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Criminal justice social work statistics: 2020 - 2021
Mainly national-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland in the first full year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Includes data on justice social work services and social work orders, as well as characteristics of the individuals involved.
Table 24 Fiscal work orders commenced by age, gender, employment status, ethnicity and length of orders: 2016-17 to 2020-21
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| Total | 894 | 100.0 | 1,027 | 100.0 | 634 | 100.0 | 248 | 100.0 | 119 | 100.0 |
| Age group1 | ||||||||||
| 16-17 | 47 | 5.3 | 49 | 4.8 | 36 | 5.7 | 30 | 12.1 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 18-20 | 230 | 25.7 | 268 | 26.1 | 158 | 24.9 | 55 | 22.2 | 22 | 18.5 |
| 21-25 | 248 | 27.7 | 276 | 26.9 | 163 | 25.7 | 47 | 19.0 | 27 | 22.7 |
| 26-30 | 147 | 16.4 | 168 | 16.4 | 98 | 15.5 | 29 | 11.7 | 19 | 16.0 |
| 31-40 | 128 | 14.3 | 144 | 14.0 | 91 | 14.4 | 44 | 17.7 | 27 | 22.7 |
| Over 40 | 94 | 10.5 | 122 | 11.9 | 88 | 13.9 | 43 | 17.3 | 21 | 17.6 |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 762 | 85.2 | 854 | 83.2 | 520 | 82.0 | 196 | 79.0 | 77 | 64.7 |
| Female | 132 | 14.8 | 173 | 16.8 | 114 | 18.0 | 52 | 21.0 | 42 | 35.3 |
| Employment status | ||||||||||
| Full-time education | 64 | 7.2 | 65 | 6.3 | 39 | 6.2 | 12 | 4.8 | 11 | 9.2 |
| Employed/self employed | 414 | 46.3 | 541 | 52.7 | 332 | 52.4 | 96 | 38.7 | 32 | 26.9 |
| Unemployed | 259 | 29.0 | 266 | 25.9 | 165 | 26.0 | 87 | 35.1 | 56 | 47.1 |
| Government training scheme | 2 | * | 2 | * | 1 | * | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | - |
| Economically inactive2 | 23 | 2.6 | 21 | 2.0 | 26 | 4.1 | 17 | 6.9 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Other | 132 | 14.8 | 132 | 12.9 | 71 | 11.2 | 34 | 13.7 | 16 | 13.4 |
| Ethnicity3 | ||||||||||
| White | 717 | 97.4 | 890 | 97.2 | 562 | 97.9 | 216 | 97.7 | 104 | 100.0 |
| Asian | 10 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.2 | 5 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | - |
| African, Caribbean or Black | 1 | * | 3 | * | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mixed | 1 | * | 5 | 0.5 | 2 | * | 1 | * | 0 | - |
| Other | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 0.8 | 1 | * | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | - |
| Not known/provided | 158 | N/A | 111 | N/A | 60 | N/A | 27 | N/A | 15 | N/A |
| Length of order | ||||||||||
| Over 10 and under 20 hours | 1 | * | 1 | * | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| 20 hours | 66 | 7.4 | 43 | 4.2 | 49 | 7.7 | 24 | 9.7 | 6 | 5.0 |
| Over 20 and under 30 hours | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| 30 hours | 403 | 45.1 | 547 | 53.3 | 278 | 43.8 | 84 | 33.9 | 30 | 25.2 |
| 40 hours | 319 | 35.7 | 265 | 25.8 | 191 | 30.1 | 53 | 21.4 | 27 | 22.7 |
| Over 40 and under 50 hours | 0 | - | 1 | * | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| 50 hours | 105 | 11.7 | 170 | 16.6 | 116 | 18.3 | 87 | 35.1 | 56 | 47.1 |
Notes:
Fiscal work orders were introduced nationally on 1 April 2015, having been piloted in a small number of local authority areas since June 2008.
1. Age is at commencement of order.
2. Includes those who are retired, supported by family, caring for home/family or long-term sick/disabled.
3. The percentages for ethnicity represent the proportions of cases where the ethnicity was known.
Contact
Email: Justice_Analysts@gov.scot
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