Unpaid Work Management Information, update to June 2024
Management information for Unpaid Work, including starts, delivery, caseload, terminations and Project Clean Streets, April 2022 to June 2024.
Applies to England and Wales
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Unpaid work, also known as community payback (or colloquially as community service) is one of the options available to sentencers at court. Individuals can be sentenced to undertake between 40 hours and 300 hours of unpaid work which should be completed in 12 months from sentencing. The main purpose of unpaid work is to provide punishment and reparation, with individuals carrying out work on projects which benefit their local communities.
This summary presents the main findings on the delivery of unpaid work from 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2024. The latest quarter of data (April 2024 to June 2024) is compared against the matching period of the previous year (April 2023 to June 2023). By analysing the same quarter across both years, the key points and comparisons are not impacted by the seasonal nature of unpaid work delivery.
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The bulletin was produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff. For the bulletin pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:
Ministry of Justice:
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Minister of State (Prisons and Probation); Permanent Secretary; Director General Performance, Strategy and Analysis Group; Special Projects and Briefing Lead; Press Office x4; Director General Operations; Deputy Director, Prison, Probation and Reoffending data and statistics; Head of HMPPS Performance; Head of Cross-Cutting Performance; Performance Analyst; Assistant Economist
HM Prison and Probation Service:
Deputy Director, Sentence Management and Unpaid Work; HMPPS Director General Operations; Chief Probation Officer; HMPPS Director General CEO