Criminal justice social work statistics: 2017-2018

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


Table 25: Drug treatment and testing orders commenced by age, gender, employment status, ethnicity and length of orders: 2013-14 to 2017-18

2013-143 2014-15 2015-164 2016-174 2017-18
Number
Total 625 551 533 477 573
Age group1
16-17 1 1 1 - 1
18-20 13 16 10 8 5
21-25 73 60 52 48 53
26-30  144  118  124 91  116
31-40  286  261  249  245  282
Over 40  108 95 97 85  116
Gender
Male  498  437  421  382  463
Female  127  114  112 95  110
Employment status
Full-time education 2 1 7 - -
Employed/self employed 18 10 18 15 9
Unemployed  347  294  317  271  342
Government training scheme - 1 1 - -
Economically inactive2  167  152  144  135  154
Other 63 91 45 31 46
Not known 28 2 1 25 22
Ethnicity
White  595  534  503  455  549
Asian 2 1 3 3 -
African, Caribbean or Black 5 - - 1 5
Mixed 2 2 4 1 1
Other 6 - 4 - 1
Not known/not provided 15 14 19 17 17
Average length (months) 17.4 17.7 17.8 17.9 17.9
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group1
16-17 * * * - *
18-20 2.1 2.9 1.9 1.7 0.9
21-25 11.7 10.9 9.8 10.1 9.2
26-30 23.0 21.4 23.3 19.1 20.2
31-40 45.8 47.4 46.7 51.4 49.2
Over 40 17.3 17.2 18.2 17.8 20.2
Gender
Male 79.7 79.3 79.0 80.1 80.8
Female 20.3 20.7 21.0 19.9 19.2
Employment status (where known)
Full-time education * * 1.3 - -
Employed/self employed 3.0 1.8 3.4 3.3 1.6
Unemployed 58.1 53.6 59.6 60.0 62.1
Government training scheme - * * - -
Economically inactive2 28.0 27.7 27.1 29.9 27.9
Other 10.6 16.6 8.5 6.9 8.3
Ethnicity (where known)
White 97.5 99.4 97.9 98.9 98.7
Asian * * 0.6 0.7 -
African, Caribbean or Black 0.8 - - * 0.9
Mixed * * 0.8 * *
Other 1.0 - 0.8 - *

Note: Figures include DTTO IIs, which have been piloted in the City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and East Lothian areas since June 2008.

1. Age is at commencement of order. Figures may include a small number of under 16s.

2. Includes those who are retired, supported by family, caring for home/family or long-term sick/disabled. 

3. In 2013-14, changes were made in City of Edinburgh and Midlothian as to how the reason for being unemployed was recorded. This led to some orders which would previously have been recorded as unemployed being recorded as economically inactive.

4. 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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