Criminal justice social work statistics: 2019 to 2020

National-level information, as well as some local authority breakdowns, on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland. Also includes data on justice social work services and social work orders, as well as characteristics of the individuals involved.


Table 6 Bail information, court services and home detention curfew assessments: 2015-16 to 2019-20

2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
Bail information Requests from court for bail information 7,278 6,955 5,919 6,037 5,656
Bail supervision cases Number commenced 355 310 268 337 471
Individuals1 318 292 253 317 456
Court services Same day reports 3,705 4,258 4,214 4,648 3,572
Written reports2 1,446 1,926 2,205 2,908 2,242
Oral reports2 2,259 2,332 2,009 1,740 1,330
Information at court's request3,4 1,603 2,095 1,881 1,689 1,222
Post sentence interviews 20,072 19,253 18,208 16,915 15,305
Home detention curfew assessments Reports 2,676 2,513 2,738 1,856 811
Individuals 2,439 2,236 2,470 1,674 765

1. The figure for 2018-19 for individuals with bail supervision has been amended from that originally published last year due to the receipt of a revised figure for Orkney.

2. The breakdown into written and oral for same day reports in 2018-19 has been amended from that originally published due to the receipt of revised figures for South Ayrshire.

3. The figure for 2017-18 for information at court's request includes an estimated figure for Aberdeen City.

4. The figure for 2018-19 for information at court's request includes a figure for Aberdeen City which is considered an underestimate.

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