Statistical Bulletin: Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics, 2010-11

8. Bail Information and Court Services

(Table 31)

8.1 During 2010-11, the Courts made 8,400 requests for bail information to local authorities, down 8 per cent from 9,100 in 2009-10. A total of 500 bail supervision cases commenced in 2010-11, relating to 450 individuals ( Table 1 and Table 31). This reflected increases of 4 and 2 per cent respectively on the 2009-10 figures of 480 cases and 440 individuals.

8.2 A total of 2,000 stand down reports were provided to the Courts in 2010-11, an increase of 7 per cent on the 1,900 provided in 2009-10.

8.3 There were 18,100 post sentence interviews carried out in 2010-11, a decrease of 3 per cent from 18,600 in 2009-10. Approximately 82 per cent of the post sentence interviews carried out were for males.