Criminal justice social work statistics: 2019 to 2020

National-level information, as well as some local authority breakdowns, on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland. Also includes data on justice social work services and social work orders, as well as characteristics of the individuals involved.


Table 25 Drug treatment and testing orders commenced by age, gender, employment status, ethnicity and length of orders: 2015-16 to 2019-20

2015-16 2016-17 2017-183 2018-193 2019-20
Number
Total 533 475 577 600 510
Age group1 16-17 1 - 1 - -
18-20 10 8 5 7 8
21-25 52 48 54 35 32
26-30 124 91 115 112 82
31-40 249 243 285 291 240
Over 40 97 85 117 155 148
Gender Male 421 380 463 477 417
Female 112 95 114 123 93
Employment status Full-time education 7 - - 1 2
Employed/self employed 18 15 9 13 15
Unemployed 317 270 343 325 323
Government training scheme 1 - - 2 1
Economically inactive2 144 135 156 152 142
Other 45 30 46 31 20
Not known 1 25 23 76 7
Ethnicity White 503 453 552 564 473
Asian 3 3 - - -
African, Caribbean or Black - 1 5 1 4
Mixed 4 1 2 - 2
Other 4 - 1 - 1
Not known/not provided 19 17 17 35 30
Average length (months) 17.8 17.9 17.9 17.4 17.6
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group1 16-17 * - * - -
18-20 1.9 1.7 0.9 1.2 1.6
21-25 9.8 10.1 9.4 5.8 6.3
26-30 23.3 19.2 19.9 18.7 16.1
31-40 46.7 51.2 49.4 48.5 47.1
Over 40 18.2 17.9 20.3 25.8 29.0
Gender Male 79.0 80.0 80.2 79.5 81.8
Female 21.0 20.0 19.8 20.5 18.2
Employment status (where known) Full-time education 1.3 - - * *
Employed/self employed 3.4 3.3 1.6 2.5 3.0
Unemployed 59.6 60.0 61.9 62.0 64.2
Government training scheme * - - * *
Economically inactive2 27.1 30.0 28.2 29.0 28.2
Other 8.5 6.7 8.3 5.9 4.0
Ethnicity (where known) White 97.9 98.9 98.6 99.8 98.5
Asian 0.6 0.7 - - -
African, Caribbean or Black - * 0.9 * 0.8
Mixed 0.8 * * - *
Other 0.8 - * - *

Note: Figures include DTTO IIs, which have been piloted in the City of Edinburgh, Midlothian and East Lothian areas since June 2008 and in Highland since 2019.

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. Figures for 2017-18 & 2018-19 have been revised from those previously published due to the receipt of updated information from some councils.

Contact

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