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Community Service

Volume 950: debated on Thursday 18 May 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many community service orders were made in England and Wales in 1977.

1976 is the latest period for which figures are available from records of criminal court proceedings; those figures are given on page 58 of "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1976".

Bus crewsTrain crewsStation staffPolice
1976—
Assaults reported9721916356
Prosecutions13183
1977—
Assaults reported1,0263116690
Prosecutions138120
Details of the success of the prosecutions could be obtained only at disproportionate costs.