Social Work Orders Terminated
type: Dataset
theme: Crime and Justice
timeliness: These statistics are normally updated in the January after the data year in question.
validity: These statistics help provide trends related to the workload of orders which local authorities deal with.
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.
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\".
uniqueness: Not assessed
completeness: This data brings together in one place all orders at local authority level which make up the category \"social work orders\".
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.
update frequency: annual
license id: uk-ogl
confidentiality: Not assessed
quality management: Extensive quality assurance is conducted to ensure the data received from local authorities is as accurate as possible.
geographical coverage: S12
geographical coverage: S92
will be updated: true
reference period: PeriodOfTime
  start date: 2004
  end date: 2024
next update: 2026-01-01
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.
version notes: Revisions are made to earlier years data once a new year's data has been published. The figures for 2020-21 for CPOs for Renfrewshire were estimated when first published but was revised following the receipt of the actual data.
issued: 2026-08-13T10:10:19.408210
modified: 2026-08-13T10:11:39.666029
contact point: Organization
contact point: Kind

Crime and Justice
type: Concept

Scottish Government
type: Agent

social-work-orders-terminated.csv
type: Distribution
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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description: Data file for Social Work Orders Terminated
format: CSV
access URL: https://admin.data.gov.scot/resource/ab9dde19-b4e8-4292-9e15-4ca4e995f7d3/download
issued: 2026-08-13T10:11:39.679669
modified: 2026-08-13T10:11:39.673824