HC Deb 29 April 2004 vol 420 cc1312-3W
Mr. Gerrard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost of administering a(a) community rehabilitation order, (b) community punishment order, (c) community punishment and rehabilitation order, (d) curfew order, (e) drug treatment and testing order and (f) attendance centre order for (i) an adult and (ii) a juvenile was in the latest year for which figures are available. [167366]

Paul Goggins

The average costs of administering adult community punishment orders in the National Probation Service and the average estimated unit costs of the juvenile orders administered by the Youth Justice Board are as follows:

£
Adult1 Juvenile
Community Rehabilitation Order 3,080 2,218
Community Punishment Order 2,055 2,218
Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Order 3,000 2,218
Curfew Order 1,730 1,739
Drug Treatment and Testing Order 24,080 1,916
Attendance Centre Order 196 167
1Forecast costs for 2003–04; include local and central overheads and training of Probation Officers
2Corrections' costs only; Health costs approx £3,300.

The Youth Justice Board have commissioned PA Consulting to conduct activity sampling work on Youth Offending Teams which should provide further research data on the unit costs of juvenile orders and interventions. The activity analysis report is due to be completed later this year.