§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community service orders were imposed in the last year for which figures are available; what was the average duration; what percentage was successfully completed; and what percentage of those breaking the order was sent to prison.
§ Mr. BrittanThe latest year for which the number of orders imposed and hours specified is available from court proceedings is 1977 and these figures are given in Table 15 (page 17) of "Probation and After-Care Statistics, England and Wales, 1977" which are in the Library of the House. The percentage of community service orders breached in 1977 is shown in Table 6.20 of "Criminal 343W Statistics, England and Wales, 1977" (Cmnd. 7289); 30 per cent. of those sentenced for breaching their orders were sentenced to immediate imprisonment.
§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community service orders have been imposed since the scheme was introduced to the latest available date; and what percentage of them was successfully completed.
§ Mr. BrittanReturns made by the probation service for the period 1 April 1975, when community service was formally introduced, to 31 March 1978 indicate that 27,910 persons were given community service orders. 18,772 orders were terminated during that period and 14,857, or 79 per cent., of these were successfully completed.