§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many hours of community service by offenders have been imposed by the courts in each year since the community service for offenders system came into force.
§ Baroness BlatchCommunity service orders were introduced by the Criminal Justice Act 1972. A few probation areas introduced arrangements for community service in 1973 and other probation areas followed in subsequent years, with the last probation area in England and Wales introducing the necessary arrangements in 1979. Combination orders and community service for breach of a community sentence were introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 1991 starting in October 1992.
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England and Wales Hours (millions) 1973 10.1 1974 10.1 1975 0.3 1976 1.1 1977 1.4 1978 1.8 1979 2.1 1980 3.1 1981 3.9 1982 4.2 1983 14.5 1984 14.8 1985 4.8 1986 4.6 1987 4.6 1988 4.6 1989 4.4 1990 4.8 1991 5.0 1992 5.3 1993 6.7 1994 7.2 1995 7.2 1 Estimated from total numbers of community service orders given.