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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.
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Table 24 Fiscal work orders commenced by age, gender, employment status, ethnicity and length of orders: 2016-17 to 2020-21
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| Total | 894 | 100.0 | 1,027 | 100.0 | 634 | 100.0 | 248 | 100.0 | 119 | 100.0 |
| Age group1 | ||||||||||
| 16-17 | 47 | 5.3 | 49 | 4.8 | 36 | 5.7 | 30 | 12.1 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 18-20 | 230 | 25.7 | 268 | 26.1 | 158 | 24.9 | 55 | 22.2 | 22 | 18.5 |
| 21-25 | 248 | 27.7 | 276 | 26.9 | 163 | 25.7 | 47 | 19.0 | 27 | 22.7 |
| 26-30 | 147 | 16.4 | 168 | 16.4 | 98 | 15.5 | 29 | 11.7 | 19 | 16.0 |
| 31-40 | 128 | 14.3 | 144 | 14.0 | 91 | 14.4 | 44 | 17.7 | 27 | 22.7 |
| Over 40 | 94 | 10.5 | 122 | 11.9 | 88 | 13.9 | 43 | 17.3 | 21 | 17.6 |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 762 | 85.2 | 854 | 83.2 | 520 | 82.0 | 196 | 79.0 | 77 | 64.7 |
| Female | 132 | 14.8 | 173 | 16.8 | 114 | 18.0 | 52 | 21.0 | 42 | 35.3 |
| Employment status | ||||||||||
| Full-time education | 64 | 7.2 | 65 | 6.3 | 39 | 6.2 | 12 | 4.8 | 11 | 9.2 |
| Employed/self employed | 414 | 46.3 | 541 | 52.7 | 332 | 52.4 | 96 | 38.7 | 32 | 26.9 |
| Unemployed | 259 | 29.0 | 266 | 25.9 | 165 | 26.0 | 87 | 35.1 | 56 | 47.1 |
| Government training scheme | 2 | * | 2 | * | 1 | * | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | - |
| Economically inactive2 | 23 | 2.6 | 21 | 2.0 | 26 | 4.1 | 17 | 6.9 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Other | 132 | 14.8 | 132 | 12.9 | 71 | 11.2 | 34 | 13.7 | 16 | 13.4 |
| Ethnicity3 | ||||||||||
| White | 717 | 97.4 | 890 | 97.2 | 562 | 97.9 | 216 | 97.7 | 104 | 100.0 |
| Asian | 10 | 1.4 | 11 | 1.2 | 5 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | - |
| African, Caribbean or Black | 1 | * | 3 | * | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| Mixed | 1 | * | 5 | 0.5 | 2 | * | 1 | * | 0 | - |
| Other | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 0.8 | 1 | * | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | - |
| Not known/provided | 158 | N/A | 111 | N/A | 60 | N/A | 27 | N/A | 15 | N/A |
| Length of order | ||||||||||
| Over 10 and under 20 hours | 1 | * | 1 | * | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| 20 hours | 66 | 7.4 | 43 | 4.2 | 49 | 7.7 | 24 | 9.7 | 6 | 5.0 |
| Over 20 and under 30 hours | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| 30 hours | 403 | 45.1 | 547 | 53.3 | 278 | 43.8 | 84 | 33.9 | 30 | 25.2 |
| 40 hours | 319 | 35.7 | 265 | 25.8 | 191 | 30.1 | 53 | 21.4 | 27 | 22.7 |
| Over 40 and under 50 hours | 0 | - | 1 | * | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - |
| 50 hours | 105 | 11.7 | 170 | 16.6 | 116 | 18.3 | 87 | 35.1 | 56 | 47.1 |
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. Includes those who are retired, supported by family, caring for home/family or long-term sick/disabled.
3. The percentages for ethnicity represent the proportions of cases where the ethnicity was known.
Contact
Email: Justice_Analysts@gov.scot
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