Justice written question – answered at on 28 October 2009.
Martyn Jones
Labour, Clwyd South
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.
Claire Ward
Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice
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 | ||
| Requirements( 1) | 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. | ||
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