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Written question asked by Martyn Jones (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 22 October 2009. It was answered by Claire Ward (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 October 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Community Orders: Females

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many women received community sentences with requirements in relation to (a) compulsory unpaid work, (b) participation in any specified activities, (c) prohibition from certain activities, (d) curfew, (e) exclusion, (f) residence, (g) mental health treatment, (h) drug rehabilitation, (i) alcohol treatment, (j) supervision and (k) attendance centres in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009.
Answer

The following table shows the number of each of the requirements started by women under community orders in 2007 and 2008 who started probation service supervision in England and Wales. 2008 is the latest complete year for which published information is available.

Number of requirements started by women under community orders
Requirements¹ 2007 2008
Supervision 13,498 13,950
Unpaid work 8,509 8,791
Drug treatment 2,483 2,799
Accredited programme 3,199 2,794
Curfew 1,753 2,298
Specified activity 1,647 1,937
Alcohol treatment 541 785
Exclusion 128 163
Residential 160 157
Mental health 119 149
Prohibited activity 105 118
Attendance centre 43 40
Total 32,185 33,981
¹ The figures show the number of requirements started by women under community orders. There were 18,287 women who started these orders in 2007, and 19,191 in 2008.
Note:
The figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
498 c395-6W; 295213
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Women Community orders
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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