§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether it is their policy for those sentenced to community service orders to be set to work clearing up litter or removing graffiti in public places. [HL1994]
§ Lord Bassam of BrightonThe work done by offenders on community punishment orders, as they are now called, is decided locally within the framework of the national standards for the supervision of offenders in the community. Litter and graffiti squads exist in a number of probation areas.