Information for Sentencers
Welcome to our web pages specifically for judges and magistrates.
Community Payback
The effectiveness of Community Payback has been questioned in some quarters as a result of the ITV programme. However in West Yorkshire we know that Community Payback / Unpaid Work does work and benefits both the local community and the offenders who have received that sentence.
Please see the latest news page for more information on how Community Payback is working very well in West Yorkshire.
Sentencer pages
The sentencer pages will feature regular statistical sentencer information reports including enforcement, compliance and completion rates for community penalties and local reoffending reports.
You can arrange visits to Probation sites by getting in touch with us via Contact Us page or phoning the PR Unit on 01924 885300.
You can view extracts from Probation Matters(published three times a year)in this section, and we hope to include case studies of offenders serving community orders, or details of local community payback schemes or accredited programmes.
This is your page and we want to hear from you what you think of it and what you would like us to feature.
Contact Ruth Stockdale on 01924 885300 or get in touch using the Contact Us feedback form.
Latest re-offending statistics
The most recent re-offending statistics show that West Yorkshire achieved a 9.79% reduction in actual re-offending in 2009 - 2010 compared with the predicted rate for the period July 2008 - June 2009. This is one of the best performances in England and Wales and in performance terms, gives us a green rating.
