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Community Payback Order (CPO) breach statistics: FOI release
Information requested
The disposals received by offenders who have breached their Community Payback Orders. Please break this information down by the type of disposal (custodial, financial, admonishment, etc) for the financial years 2012-13 to 2023-24.
Please provide reasons listed for this breach. For example, if it was a crime or if it was a breach of any conditions that were part of their CPO. Please provide this information for the financial years 2012-13 to 2023-24. In addition, if possible, please include the crime that was committed that led to a breach of their CPO.
Where an offender who breached their Community Payback Order received a custodial sentence, list the length of this sentence, broken down by the sentence lengths outlined in the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland statistics for the financial years of 2012-13 to 2023-24.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested in an attached excel spreadsheet.
1. The disposals received by offenders who have breached their Community Payback Orders. Please break this information down by the type of disposal (custodial, financial, admonishment, etc) for the financial years 2012-13 to 2023-24.
Please see attached spreadsheet - tab named "Table 1"
2. Please provide reasons listed for this breach . For example, if it was a crime or if it was a breach of any conditions that were part of their CPO. Please provide this information for the financial years 2012-13 to 2023-24. In addition, if possible, please include the crime that was committed that led to a breach of their CPO.
Where an offender who breached their Community Payback Order received a custodial sentence, list the length of this sentence, broken down by the sentence lengths outlined in the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland statistics for the financial years of 2012-13 to 2023
It is not possible to include the crime or if it was a breach of any conditions that were part of their CPO, as this information is not held by Scottish Government. Though under the charge of Breach Of Community Payback Order the length of the custody sentence has been provided as broken down by the sentence lengths outlined in the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland. Please see attached spreadsheet - table named "Table 2"
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