Unpaid work management information, update to June 2025
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-06)

Management information for unpaid work, including starts, delivery, caseload, terminations and Project Clean Streets, April 2022 to June 2025.

Unpaid work, also known as community payback, is one of the options available to sentencers at court. The purpose of unpaid work is to provide punishment and reparation, with individuals carrying out work on projects which benefit their local communities.

This release provides data on the delivery of unpaid work from 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2025. The comparison of periods takes into consideration the latest quarter of data ( 1 April 2025 to 30 June 2025) and the matching period of the previous year ( 1 April 2024 to 30 June 2024). By analysing the same quarter of both years, the key points and comparisons are not impacted by the seasonal nature of unpaid work delivery.

This release of unpaid work management information includes a revision to the number of unpaid work hours offered published in Table 1: Probation Service unpaid work management information, April 2022 to December 2024, by quarter, England and Wales (release date: 8 May 2025).

Revision to unpaid work hours offered, July to September 2024

The number of unpaid work hours offered published in the quarter from July to September 2024 for England and Wales, was 2,070,545. The revised figure is 2,070,535. This error was discovered following quality assurance of the data tables included in this release.

The revised figure for July to September 2024 can be found in 25-26 Q1 Unpaid work management information data tables.xlsx, Table 1, indicated by the symbol [r]. All other figures are unaffected.

Note regarding Project Clean Streets

To date, the unpaid work management information publication has included a subset of data tables for Rapid Deployment Projects - Project Clean Streets.

Rapid deployment work is now delivered as standard in probation regions and is no longer managed separately. As a result, it is proposed to remove this section of the publication from autumn 2026. This means that the last set of data tables which will be available for Project Clean Streets will be for the period up to December 2025. These tables will be published in the next unpaid work management information publication in May 2026.

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Pre-release access

The bulletin was produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff. For the bulletin pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice:

Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor; Minister of State (Prisons and Probation); Permanent Secretary; Director General Policy; Deputy Head of News; Press Office x6; Deputy Director, Prison, Probation and Reoffending data and statistics; Head of HMPPS Performance; Head of Cross-Cutting Performance

HM Prison and Probation Service:

Deputy Director, Sentence Management and Unpaid Work; HMPPS Director General Operations; Chief Probation Officer; HMPPS Director General CEO