Specifically, effective practice and improvement is supported by: Community Payback Order Practice Guidance for practitionersa programme of scrutiny and assurance work carried out by the Care Inspectorate, funded by Scottish Governmentongoing training and support from national partners, including Community Justice Scotland, Social Work Scotland, and Scottish Governmentanalysis of statistics which are disaggregated by local authority areas, practice support groups organised by Social Work Scotland, area based CPO annual reports and an annual CPO report prepared by Community Justice Scotland In addition, the Scottish Government has protected record levels of funding with up to £106 million allocated in 2020-21 to local authorities for the delivery of justice social work services.