Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics 2011-12

This statistical bulletin presents national level information on activity relating to community penalties in Scotland, including Criminal Justice Social Work Reports and “social work orders” - made up of Community Payback Orders (CPOs), the predecessors to CPOs (Community Service Orders, Probation Orders and Supervised Attendance Orders) and Drug Treatment & Testing Orders.


Table 26 Voluntary Assistance and Throughcare Addiction Service (TAS), 2007-08 to 2011-12: Number of Cases Commenced and Number of Individuals

Type of report/order Number of cases commenced Number of individuals who received assistance
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11(2) 2011-12
Voluntary Assistance 2,681 2,883 2,683 2,725 2,625 2,253 2,545 2,433 2,350 2,428
Of which: Throughcare Addiction Service
Total (1) 1,424 1,453 1,523 1,515 1,486 1,079 1,305 1,414 1,375 1,390
All Males 1,125 1,197 1,192 1,189 1,194 862 1,062 1,124 1,083 1,115
Young male prisoners (aged under 21) serving sentences under 31 days 11 13 15 19 36 7 12 7 16 35
Adult male prisoners (aged 21 years and over) 996 1,016 1,054 1,008 1,018 729 937 1,015 937 987
All Females 229 256 331 326 292 165 243 290 292 275
Females serving sentences of under 31 days 6 26 16 9 25 5 26 15 9 25

1. Total for 2007-08 includes 70 cases commenced, for 52 individuals who received assistance in Highland, for which a gender breakdown was unavailable.
2. Since last publication, revised TAS figures were supplied for South Ayrshire for 2010-11.

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