%
	2		123	8	57	31	219		82%	18%	40%
	3		175	11	58	33	277		84%	16%	33%
	4		84	6	25	7	122		89%	11%	26%

	Grand Total		2,943	244	1,969	940	6,096		81%	19%	48%

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		2,309	327	1,474	1,059	5,169		73%	27%	49%
	2		224	15	66	42	347		84%	16%	31%
	3		162	6	48	43	259		81%	19%	35%
	4		76	1	18	9	104		90%	10%	26%

	Grand Total		2,771	349	1,606	1,153	5,879		75%	25%	47%


	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		2,835	294	2,046	841	6,016		81%	19%	48%
	2		144	13	73	26	256		85%	15%	39%
	3		149	11	65	34	259		83%	17%	38%
	4		83	6	24	3	116		92%	8%	23%

	Grand Total		3,211	324	2,208	904	6,647		82%	18%	47%

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		2,682	392	1,646	935	5,655		77%	23%	46%
	2		255	20	78	46	399		83%	17%	31%
	3		179	12	69	42	302		82%	18%	37%
	4		114	2	13	9	138		92%	8%	16%

	Grand Total		3,230	426	1,806	1,032	6,494		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		3,488	352	2,038	1,023	6,901		80%	20%	44%
	2		152	11	40	18	221		87%	13%	26%
	3		178	17	64	38	297		82%	18%	34%
	4		68	2	15	6	91		91%	9%	23%

	Grand Total		3,886	382	2,157	1,085	7,510		81%	19%	43%

For the period 1 July 2009 - 30 June 2010


	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		2,661	327	1,398	1,093	5,479		74%	26%	45%
	2		206	15	60	51	332		80%	20%	33%
	3		156	9	60	45	270		80%	20%	39%
	4		93	2	16	11	122		89%	11%	22%

	Grand Total		3,116	353	1,534	1,200	6,203		75%	25%	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		3,318	393	2,158	1,204	7,073		77%	23%	48%
	2		131	9	64	39	243		80%	20%	42%
	3		148	15	51	47	261		76%	24%	38%
	4		54	3	23	16	96		80%	20%	41%

	Grand Total		3,651	420	2,296	1,306	7,673		78%	22%	47%


	North Shore 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		109	3	49	43	204		77%	21%	45%
	2		8	0	4	2	14		86%	14%	43%
	3		4	0	2	1	7		86%	14%	43%
	4		2	0	0	1	3		67%	33%	33%

	Grand Total		123	3	55	47	228		78%	22%	45%


	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		948	53	637	505	2,143		74%	26%	53%
	1		23	0	20	9	52		83%	19%	56%
	1		25	2	27	11	65		80%	20%	58%
	1		15	0	12	3	30		90%	10%	50%

	Grand Total		1,011	55	696	528	2,290		75%	25%	53%

For the period 1 July 2010 - 25 July 2010


	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		156	17	62	57	292		75%	25%	41%
	2		21	1	5	3	30		87%	13%	27%
	3		13	0	2	0	15		100%	0%	13%
	4		5	0	0	0	5		100%	0%	0%

	Grand Total		195	18	69	60	342		77%	23%	38%


	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		207	28	141	98	474		73%	27%	50%
	2		6	1	1	1	9		78%	22%	22%
	3		5	1	3	3	12		67%	33%	50%
	4		7	1	2	1	11		82%	18%	27%

	Grand Total		225	31	147	103	506		74%	26%	49%


	North Shore 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		71	2	21	20	114		81%	19%	36%
	2		6	0	2	2	10		80%	20%	40%
	3		5	0	0	1	6		83%	17%	17%
	4		1	0	1	0	2		100%	0%	50%

	Grand Total		83	2	24	23	132		81%	19%	36%


	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		95	9	75	46	225		76%	24%	54%
	1		5	0	0	0	5		100%	0%	0%
	1		1	0	4	0	5		100%	0%	80%
	1		3	0	2	0	5		100%	0%	40%

	Grand Total		104	9	81	46	240		77%	23%	53%

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