HC Deb 25 March 2003 vol 402 c149W
Mr. Randall

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are serving community punishment orders; and what estimate he has made of the cost of administration of community punishment orders. [104002]

Hilary Benn

The number of people starting supervision by the Probation Service under community punishment orders during 2001 was 52,186. The estimated expenditure on community punishment orders in 2001–02 was £92.2 million. This excludes expenditure on combined community punishment and rehabilitation orders.