1. Introduction
1.1 This is the seventh in an annual series of statistical bulletins, presenting information on Social Enquiry Reports ( SERs), Community Service Orders ( CSOs), Probation Orders ( POs) and Supervised Attendance Orders ( SAOs) in Scotland. In addition, information on Throughcare ( TC), Voluntary Assistance ( VA), Diversion from Prosecution ( DP), Restriction of Liberty Orders ( RLOs), Drug Treatment and Testing Orders ( DTTOs), Bail Information and Court services are provided. Data on the Throughcare Addiction Service is included for the first time. Information is presented at both Local Authority and Community Justice Authority ( CJA) level. CJAs will be fully operational from April 2007 and the bulletin illustrates the current trends in these areas. The bulletin also presents information on the characteristics of offenders who receive community sentences (age, sex, previous conviction and reconviction rates).
1.2 The results shown incorporate information from the aggregate statistical returns for 2005-06, provided to the Scottish Executive by local authorities and covering the period 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006. Data on Restriction of Liberty Orders are provided by Reliance Monitoring Services Limited: contracted by the Scottish Executive to monitor compliance with restriction of liberty orders. This contract moved to Serco Ltd. from 1 April 2006. Information on the profile of offenders receiving a community sentence is derived from the Scottish Executive Court Proceedings Database. Detailed notes on the statistics used in the bulletin and on the different types of Orders and Reports are given in the Annex.
Chart 1 Community Orders (excluding SAOs), percentage by type, 2005-06
1. Including Probation Orders with a requirement of unpaid work.
2. Excluding Probation Orders with a requirement of unpaid work.