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<p>Serious Further Offences (SFOs) are rare. Less than 0.5% of offenders under statutory
supervision are convicted of an SFO; for murder, the proportion will be lower. Nonetheless,
every single SFO is taken extremely seriously, and in all cases a review is carried
out to identify any necessary actions which need to be taken to improve the management
of other cases. As a proportion of the offenders managed by the NPS and CRCs respectively,
there is no evidence of a difference between the National Probation Service (NPS)
and the Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) when it comes to offenders committing
murder.</p><p> </p><p>SFO reviews are initiated where the NPS or a CRC <em>notifies</em>
HM Prison and Probation Service that an offender under supervision has been charged
with an SFO. The number of SFO <em>notifications</em> is not equivalent to the number
of SFO convictions in any year. About half of all SFO notifications do not result
in SFO convictions. In other cases, after initial notification charges will be dropped
or an offender acquitted or an offender convicted of a lesser offence.</p><p> </p><p>Table
1 below shows the number of SFO <em>notifications</em> – that is, cases of an offender
under probation supervision <em>charged</em> with an SFO - received between 1 January
2014 and 31 December 2019, by SFO offence, where the offender was supervised by (a)
the National Probation Service (NPS) and (b) Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC).</p><p>
</p><p>Table 1<strong>.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014*</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SFO Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CRC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CRC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CRC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CRC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CRC</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CRC</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Arson
with intent to endanger life</em></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assault
by penetration</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attempt
or conspiracy to commit murder</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Aggravated
Burglary</em></p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing
death by dangerous/careless driving/aggravated vehicle taking</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>False
imprisonment</em></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Firearms
offences including possession with intent</em></p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Kidnapping</em></p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manslaughter</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Murder</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Offences
under the Explosive Substances Act</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Other
qualifying sexual offences</em></p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Other
serious violent offence</em></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Female
genital mutilation</em></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other
specified offence causing death</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rape</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Robbery
with firearm</em></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under
13 sexual offences including rape</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>391</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>310</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>238</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>350</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>274</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>425</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>315</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>338</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>224</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>329</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>215</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes
for Table 1:</p><ol><li>*CRCs were created as part of Transforming Rehabilitation
(TR) in June 2014. Therefore, data provided for NPS for 2014 include cases managed
by former Probation Trusts prior to TR.</li><li>The NPS and CRCs are required to complete
automatic reviews on any eligible offender who has been charged with (including attempted
or conspiracy to commit offences): murder manslaughter, other specified offences causing
death, rape or assault by penetration, or a sexual offence against a child under 13
years of age.</li><li>Conditional reviews are completed when an offender has been
assessed as high risk of harm during the current sentence (NPS only) or where no risk
assessment has been completed.</li><li>The data represents SFO charges and not a unique
count of offenders.</li><li>Not all notifications result in the completion of a review
as charges are reduced or dropped. Not every offender charged with a SFO is convicted.</li><li>Data
Sources and Quality. We have drawn these figures from administrative IT systems which,
as with some large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data
entry and processing.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Similarly, the number of
SFO reviews completed is not equivalent to the number of SFO convictions in any year.</p><p>
</p><p>The Honourable Member may be referring to the Freedom of Information Act response
200121016 on 11 February 2020. However, that response did <em>not</em> show the number
of people murdered by offenders under supervision. Rather, it showed the number of
SFO reviews completed in each calendar year for 2014 to 2019, where the offender had
been <em>charged with</em> murder.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows the total number of
SFO reviews completed in 2014 as a whole, the number of reviews completed for those
who were charged with murder, and the number of subsequent convictions for murder.
Tables 3 and 4 below show the number of offenders being supervised by the NPS and
CRC respectively who were charged with murder, where a review was completed in the
years 2015, 2016, 2017, and the offender subsequently <em>convicted of murder. W</em>e
have provided the number of SFO reviews in 2014 as a separate table (Table 2), as
Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) created CRCs mid-year and prior to this, Probation
Trusts managed the cases.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All
Reviews</strong> <strong>(a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reviews involving a Charge
of Murder</strong> <strong>(b) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reviews in (b) that
resulted in a Murder conviction</strong> <strong>(c)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Table 3</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All
NPS Reviews</strong> <strong>(a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NPS Reviews involving
a Charge of Murder</strong> <strong>(b) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reviews in
(b) that resulted in a Murder conviction</strong> <strong>(c)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Table 4</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All
CRC Reviews</strong> <strong>(a)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CRC Reviews involving
a Charge of Murder</strong> <strong>(b) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reviews in
(b) that resulted in a Murder conviction</strong> <strong>(c)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Notes for Tables 2, 3,4</p><ol><li>Conviction data are as at 27 January 2020</li><li>Not
all SFO notifications result in the completion of a review as charges can be reduced
or dropped. Not every offender charged with a SFO is convicted.</li><li>The data represent
SFO reviews conducted following charge and not a unique count of offenders.</li><li>We
have not included the three month data relating to 1 January-31 March 2018.</li><li>Data
Sources and Quality. We have drawn these figures from administrative IT systems which,
as with some large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data
entry and processing.</li></ol><p>In October, the Ministry of Justice will publish
annual reconviction data, including murder for 2018/19, with an accompanying narrative
which also explains the correct interpretation of the figures. The current publication
can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/843382/Serious_Further_Offences_-Bulletin.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/843382/Serious_Further_Offences_-Bulletin.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p>Tables 2, 3 and 4 provide the number of reviews completed in respect of offenders
supervised by the NPS or CRCs who were charged with and subsequently convicted of
murder between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2017. We have not provided data specific
to individual CRCs as the total figure in some cases amounts to five people or fewer.
We consider that we would be in breach of our obligations under the General Data Protection
Regulation and / or the Data Protection Act 2018 if we release information that would
risk identification of the individuals concerned.</p>
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