§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many community service orders were extinguished without being served in each year since 1995. [65126]
§ Hilary BennI have been asked to reply.
The number of community punishment orders (formerly community service orders) which terminated before completion of the order in each year since 1995 in England and Wales was as follows:
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Year Number l995 14,700 1996 14,400 1997 13,400 1998 12,700 1999 12,300 20001 13,500 1Latest year for which complete information is available
§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many community service punishments were handed down by magistrates' courts in each year since 1990; and what proportion of these sentences were served. [65125]
§ Hillary BennI have been asked to replay.
The number of persons sentenced by magistrates' courts to community punshiment orders (CPOs)(formerly community service orders) and supervised by the probation service in England and Wales for each year since 1990 was as follows:
Year Number 1990 26,500 1991 30,000 1992 31,600 1993 35,700 1994 38,900 1995 38,100 1996 37,200 1997 37,900 19982 39,800 19992 42,200 20002,3 43,600 1 Excludes (CPOs) given for breach. 2 Includes (CPOs) for persistent petty offenders and for fine deault2rs. 3 Latest year for which complete information is available. The proportion of community punishment orders (formerly community service orders) terminating each year since 1990 which were successfully completed was as follows:
Year Percentage 1990 69 1991 70 1992 72 1993 71 1994 70 1995 71 1996 71 1997 71 1998 72 1999 72 20001 71 1 Latest year for which complete information is available.