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Community Orders: Greater Manchester

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Ministry of JusticeTabled Answered 9 December 2025UIN 95720

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on community payback services in (a) Greater Manchester (b) Oldham for each year from 2015 to date.

Answered by Jake Richards

The data below shows the annual spend for Community Payback services in the Greater Manchester Probation Region since 2021.

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

2024-25

£m

£m

£m

£m

Greater Manchester Unpaid Work

1.40

3.93

4.70

4.46

To note:

Data cannot be broken down below regional level.

Data prior to July 2021 is unable to be reported on, due to probation regions being under the management of Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). The unification of CRCs and the National Probation Service (NPS) in England and Wales took place on 26 June 2021, marking a significant restructuring of the probation system.

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