Lord Wolfson of Tredegar corrected a written answer on Community Orders

24 March 2022 · Lords written answer · Ministry of Justice

Lord Marlesford (Conservative, Life peer) asked written question HL1613 on 30 June 2021. Lord Wolfson of Tredegar answered on 14 July 2021 for the Ministry of Justice, and Lord Wolfson of Tredegar corrected the answer on 24 March 2022. The correction replaced 5 figures (2,117,333, 4,101,917, 5,310,093, 5,381,903, 5,581,803) with 5 figures (1,356,061, 4,868,990, 5,310,526, 5,382,173, 5,582,445). Altogether 10 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hours of unpaid work have been completed as part of Community Sentences in each of the last five years.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The number of UPW hours delivered in the last five years are: April 2016 to March 2017: ~~5,581,803~~ April 2017 to March 2018: ~~5,381,903~~ April 2018 to March 2019: ~~5,310,093~~ April 2019 to March 2020: ~~4,101,917~~ April 2020 to March 2021: ~~2,117,333~~ The figures for April 2020 – March 2021 evidence a decline in unpaid work delivery resulting from the pandemic and the need to comply with public health regulations, such as lockdowns and social distancing measures. Prior to 26 th June 2021, Community Rehabilitation Companies were responsible for the delivery of unpaid work. Since then, the new unified probation service has assumed responsibility for unpaid work delivery. This has provided an opportunity to re-energise our work, drive up completion rates and deliver better outcomes. We will deliver better quality and more robust unpaid work placements that are highly visible to the public and that meet both punitive and reparative aims. We want to move away from a reliance on individual placements towards incorporating larger national projects with public bodies and charities and we are keen to involve our stakeholders as much as possible in our plans.	The number of UPW hours delivered in the last five years are: April 2016 to March 2017: 5,582,445 April 2017 to March 2018: 5,382,173 April 2018 to March 2019: 5,310,526 April 2019 to March 2020: 4,868,990 April 2020 to March 2021: 1,356,061 The figures for April 2020 – March 2021 evidence a decline in unpaid work delivery resulting from the pandemic and the need to comply with public health regulations, such as lockdowns and social distancing measures. Prior to 26 th June 2021, Community Rehabilitation Companies were responsible for the delivery of unpaid work. Since then, the new unified probation service has assumed responsibility for unpaid work delivery. This has provided an opportunity to re-energise our work, drive up completion rates and deliver better outcomes. We will deliver better quality and more robust unpaid work placements that are highly visible to the public and that meet both punitive and reparative aims. We want to move away from a reliance on individual placements towards incorporating larger national projects with public bodies and charities and we are keen to involve our stakeholders as much as possible in our plans.

Original

Corrected

The number of UPW hours delivered in the last five years are:
April 2016 to March 2017: ~~5,581,803~~
April 2017 to March 2018: ~~5,381,903~~
April 2018 to March 2019: ~~5,310,093~~
April 2019 to March 2020: ~~4,101,917~~
April 2020 to March 2021: ~~2,117,333~~
The figures for April 2020 – March 2021 evidence a decline in unpaid work delivery resulting from the pandemic and the need to comply with public health regulations, such as lockdowns and social distancing measures.
Prior to 26 th June 2021, Community Rehabilitation Companies were responsible for the delivery of unpaid work. Since then, the new unified probation service has assumed responsibility for unpaid work delivery. This has provided an opportunity to re-energise our work, drive up completion rates and deliver better outcomes. We will deliver better quality and more robust unpaid work placements that are highly visible to the public and that meet both punitive and reparative aims. We want to move away from a reliance on individual placements towards incorporating larger national projects with public bodies and charities and we are keen to involve our stakeholders as much as possible in our plans.

The number of UPW hours delivered in the last five years are:
April 2016 to March 2017: 5,582,445
April 2017 to March 2018: 5,382,173
April 2018 to March 2019: 5,310,526
April 2019 to March 2020: 4,868,990
April 2020 to March 2021: 1,356,061
The figures for April 2020 – March 2021 evidence a decline in unpaid work delivery resulting from the pandemic and the need to comply with public health regulations, such as lockdowns and social distancing measures.
Prior to 26 th June 2021, Community Rehabilitation Companies were responsible for the delivery of unpaid work. Since then, the new unified probation service has assumed responsibility for unpaid work delivery. This has provided an opportunity to re-energise our work, drive up completion rates and deliver better outcomes. We will deliver better quality and more robust unpaid work placements that are highly visible to the public and that meet both punitive and reparative aims. We want to move away from a reliance on individual placements towards incorporating larger national projects with public bodies and charities and we are keen to involve our stakeholders as much as possible in our plans.

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