§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community service orders were made and in how many cases breach proceedings were instigated(a) in the last year before national standards were introduced and (b) in the last year for which figures are available; and in each of these years what was the number and percentage of breach proceedings that resulted in a custodial sentence.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information requested is published in Home Office Statistical Bulletin (7/91) (Tables 1, 8), a copy of which is in the Library.