The available information is shown in the following table. Statistics for 2008 will be available when ‘Sentencing Statistics 2008’ is published later in the year.
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Number sentenced 827,216 839,435 815,327 798,057 803,606 Number of compensation orders issued 120,465 123,315 131,687 137,446 165,872 Proportion of offenders made to pay compensation (%) 15 15 16 17 21 1 Excludes summary motoring offences Note: These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. Source: OMS Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice