Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics 2006-07

Table 3.3 Community Service Orders ⁽¹⁾ by Employment Status, 2004-05 to 2006-07

Number and Per cent of Orders

Employment status	2004-05			2005-06 ⁽³⁾			2006-07 ⁽⁴⁾
Employment status	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Number
Full Time Education	150	25	175	146	16	162	154	22	176
Employed/Self Employed	2,141	151	2,292	2,269	156	2,425	2,300	174	2,474
Unemployed	3,989	573	4,562	3,665	574	4,239	3,703	495	4,198
Government sponsored training scheme	43	7	50	83	11	94	119	4	123
Not seeking employment	422	166	588	424	131	555	414	137	551
Other ⁽²⁾	578	85	663	1,018	126	1,144	817	97	914
Total	7,323	1,007	8,330	7,605	1,014	8,619	7,507	929	8,436
Percent
Full Time Education	2.0	2.5	2.1	1.9	1.6	1.9	2.1	2.4	2.1
Employed/Self Employed	29.2	15.0	27.5	29.8	15.4	28.1	30.6	18.7	29.3
Unemployed	54.5	56.9	54.8	48.2	56.6	49.2	49.3	53.3	49.8
Government sponsored training scheme	0.6	0.7	0.6	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.6	0.4	1.5
Not seeking employment	5.8	16.5	7.1	5.6	12.9	6.4	5.5	14.7	6.5
Other ⁽²⁾	7.9	8.4	8.0	13.4	12.4	13.3	10.9	10.4	10.8
Total	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*	*100.0*

1. Includes Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work.
2. 'Other' includes retired; part time employment; employment status unknown or information missing. All cases for Perth recorded under other since, due to the introduction of a new system their data on employment status was felt to be unreliable.
3. Includes a small amount of estimated data for missing information in Moray.
4. Figures for 2006-07 includes an estimated employment status breakdown for Moray and some estimated data for Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire.

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