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 13 Timescales for starting community payback order work placement: 2016‑17 to 2020-21

2016-171 2017-181 2018-191 2019-201 2020-212
Number
Commencements with unpaid work or other activity requirement 14,653 13,329 12,056 11,805 4,704
Time between order imposed and work placement starting
Within 7 working days 8,524 7,887 7,244 7,305 1,812
Over 7 working days - 3 weeks 1,733 1,603 1,463 1,346 585
Over 3 weeks - 1 month 652 546 539 434 242
Over 1 month - 2 months 832 656 597 475 350
Over 2 months 941 844 629 492 690
Not known/applicable 1,971 1,793 1,584 1,753 1,025
Percentage
Commencements with unpaid work or other activity requirement 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Time between order imposed and work placement starting
Within 7 working days 67.2 68.4 69.2 72.7 49.3
Over 7 working days - 3 weeks 13.7 13.9 14.0 13.4 15.9
Over 3 weeks - 1 month 5.1 4.7 5.1 4.3 6.6
Over 1 month - 2 months 6.6 5.7 5.7 4.7 9.5
Over 2 months 7.4 7.3 6.0 4.9 18.8

Notes:

Figures exclude cases where the requirement was imposed after commencement. Orders where the individual did not/was unable to comply or orders transferred from another jurisdiction are included in the 'not known/applicable' category. These cases are not included in the percentage figures. In all years, some local authorities were not able to provide complete information.

1. Figures for 2016-17 to 2019-20 have been revised from those previously published due to the receipt of updated information from some councils.

2. Figures for 2020-21 include estimates for Renfrewshire.

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