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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 28 Statutory throughcare in the community by type of licence: 2016-17 to 2020-21
| Cases commenced | Caseload at 31 March | Cases completed | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | |
| Number | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 1,121 | 1,010 | 972 | 912 | 873 | 2,503 | 2,428 | 2,318 | 2,371 | 2,236 | 1,101 | 1,121 | 962 | 1,000 | 997 |
| Parole | 186 | 123 | 112 | 126 | 132 | 430 | 346 | 311 | 328 | 326 | 194 | 143 | 132 | 131 | 140 |
| Non parole | 264 | 216 | 199 | 110 | 137 | 359 | 349 | 334 | 292 | 269 | 245 | 207 | 203 | 179 | 166 |
| Extended sentence | 181 | 170 | 141 | 135 | 111 | 451 | 470 | 395 | 343 | 317 | 145 | 182 | 140 | 140 | 131 |
| Life | 47 | 46 | 67 | 47 | 44 | 454 | 448 | 396 | 387 | 397 | 45 | 49 | 52 | 45 | 34 |
| Short-term sex offender1 | 98 | 125 | 162 | 178 | 149 | 82 | 102 | 136 | 156 | 149 | 118 | 128 | 141 | 163 | 153 |
| Supervised release order | 287 | 252 | 221 | 251 | 223 | 253 | 215 | 234 | 264 | 243 | 297 | 304 | 221 | 257 | 270 |
| Recalled prisoner2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 384 | 386 | 387 | 474 | 413 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Other | 58 | 78 | 70 | 65 | 77 | 90 | 112 | 125 | 127 | 122 | 57 | 108 | 73 | 85 | 103 |
| Percentage | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Parole | 16.6 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 17.6 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 14.0 |
| Non parole | 23.6 | 21.4 | 20.5 | 12.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 22.3 | 18.5 | 21.1 | 17.9 | 16.6 |
| Extended sentence | 16.1 | 16.8 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 12.7 | 18.0 | 19.4 | 17.0 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 13.2 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 13.1 |
| Life | 4.2 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 18.1 | 18.5 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 17.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| Short-term sex offender1 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 16.7 | 19.5 | 17.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 14.7 | 16.3 | 15.3 |
| Supervised release order | 25.6 | 25.0 | 22.7 | 27.5 | 25.5 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 27.0 | 27.1 | 23.0 | 25.7 | 27.1 |
| Recalled prisoner2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15.3 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 18.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Other | 5.2 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 10.3 |
1. Under Section 15 of the Management of Offenders Etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.
2. Individuals recalled to custody from license/order for community supervision, including those not yet apprehended.
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