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Mr. McCrindle
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the numbers and percentage of those who are undergoing or have undergone community service orders who have committed further criminal offences or who have otherwise breached the terms of the order.
Mr. John
The following table gives information about those offenders given community service orders who breached the conditions of the order as specified in Section 16 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973; the committing of further offences does not constitute a breach and information about it is not readily available.
| PERSONS WHO FAILED TO COMPLY WITH CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS—ENGLAND AND WALES | ||||
| Year | Persons sentenced to community service | Persons who failed to comply with the conditions | ||
| Number | Number* | Percentage | ||
| 1974 | … | 1,213 | 42 | 3·5 |
| 1975 | … | 3,126 | 90 | 2·9 |
| * Does not necessarily relate to orders imposed in current year. | ||||