Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2018-2019
A national statistics publication for Scotland.
Table 34 Statutory throughcare in custody by sentence type: 2014-15 to 2018-19
| Cases commenced | Caseload at 31 March | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-152 | 2015-16 | 2016-174 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2014-152 | 2015-163 | 2016-174 | 2017-185 | 2018-19 | |
| Number | ||||||||||
| Total | 1,038 | 1,027 | 1,042 | 1,042 | 1,064 | 3,380 | 3,374 | 3,328 | 3,408 | 3,468 |
| Determinate long-term sentence (4 years and over) | 442 | 443 | 443 | 460 | 469 | 1,510 | 1,474 | 1,469 | 1,543 | 1,509 |
| Extended sentence | 178 | 152 | 167 | 129 | 133 | 581 | 559 | 558 | 526 | 581 |
| Life sentence | 36 | 25 | 34 | 30 | 34 | 774 | 790 | 770 | 756 | 766 |
| Order for lifelong restriction | 15 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 102 | 107 | 119 | 139 | 157 |
| Short-term sex offender1 | 90 | 107 | 116 | 149 | 195 | 87 | 102 | 115 | 132 | 159 |
| Supervised release order | 277 | 291 | 277 | 263 | 220 | 326 | 342 | 297 | 312 | 296 |
| Percentage | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Determinate long-term sentence (4 years and over) | 42.6 | 43.1 | 42.5 | 44.1 | 44.1 | 44.7 | 43.7 | 44.1 | 45.3 | 43.5 |
| Extended sentence | 17.1 | 14.8 | 16.0 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 17.2 | 16.6 | 16.8 | 15.4 | 16.8 |
| Life sentence | 3.5 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 22.9 | 23.4 | 23.1 | 22.2 | 22.1 |
| Order for lifelong restriction | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Short-term sex offender1 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 14.3 | 18.3 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| Supervised release order | 26.7 | 28.3 | 26.6 | 25.2 | 20.7 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
1. Under Section 15 of the Management of Offenders Etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.
2. There was a slight change to the figures for the cases commenced in 2014-15 and the caseload at 31 March 2015 due to the receipt of updated information for City of Edinburgh, North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire.
3. There was a slight change to the figures for the caseload at 31 March 2016 due to the receipt of updated information for Argyll & Bute, City of Edinburgh and West Dunbartonshire.
4. There was a slight change to the figures for the cases commenced in 2016-17 and the caseload at 31 March 2017 due to the receipt of updated information for Argyll & Bute, City of Edinburgh and West Dunbartonshire.
5. There was a slight change to the figures for the caseload at 31 March 2018 due to the receipt of updated information for Aberdeen City, Argyll & Bute and South Lanarkshire.
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