Criminal justice social work statistics: 2017-2018

2017-2018 statistics on various areas of criminal justice social work in Scotland.


Table 18: Timescales for starting community payback order work placement: 2013‑14 to 2017-18

2013-14 2014-15 2015-161 2016-171 2017-18
Number
Commencements with unpaid work or other activity requirement 14,941 14,928 15,135 14,653 13,299
Time between order imposed and work placement starting
Within 7 working days 9,965 9,577 8,981 8,524 7,882
Over 7 working days - 3 weeks 1,558 1,544 1,806 1,733 1,601
Over 3 weeks - 1 month 555 613 676 677 580
Over 1 month - 2 months 587 719 759 808 622
Over 2 months 657 725 936 940 833
Not known/applicable 1,619 1,750 1,977 1,971 1,781
Percentage
Commencements with unpaid work or other activity requirement 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Time between order imposed and work placement starting
Within 7 working days 74.8 72.7 68.3 67.2 68.4
Over 7 working days - 3 weeks 11.7 11.7 13.7 13.7 13.9
Over 3 weeks - 1 month 4.2 4.7 5.1 5.3 5.0
Over 1 month - 2 months 4.4 5.5 5.8 6.4 5.4
Over 2 months 4.9 5.5 7.1 7.4 7.2

Notes: Figures exclude cases where the requirement was imposed after commencement. Orders where the client did not/was unable to comply or orders transferred from another jurisdiction are included in the 'not known/applicable' category. These cases are not included in the percentage figures. Some local authorities were not able to provide complete information for some of the years 2013-14 to 2017-18.

1. Figures for 2015-16 and 2016-17 have been revised from those previously published due to the receipt of updated information from some councils.

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