§ 18. Mr. Jacques ArnoldTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on progress with community service orders.
§ Mrs. RumboldNational standards on the supervision of community service orders were introduced two years ago, on 1 April 1989, and were designed to achieve tighter and more consistent management of this work by probation services. My Department will very shortly publish an analysis of the first year's operation of the standards.