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<p>As unpaid work is necessarily often delivered in groups, such work was unavoidably
adversely affected by Covid-19. However, unpaid work has not been deferred. Probation
worked hard to innovate unpaid work delivery so that some placements could continue
to be delivered safely, including home based projects for local charities and offenders
supporting vaccination centres. Nevertheless, due to the adverse effect on delivery
rates, probation have been managing a backlog of requirements. We are working closely
with our CJS partners to accelerate the delivery of unpaid work and, where appropriate,
apply for unpaid work orders to be extended so that hours can be completed after the
original 12-month period specified in the legislation. There are approximately 5m
hours of unpaid work on the caseload currently, 4m (80%) are in relation to requirements
that are still within their normal delivery window or agreed extension.</p><p>Of all
UPW requirements on the probation case list as of 26th June 2021</p><ul><li>For sentences
prior to 23/3/2020, 539,236 hours were delivered.</li><li>For sentences after 23/03/2020,
749,311 hours were delivered.</li></ul><p> </p><p>However, this is a dynamic data
set. Some of these requirements are still being worked (yet to reach 12 months from
sentencing) and others on the backlog (i.e. post 12 months from sentencing) are being
pursued for completion.</p><p>There is often a delay in recording completed UPW hours.
UPW completed over the weekend of the 26th and 27th of June 2021 is unlikely to be
fully represented in this data. While all reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure
the accuracy of this data, the inaccuracy inherent in any large-scale administrative
data means data should not be assumed to be fully accurate.</p><p> </p>
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