community-payback-orders-breach-applications.csv
type: DataDownload
comment: Breach applications during the life of Community Payback Orders which were completed/terminated in each year from 2012-13, by gender.
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  column: Units
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description: Data file for Community Payback Orders: Breach Applications
encoding format: CSV

Community Payback Orders: Breach Applications
type: Dataset
accuracy: These statistics are considered of good quality as they come from recording systems which local authorities use for case management and internal monitoring. The data has, in addition, been quality assured by the Scottish Government via extensive accuracy checks, including identifying any major differences between the current year and previous years. In 2012-13, the gender breakdowns are estimated for 3 councils - Aberdeen City, Fife and Moray.
comment: Breach applications during the life of Community Payback Orders which were completed/terminated in each year from 2012-13, by gender.
completeness: This data brings together gender breakdowns for all years in the one place.
confidentiality: The data on Breach Applications In Community Payback Orders does not contain any directly identifiable personal information.
consistency: Community payback orders were introduced for offences committed on or after 1st February 2011. Numbers on breach applications for orders terminated were first collected in 2012-13 and have been collected on the same basis since then.
geographical coverage: S92
geographical coverage: S12
license id: uk-ogl
next update: 2026-01-01
quality management: Extensive quality assurance is conducted to ensure the data received from local authorities is as accurate as possible. Part of this involves the data loading system putting the data through a number of checks and identifying issues with the data which local authorities then need to look at and fix. Checks are also made by the Scottish Government to ensure there is consistency across the data for different years for every individual order.
reference period: PeriodOfTime
  end date: 2024-01-01T00:00:00
  start date: 2012-01-01T00:00:00
timeliness: As a large volume of data is collected at unit level for both community payback orders and drug treatment & testing order, these statistics are normally updated around January.
uniqueness: Not assessed
update frequency: annual
validity: These statistics help provide trends related to the workload of community payback orders and the type of orders which local authorities deal with.
will be updated: true
contact point: ContactPoint
date modified: 2026-08-13T13:12:24.498739
date published: 2026-08-13T13:11:05.172151
description: Community payback orders (CPOs) replaced probation, community service and supervised attendance orders. They were introduced for offences committed on or after 1st February 2011. CPOs are now by far the most commonly issued social work order. When local authorities become aware that a person has breached their order, they submit a breach application to the court which the court then considers and takes the necessary action. This data is derived from an annual return made to the Scottish Government by local authority social work departments and gives the number of breach applications during the life of community payback orders which were completed/terminated in each year from 2012-13 by gender. More data which shows the number of different social work order types (encompassing drug treatment & testing orders and fiscal work orders as well as CPOs and their predecessors) back to 2004-05 can be found in the datasets [Social Work Orders Commenced](http://statistics.gov.scot/data/social-work-orders-commenced) and [Social Work Orders Terminated](http://statistics.gov.scot/data/social-work-orders-terminated) on this website. Further data on CPOs at local authority level can be found on the Scottish Government [website](https://www.gov.scot/collections/criminal-justice-social-work/).
included in data catalog: CKAN
keywords: Crime and Justice
license: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Scottish Government
type: Organization
contact point: ContactPoint
  contact type: customer service