§ Mr. Miscampbellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of those subject to community service orders fail to complete their service.
§ Mr. JohnDuring 1975, the latest year for which figures are available, the number of persons found, under Section 16 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973, to be in breach of community service orders in that year, expressed as a proportion of the number of persons given orders in that year, was 3 per cent.; but the giving of an order and its breaking may not, of course, take place in the same year. Figures from criminal statistics in respect of persons whose orders were revoked under Section 17 of the 1973 Act are not readily available.