We will also shortly be funding pilots which use SAOs as a first instance disposal to provide courts with an additional sentencing option forthose who do not have the means to pay a fine.More generally, the significantly increased funding invested in community disposals over recent years is providing the courts with a broader range of alternatives for female, as well as for male, offenders and a number of these have programmes geared specifically to the needs of women.In addition, the 218 Time Out centre in Glasgow is a unique facility, funded by the Executive, to provide an alternative to custody and to support women offenders in the community, with detox and residential services...