HC Deb 04 April 2003 vol 402 cc916-7W
Mr. Hendry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been sentenced to community service in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion these represented of the number of people convicted of criminal offences.[106585]

Hilary Benn

[holding answer 1 April 2003]The information requested for 1992 to 2001 is contained in the table. Statistics for 2002 will be published in the autumn.

Persons sentenced to community service and the proportion of all persons found guilty, England and Wales, 1992 to 2001
Persons sentenced to combination orders1 service orders2 Persons sentenced to combination orders2 Persons sentenced to community orders service orders and combination orders
Number Percentage of all convicted Number Percentage of all convicted Number Percentage of all convicted
1995 48,337 3.6 14,559 1.1 62,896 4.7
1996 45,895 3.2 17,300 1.2 63,195 4.4
1997 47,123 3.4 19,460 1.4 66,583 4.8
1998 48,566 3.3 21,183 1.5 69,749 4.8
1999 49,597 3.5 20,733 1.5 70,330 5.0
2000 49,983 3.5 19,241 1.4 69,224 4.9
2001 49,764 3.7 14,662 1.1 64,426 4.8
1 Community punishment and rehabilitation orders from April 2000.
2 Community punishment orders from April 2000.