Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2015-2016

National-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland, including data on criminal justice social work services and social work orders.


Table 9 Community payback orders commenced by age, gender, employment status and ethnicity: 2011-12 to 2015-16

  2011-12 2012-13 4 2013-14 4 2014-15 4 2015-16
Number
Total 10,228 16,063 18,689 19,064 19,410
Age group 1
16-17 584 788 684 610 607
18-20 1,601 2,263 2,375 2,314 2,272
21-25 2,218 3,546 4,093 3,874 3,818
26-30 1,667 2,831 3,166 3,384 3,489
31-40 2,337 3,754 4,626 4,859 5,057
Over 40 1,821 2,881 3,745 4,023 4,167
Gender
Male 8,826 13,680 15,812 16,116 16,457
Female 1,402 2,383 2,877 2,948 2,953
Employment status
Full-time education 201 293 314 313 314
Employed/self employed 1,954 3,139 3,869 4,107 4,358
Unemployed 6,362 9,959 11,430 11,502 11,477
Government training scheme 62 89 68 74 72
Economically inactive 2 1,116 1,260 1,621 1,822 1,873
Other 3 533 1,323 1,387 1,246 1,316
Ethnicity
White 9,189 14,537 16,396 16,596 17,640
Asian 93 127 193 173 203
African, Caribbean or Black 32 51 57 99 94
Mixed 25 69 81 58 48
Other 85 156 145 164 178
Not known/provided 804 1,123 1,817 1,974 1,247
  Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age group 1
16-17 5.7 4.9 3.7 3.2 3.1
18-20 15.7 14.1 12.7 12.1 11.7
21-25 21.7 22.1 21.9 20.3 19.7
26-30 16.3 17.6 16.9 17.8 18.0
31-40 22.8 23.4 24.8 25.5 26.1
Over 40 17.8 17.9 20.0 21.1 21.5
Gender
Male 86.3 85.2 84.6 84.5 84.8
Female 13.7 14.8 15.4 15.5 15.2
Employment status
Full-time education 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6
Employed/self employed 19.1 19.5 20.7 21.5 22.5
Unemployed 62.2 62.0 61.2 60.3 59.1
Government training scheme 0.6 0.6 * * *
Economically inactive 2 10.9 7.8 8.7 9.6 9.6
Other 3 5.2 8.2 7.4 6.5 6.8
Ethnicity (where known)
White 97.5 97.3 97.2 97.1 97.1
Asian 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1
African, Caribbean or Black * * * 0.6 0.5
Mixed * * * * *
Other 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0

1. Age is at commencement of order. Figures may include a small number of under 16s.

2. Includes those who are retired, supported by family, caring for home/family or long-term sick/disabled.

3. For 2012-13 to 2015-16, includes some orders where employment status was not known.

4. Figures for the years 2012-13 to 2014-15 have been revised from those previously published due to the receipt of updated information from some councils. The breakdown by employment status for 2014-15 has changed particularly markedly due to the receipt of an amended breakdown for Aberdeen City.

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