Scottish Government

2. Key Points

Social Enquiry Reports

• A total of 42,043 Social Enquiry Reports (including supplementary reports) were submitted by Local Authorities to the Courts in 2005-06, up 4 per cent from the 2004-05 total of 40,265. The total of 42,043 corresponds to 116.0 reports per 10,000 population.
• A total of 35,342 Social Enquiry Reports (excluding supplementary reports) were submitted to the Courts in 2005-06, an increase of 3 per cent from 34,301 in 2004-05.

Community Service Orders

• A total of 5,927 Community Service Orders (excluding Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work) were made in 2005-06, a 6 per cent increase over the previous year's total of 5,573. The total of 5,927 equates to 16.4 Orders per 10,000 population.
• 1,502 breach applications were made to the Courts in respect of Community Service Orders (excluding Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work) in 2005-06, a very slight increase compared with the 1,498 breach applications in 2004-05.
• 5,093 Community Service Orders (excluding Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work) were terminated (including orders which were successfully completed) in 2005-06, an increase of 6 per cent from the previous year's total of 4,813.

Probation Orders (including those with a requirement of unpaid work)

• A total of 8,402 Probation Orders were made in 2005-06, representing a 1 per cent decrease from 8,465 in 2004-05. The total of 8,402 corresponds to 23.2 Orders per 10,000 population.
• 3,375 breach applications were made to the Courts in respect of Probation Orders in 2005-06, a 22 per cent increase compared to the total of 2,769 in 2004-05. This increase is believed to be due, in part, to a change in recording practice in Glasgow City.
• 6,328 Probation Orders were terminated in 2005-06, representing an increase of 27 per cent over the previous year's total of 4,973.

Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work

• A total of 2,692 Probation Orders with a Requirement of Unpaid Work were made in 2005-06, representing a 2 per cent decrease from the 2004-05 total of 2,757. The total of 2,692 corresponds to 7.4 Orders per 10,000 population.
• 1,110 breach applications were made to the Courts in respect of POs with a Requirement of Unpaid Work in 2005-06, an increase of 20 per cent on the 925 applications in 2004-05.

Supervised Attendance Orders

• A total of 3,849 Supervised Attendance Orders were made in 2005-06, up 15 per cent from the total of 3,360 in 2004-05. The total of 3,849 corresponds to 10.6 Orders per 10,000 population.
• 1,462 breach applications were made to the Courts in respect of Supervised Attendance Orders in 2005-06, an increase of 22 per cent from the 2004-05 total of 1,203.
• 2,912 Supervised Attendance Orders were terminated in 2005-06, an increase of 22 per cent from the previous year's total of 2,385.

Drug Treatment and Testing Orders

• A total of 599 Drug Treatment and Testing Orders were made in 2005-06, up 14 per cent from 526 in 2004-05. The total of 599 in 2005-06 corresponds to 1.7 Orders per 10,000 population.
• In 2005-06 there were 233 breach application and 465 terminations of DTTOs, increases of 15 per cent and 48 per cent respectively on the 2004-05 figures.

Restriction of Liberty Orders

• A total of 984 Restriction of Liberty Orders were made in 2005-06, an increase of 7 per cent from 917 in 2004-05. The total of 984 corresponds to 2.7 Orders per 10,000 population.
• In 2005-06, 986 reports on RLO breaches were made, an increase of 28 per cent from the total of 770 in 2004-05.

Statutory Throughcare

• In 2005-06, a total of 1,105 Throughcare (in the community) cases commenced, a decrease of 20 per cent from the 1,373 cases which commenced in 2004-05.
• A further 1,082 Throughcare (in custody) cases commenced and, in total, 4,901 individuals were subject to statutory Throughcare in the community and in custody as at 31 ^st March 2006.

Voluntary Assistance and the Throughcare Addiction Service

• There were a total of 1,523 individuals receiving voluntary assistance in 2005-06. This corresponds to 4.2 individuals per 10,000 population. In 2005-06, a total of 1,622 voluntary assistance cases commenced, representing 4.5 cases per 10,000 population.
• Of the voluntary assistance cases commenced in 2005-06, 427 related to the Throughcare Addiction Service ( TAS).

Home Circumstances Reports

• A total of 1,361 HCRs excluding home leave reports were reported in 2005-06, an increase of 2 per cent on the 2004-05 figure of 1,339. Including home leave reports, 2,126 HCRs were reported in 2005-06.

Diversion from Prosecution

• A total of 1,198 Diversion from Prosecution cases commenced in 2005-06, an increase of 13 per cent from the 2004-05 total of 1,064 cases.

Bail Information

• During 2005-06, 8,052 requests were made by Courts to local authorities for bail information, an increase of 5 per cent since 2004-05. A total of 917 bail supervision cases commenced in the year relating to 774 individuals.

Court Services

• A total of 1,589 stand down reports were provided to the Courts in 2005-06, an increase of 24 per cent on the 1,283 provided in 2004-05. In addition, 14,579 post sentence interviews were carried out and 49,514 Social Enquiry Reports were presented to the Courts in 2005-06.