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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