Community Payback Order unpaid work imposed as a sentence: FOI release

Information requested

You asked for supply the number of times that a work order element of a CPO (community service)/unpaid work was imposed as a sentence whereby the number of hours was at Level 1, being up to 100 hours – from 2010 to 2020.

Response

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.

The answer to your question is:

The number of Community Payback Order (CPO) unpaid work or activity requirement for Level 1 (up to including 100 hours) imposed by financial year at Scotland level.

2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2021-22
3,946	6,621	8,068	8,121	8,071	7,630	6,700	5,816	5,523	2,084

The Scottish Government Justice Social work database is not a live system and information is collected in financial years. The data for 2021-22 was effected by the closure of Scottish courts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for 2010/11 because the community payback order was introduced by The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 and came into effect from 11 February 2011 onwards.

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