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Community Payback Order (CPO) breach statistics: FOI release
Information requested
You asked for source information on the number of CPO orders breached in 24/25, particularly in Edinburgh, Fife and East Lothian and whether these breaches led to a return to custody.
Response
Following clarification, you asked for a breakdown of community payback orders finished by reason for finishing and outcome for the most recent year of 2023-24, for the three council areas with the highest number of breach applications among orders which finished. This was Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire for 2023-24. This information is below.
Community payback orders finished by reason and outcome: 2023-24, Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire
Glasgow City Main outcome at finish of order Reason for finishing - numbers Custodial sentence New CPO Monetary penalty Other known penalty No further action for social work [note 1] Outcome not known Total Total z z z z z z 2,269 Successfully completed z z z z z z 1,581 Early discharge z z z z z z 28 Revoked due to review 33 16 12 26 108 45 240 Revoked due to breach 58 98 9 35 54 32 286 Transfer out of area z z z z z z 57 Death z z z z z z 30 Other 3 0 1 0 11 32 47 North Lanarkshire Main outcome at finish of order Reason for finishing - numbers Custodial sentence New CPO Monetary penalty Other known penalty No further action for social work [note 1] Outcome not known Total Total z z z z z z 1,201 Successfully completed z z z z z z 674 Early discharge z z z z z z 59 Revoked due to review 22 26 14 4 66 0 132 Revoked due to breach 45 106 21 7 64 0 243 Transfer out of area z z z z z z 37 Death z z z z z z 35 Other 0 0 0 6 6 9 21 South Lanarkshire Main outcome at finish of order Reason for finishing - numbers Custodial sentence New CPO Monetary penalty Other known penalty No further action for social work [note 1] Outcome not known Total Total z z z z z z 1,060 Successfully completed z z z z z z 579 Early discharge z z z z z z 70 Revoked due to review 22 12 18 9 62 0 123 Revoked due to breach 23 80 14 23 69 0 209 Transfer out of area z z z z z z 14 Death z z z z z z 32 Other 5 1 0 0 11 16 33
1. In many cases, the court decision did not have any need for further action for the local authority. The category “no further action for social work” covered instances where any further action did not require justice social work to support and the local authority were not advised by the court of any further penalty.
[z] in tables refers to data that is not applicable as information on outcome is only collected where the reason for finishing is either revocation or "other" reason.
Source: Scottish Government, Justice Social Work Statistics in Scotland: 2023-24 - Part 2.
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