Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2015-2016
National-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland, including data on criminal justice social work services and social work orders.
Table 17 Timescales for starting community payback order work placement: 2011‑12 to 2015-16
| 2011-12 | 2012-13 1 | 2013-14 1 | 2014-15 1 | 2015-16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | |||||
| Commencements with unpaid work or other activity requirement | 7,763 | 12,788 | 14,940 | 14,924 | 15,102 |
| Time between order imposed and work placement starting | |||||
| Within 7 working days | 4,965 | 8,046 | 9,965 | 9,577 | 8,968 |
| Over 7 working days - 3 weeks | 1,162 | 1,643 | 1,558 | 1,543 | 1,804 |
| Over 3 weeks - 1 month | 303 | 467 | 555 | 613 | 673 |
| Over 1 month - 2 months | 309 | 538 | 588 | 719 | 759 |
| Over 2 months | 267 | 595 | 656 | 724 | 926 |
| Not known/applicable | 757 | 1,499 | 1,618 | 1,748 | 1,972 |
| 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 | 70.9 | 71.3 | 74.8 | 72.7 | 68.3 |
| Over 7 working days - 3 weeks | 16.6 | 14.6 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 13.7 |
| Over 3 weeks - 1 month | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| Over 1 month - 2 months | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Over 2 months | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 7.1 |
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 some of the years 2012-13 to 2015-16, 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.
1. An error was spotted in the previously published figures for 2012-13 to 2014-15. As a result of this, figures for the categories "over 7 working days - 3 weeks", "over 3 weeks - 1 month", "over 1 month - 2 months" and "over 2 months" have been revised. There have also been smaller revisions to all figures for these years due to the receipt of updated information from some councils.
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