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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