Question follow-through · 69008

Community Orders: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of community service hours offenders have completed in the West Midlands in each of the last five years.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
18 Jul 2025
Target answer date
22 Jul 2025
Answer
28 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of community service hours offenders have completed in the West Midlands in each of the last five years.

  2. 22 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Between July 2021 and December 2024, a total of 1,272,250 hours of unpaid work were worked in the West Midlands.YearUnpaid work hours workedJuly to December 2021143,360January to December 2022352,660January to December 2023371,915January to December 20244...

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