Transparency data

Unpaid work management information, update to December 2025

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

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 14 May 2026

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Unpaid work management information - Summary

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Unpaid work management information - Guidance

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Unpaid work management information – Data tables

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Unpaid work management information – Project Clean Streets data tables

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Details

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 31 December 2025. The comparison of periods takes into consideration the latest quarter of data (1 October 2025 to 31 December 2025) and the matching period of the previous year (1 October 2024 to 31 December 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.

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. Our intention is to remove these data tables from future publications. This means that this is the final set of data tables which will be available for Project Clean Streets, with data up to December 2025.

The decision to remove the Project Clean Streets data tables is driven by the following rationale:

1. Project Clean Streets data form a subset of the main data tables

2. Rapid deployment work is delivered as business as usual in all probation regions and is not managed under a separate performance target.

The contents and structure of the main publication summary and data tables will not change.

If the changes announced are likely to cause significant inconvenience, please contact the production team at crosscuttingperformanceenquiries@justice.gov.uk

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; Deputy Director Courts and People Analysis; Statistician

HM Prison and Probation Service:

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

Published 14 May 2026