§ Lord Dholakiaasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are the number and proportion of first offenders given:
in each year from 1992 to 2003. [HL46]
- (a) community service orders or community punishment orders;
WA 35 - (b)probation or community rehabilitation orders; and
- (c)any community sentence;
§ Baroness Scotland of AsthalThe figures in the attached table are calculated from data held
Number and proportion of first time offenders receiving community penalties, by year Community service orders/Community Punishment orders Probation/Community rehabilitation orders All community penalties Year Number in sample Estimated number in year % Number in sample Estimated Number year % Number in Sample Estimated Number year % 1992 Data not available 1993 534 9,254 9 420 7,279 7 1,173 20,328 20 1994 515 10,298 9 482 9,638 9 1,218 24,355 22 1995 519 11,243 9 492 10,658 9 1,281 27,750 22 1996 1,086 14,118 8 1,115 14,495 8 2,797 36,361 20 1997 1,331 17,303 9 2,456 31,928 8 3,120 40,560 21 1998 1,256 16,328 9 1,145 14,885 9 3,042 39,546 23 1999 1,427 18,551 10 1,260 16,380 9 3,444 44,772 24 2000 1,563 20,319 11 1,403 18,239 9 3,716 48,308 25 2001 1,623 21,099 10 1,360 17,680 9 4,353 56,589 28 2002 1,420 18,460 11 860 11,180 7 4,159 54,067 32 2003 Data not available All community penalties include the following: Community rehabilitation orders, supervision orders, community punishment orders, attendance centre orders, community rehabilitation and punishment orders, curfew orders, reparation orders (since June 2000), action plan orders (since June 2000) or drug treatment and testing orders (since October 2000) and referral orders (since April 2002).
The data are based on a sample taken from the Offenders Index. From 1996 onwards 4-week samples were taken. Before 1996 the size of the sample varied.