Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2016-17

A national statistics publication for Scotland.


Table 31 Fiscal work orders commenced by age, gender, employment status, ethnicity and length of orders: 2015-16 & 2016-17

  2015-16 2016-17
Number Percentage Number Percentage
Total 508 100.0 894 100.0
Age group 1
16-17 27 5.3 47 5.3
18-20 107 21.1 230 25.7
21-25 132 26.0 248 27.7
26-30 83 16.3 147 16.4
31-40 99 19.5 128 14.3
Over 40 60 11.8 94 10.5
Gender
Male 409 80.5 762 85.2
Female 99 19.5 132 14.8
Employment status 2
Full-time education 29 5.7 64 7.2
Employed/self employed 219 43.1 414 46.3
Unemployed 146 28.7 259 29.0
Government training scheme 3 0.6 2 *
Economically inactive 3 24 4.7 23 2.6
Other 87 17.1 132 14.8
Ethnicity 4
White 375 96.9 717 97.4
Asian 6 1.6 10 1.4
African, Caribbean or Black 3 0.8 1 *
Mixed 0 - 1 *
Other 3 0.8 7 1.0
Not known/provided 121   158  
Length of order
Over 10 and under 20 hours 0 - 1 *
20 hours 93 18.3 66 7.4
Over 20 and under 30 hours 3 0.6 0 -
30 hours 267 52.6 403 45.1
40 hours 99 19.5 319 35.7
50 hours 46 9.1 105 11.7

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. The breakdown by employment status for 2015-16 has changed slightly since its original publication due to the receipt of revised figures for West Lothian.
3. Includes those who are retired, supported by family, caring for home/family or long-term sick/disabled.
4. The percentages for ethnicity represent the proportions of cases where the ethnicity was known.

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