§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many community service orders and compensation orders were made by Scottish courts for each month since their introduction; and what are the figures for sentences for imprisonment (a) for the same period and (b) for the previous 12-month period.
§ Mr. Allan StewartCommunity service orders were introduced in February 1979 and compensation orders were introduced in April 1981.
The figures requested are as follows. The figures for custodial sentences include imprisonment and detention in a young offenders institution, detention centre or borstal.
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Persons on whom community service or compensation orders were imposed or who were given a custodial sentence. Scotland Month Community Service Orders Compensation Orders Custodial Sentences 1978 February n/a n/a 920 March n/a n/a 989 April n/a n/a 808 May n/a n/a 873 June n/a n/a 997 July n/a n/a 771 August n/a n/a 1,076 September n/a n/a 753 October n/a n/a 1,055 November n/a n/a 1,045 December n/a n/a 1,180 1979 January n/a n/a 461 February 8 n/a 811 March 0 n/a 514 April 28 n/a 277 May 17 n/a 455 June 30 n/a 774 July 26 n/a 703 August 28 n/a 926 September 16 n/a 786 October 16 n/a 928 November 24 n/a 902 December 27 n/a 1,326 1980 January 13 n/a 633 February 23 n/a 970 March 26 n/a 939 April 26 n/a 881 May 19 n/a 839 June 24 n/a 834 July 16 n/a 855 August 17 n/a 678 September 18 n/a 731 October 45 n/a 996 November 32 n/a 882 December 70 n/a 1,245
Month Community Service Orders Compensation Orders Custodial Sentences 1981 January 49 n/a 758 February 59 n/a 988 March 99 n/a 984 April 71 21 679 May 78 67 689 June 48 202 780 July 77 232 749 August 57 231 734 September 65 377 745 October 128 390 1,010 November 173 417 1,007 December 195 449 1,261 n/a Not applicable.