Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2013-14

An annual publication of statistics on community payback and other social work orders, including breaches and terminations of orders, as well as criminal justice social work (CJSW) reports and other areas of CJSW.


Table 15 Timescales for starting community payback order work placement: 2011-12 to 2013-14

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Number
Commencements with unpaid work or other activity requirement 7,763 12,785 14,879
Time between order imposed and work placement starting  
Within 7 working days 4,965 8,051 9,981
Over 7 working days - 3 weeks 1,162 2,000 2,098
Over 3 weeks - 1 month 303 363 344
Over 1 month - 2 months 309 413 453
Over 2 months 267 470 467
Not known/applicable 757 1,488 1,536
Percentage
Commencements with unpaid work or other activity requirement 100.0 100.0 100.0
Time between order imposed and work placement starting  
Within 7 working days 70.9 71.3 74.8
Over 7 working days - 3 weeks 16.6 17.7 15.7
Over 3 weeks - 1 month 4.3 3.2 2.6
Over 1 month - 2 months 4.4 3.7 3.4
Over 2 months 3.8 4.2 3.5

Notes: Figures exclude cases where the requirement was imposed after commencement. Orders where the client did not/was unable to comply or 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 unit-level information for 2012-13 and/or 2013-14, resulting in an increase in the number of 'not known' responses for those years and therefore limited comparability between 2011-12 and the subsequent years.

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