§ Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community service orders were made in 1975; and in how many cases the response by the individual concerned was unsatisfactory.
§ Dr. Summerskill2,710 persons were made subject to community service orders between 1st January and 30th November 1975, the most recent period for which information is available from probation and after-care areas. During the same period 138 persons were dealt with by the courts under Section 16 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 for breach of requirements of a community service order, and in respect of 126 persons orders were revoked under Section 17 of the Act as a result of a custodial sentence for another offence.