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 17 Timescales for starting community payback order work placement: 2011‑12 to 2015-16
2011-12 | 2012-13 1 | 2013-14 1 | 2014-15 1 | 2015-16 | |
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Number | |||||
Commencements with unpaid work or other activity requirement | 7,763 | 12,788 | 14,940 | 14,924 | 15,102 |
Time between order imposed and work placement starting | |||||
Within 7 working days | 4,965 | 8,046 | 9,965 | 9,577 | 8,968 |
Over 7 working days - 3 weeks | 1,162 | 1,643 | 1,558 | 1,543 | 1,804 |
Over 3 weeks - 1 month | 303 | 467 | 555 | 613 | 673 |
Over 1 month - 2 months | 309 | 538 | 588 | 719 | 759 |
Over 2 months | 267 | 595 | 656 | 724 | 926 |
Not known/applicable | 757 | 1,499 | 1,618 | 1,748 | 1,972 |
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 | 70.9 | 71.3 | 74.8 | 72.7 | 68.3 |
Over 7 working days - 3 weeks | 16.6 | 14.6 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 13.7 |
Over 3 weeks - 1 month | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
Over 1 month - 2 months | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
Over 2 months | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 7.1 |
Notes: Figures exclude cases where the requirement was imposed after commencement. Orders where the client did not/was unable to comply or transferred from another jurisdiction are included in the 'not known/applicable' category. These cases are not included in the percentage figures. Some local authorities were not able to provide complete unit-level information for some of the years 2012-13 to 2015-16, resulting in an increase in the number of 'not known' responses for those years and therefore limited comparability between 2011-12 and the subsequent years.
1. An error was spotted in the previously published figures for 2012-13 to 2014-15. As a result of this, figures for the categories "over 7 working days - 3 weeks", "over 3 weeks - 1 month", "over 1 month - 2 months" and "over 2 months" have been revised. There have also been smaller revisions to all figures for these years due to the receipt of updated information from some councils.
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