social-work-orders-terminated.csv
type: DataDownload
comment: Number of social work orders completed/terminated in each local authority area from 2004-05 onwards, broken down by type of order and whether successfully completed.
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  column: DateCode
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  column: Units
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  column: GeographyCode
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dictionary: Column
  column: Social Work Order Outcome
  type: text
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  column: GeographyType
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  column: Measurement
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  column: Order Type
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  column: Value
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description: Data file for Social Work Orders Terminated
encoding format: CSV

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

Social Work Orders Terminated
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. Checks are made to ensure any major differences from previous years are explainable.
comment: Number of social work orders completed/terminated in each local authority area from 2004-05 onwards, broken down by type of order and whether successfully completed.
completeness: This data brings together in one place all orders at local authority level which make up the category \"social work orders\".
confidentiality: Not assessed
consistency: Community payback orders were introduced on 1 February 2011. Numbers were not collected for the year 2010-11 due the very small number of orders which would have finished in that year. Fiscal work orders were introduced nationally on 1 April 2015. Data was not collected from 2016-17 onwards for community service, probation or supervised attendance orders due the small number of orders involved. The figures for 'orders not completed/discharged' for 2012-13 and 2013-14 include some orders for which the reason for termination was not known. From March 2025, there is no longer any data provided for \"total social work orders\".
geographical coverage: S12
geographical coverage: S92
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.
reference period: PeriodOfTime
  end date: 2024-01-01T00:00:00
  start date: 2004-01-01T00:00:00
timeliness: These statistics are normally updated in the January after the data year in question.
uniqueness: Not assessed
update frequency: annual
validity: These statistics help provide trends related to the workload of orders which local authorities deal with.
will be updated: true
contact point: ContactPoint
date modified: 2026-08-13T10:11:39.666029
date published: 2026-08-13T10:10:19.408210
description: Number of social work orders completed/terminated in each local authority area from 2004-05 onwards, broken down by type of order and whether successfully completed.
included in data catalog: CKAN
keywords: Crime and Justice
license: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/