§ Mrs. Wiseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether arrangements allowing sentences of community service orders to be imposed are now available all over the country; and, if so, from what date this became possible in (a) the first area and (b) the last area.
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§ Mr. JohnAs from 1st April 1978, when arrangements will be extended to more petty sessions areas, schemes for offenders to work under community service orders will exist in the whole of 42 of the 56 probation and after-care areas and in parts of 13 others. The Government hope to see such schemes operating throughout the country by the end of the coming financial year. The first experimental community service schemes began on 1st January 1973.