Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics 2006-07

Table 1.1 Summary of Reports, Orders, Individuals and Cases, 2002-03 to 2006-07

	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	Per cent change 2005-06 to 2006-07
	Year					Per cent change 2005-06 to 2006-07
Total Social Enquiry Reports submitted ⁽¹⁾	38,123	39,492	40,265	42,043	41,359	*-1.6*
Number of individuals with SERs submitted	n/a	22,801	26,664	27,466	28,349	*3.2*
Total Supplementary SERs submitted	3,553	3,868	5,964	6,701	5,794	*-13.5*
Number of SERs requested	44,958	45,274	46,834	50,150	50,577	*0.9*
Total Community Service Orders ⁽²⁾	4,966	5,173	5,573	5,927	5,937	*0.2*
Number of individuals with CSOs	n/a	4,884	5,212	5,656	5,672	*0.3*
Breach Applications of CSOs ^(2,3)	1,310	1,329	1,498	1,502	1,892	*26.0*
Terminations of CSOs	3,803	4,261	4,813	5,093	5,432	*6.7*
Total Probation Orders ⁽⁴⁾	7,417	7,742	8,465	8,402	8,404	*0.0*
Number of individuals with POs	n/a	7,139	7,619	7,674	7,851	*2.3*
Probation with Unpaid Work	2,393	2,255	2,757	2,692	2,499	*-7.2*
Number of individuals with POs with Unpaid Work	n/a	2,124	2,617	2,570	2,393	*-6.9*
Breach Applications of POs ⁽³⁾	2,491	2,665	2,769	3,375	3,650	*8.1*
Breach Applications of POs with Unpaid Work ⁽³⁾	722	824	925	1,110	1,157	*4.2*
Terminations of POs	4,687	4,889	4,973	6,328	6,755	*6.7*
Total Supervised Attendance Orders	2,700	3,021	3,360	3,849	3,047	*-20.8*
Number of individuals with SAOs	2,327	2,700	2,965	3,466	2,745	*-20.8*
Breach Applications of SAOs	824	1,012	1,203	1,462	1,125	*-23.1*
Terminations of SAOs	1,709	2,259	2,385	2,912	2,742	*-5.8*
Total Drug Treatment and Testing Orders	n/a	412	526	599	696	*16.2*
Number of individuals with DTTOs	n/a	404	470	521	613	*17.7*
DTTO Assessments	n/a	1,013	1,204	1,311	1,485	*13.3*
Number of individuals with DTTO Assessments	n/a	877	832	1,036	1,153	*11.3*
Breach Applications of DTTOs	n/a	134	203	233	318	*36.5*
Terminations of DTTOs	n/a	205	315	465	550	*18.3*
Total Restriction of Liberty Orders	524	807	917	984	1,018	*3.5*
Breach Applications of RLOs	221	648	770	986	1,588	*61.1*
RLO Assessments	n/a	3,655	5,347	4,030	5,443	*35.1*
Number of individuals with RLO Assessments	n/a	2,557	3,179	3,347	4,194	*25.3*
Statutory Throughcare
Throughcare Cases (in the community) Commenced	1,115	2,348	1,373	1,105	1,080	*-2.3*
Throughcare Cases (in the community) Completed	n/a	n/a	539	697	954	*36.9*
Throughcare Cases (in custody) Commenced	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,082	1,259	*16.4*
Number of Individuals subject to Statutory Throughcare as at end of financial year	n/a	2,026	3,458	4,901	5,081	*3.7*
Voluntary Assistance
Number of Voluntary Assistance Cases Commenced	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,622	2,655	*63.7*
Number of individuals receiving voluntary assistance (community and custody)	n/a	n/a	796	1,523	2,234	*46.7*
Number of TAS Cases Commenced	n/a	n/a	n/a	427	1,530	*258.3*
Home Circumstance Reports
Number of HCRs excluding home leave reports	1,237	1,235	1,339	1,361	1,326	*-2.6*
Number of HCRs including home leave reports	n/a	n/a	1,958	2,126	2,331	*9.6*
Diversion from Prosecution:
Cases commenced	1,015	1,340	1,064	1,198	1,133	*-5.4*
Number of individuals with cases commenced	n/a	1,909	1,047	1,135	1,089	*-4.1*
Cases completed	742	1,032	760	768	809	*5.3*
Bail Supervision cases commenced	n/a	856	798	917	782	*-14.7*
Number of individuals ⁽⁶⁾	n/a	770	757	774	687	*-11.2*

1. Reports submitted to the Courts, including supplementary reports (see Annex, paragraph 15.6).
2. Excluding Probation Orders with a requirement of unpaid work.
3. Due to the introduction of a new IT system, Glasgow's recording of breaches in 2002-03 is thought to be an undercount.
4. Including Probation Orders with a requirement of unpaid work.
5. Some local authorities are known to have included voluntary assistance cases and serving prisoners in this figure in 2003-04.
Comparisons with other years should therefore be treated with caution.
6. Figure for 2004-05 has been revised since previous publication.

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