HC Deb 19 December 1994 vol 251 cc959-60W
Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders who were breached for not complying with a probation or community service order and who are the subject of a magistrates court warrant have had that warrant outstanding for (a) more than 12 months, (b) more than six months and (c) more than three months.

Mr. Nicholas Baker

The information is not available centrally.

Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders the subject of a probation or community service order, breached them by failing to comply with the conditions of that order during 1993 and for the first six months of 1994; in how many cases a warrant was issued by the relevant magistrates courts; and in how many of these cases the warrant is still outstanding.

Mr. Nicholas Baker

The available information published in "Probation Statistics, England and Wales 1993" is as follows:

Persons whose supervision terminated early due to failure to comply with requirements of the order in England and Wales for 1993
Number of persons Percentage
Probation 1,500 3
Community service 6,700 16