Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2015-2016

National-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland, including data on criminal justice social work services and social work orders.

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Table 11 Community payback order requirements: 2011-12 to 2015-16

2011-12 2012-13 2 2013-14 2 2014-15 2 2015-16
Number
Unpaid work or other activity 7,776 12,788 14,940 14,924 15,102
Offender supervision 6,382 8,810 9,430 9,504 9,912
Conduct 1 2,360 1,605 1,147 1,100 1,090
Programme 809 1,044 1,180 1,118 1,031
Alcohol treatment 536 398 401 333 264
Compensation 350 606 607 564 591
Drug treatment 236 183 166 178 166
Mental health treatment 74 96 66 45 43
Residence 51 37 45 33 30
Percentage
Unpaid work or other activity 76.0 79.6 79.9 78.3 77.8
Offender supervision 62.4 54.8 50.5 49.9 51.1
Conduct 1 23.1 10.0 6.1 5.8 5.6
Programme 7.9 6.5 6.3 5.9 5.3
Alcohol treatment 5.2 2.5 2.1 1.7 1.4
Compensation 3.4 3.8 3.2 3.0 3.0
Drug treatment 2.3 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9
Mental health treatment 0.7 0.6 * * *
Residence * * * * *

Notes: 2011-12 figures are based on an aggregate return and may include extra requirements issued after the initial imposition of the order. This is not the case for figures based on the unit-level return from 2012-13 onward. The difference is not thought to be substantive.

1. The fall in the use of the conduct requirement after 2011-12 is due to a 2012 appeal court judgement that conduct requirements must be specific and include more than general conditions to stay out of trouble or to refrain from committing another criminal offence. This will have an impact on the level of supervision requirements as orders with a conduct requirement should also include supervision.

2. Figures for 2012-13 to 2014-15 have been revised from those previously published due to the receipt of updated information from some councils.

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