FOI Request - CPO Absences
Request 101003224800
May I request the following information:
1) The number of non-acceptable absences recorded by local authority unpaid work case managers from offenders carrying out unpaid work as part of Community Payback Orders. Please provide this information for the financial years of 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and so far in 2022-23.
2) The number of acceptable absences recorded by local authority unpaid work case managers from offenders carrying out unpaid work as part of Community Payback Orders. Please provide this information for the financial years of 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and so far in 2022-23.
These absences are meant to be recorded as per the Scottish Government’s Community Payback Guidance Paragraph 21.9.1: https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/advice-and-guidance/2022/05/community-payback-order-practice-guidance-2/documents/community-payback-order-practice-guidance/community-payback-order-practice-guidance/govscot%3Adocument/community-payback-order-practice-guidance.pdf
Response 21-02-2023
1)
| Year | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-3 Feb 2023 |
| No. of unacceptable absences | 101 | 66 | 5 | 51 | 41 |
2)
| Year | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-3 Feb 2023 |
| No. of Acceptable Absences | 224 | 225 | 93 | 141 | 112 |