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<p>The only lawful basis for recalling an offender on licence to custody is by way
of response to a breach of one or more licence conditions. In some cases, the breach
of licence conditions will be associated with some alleged further offending. Whilst
information about offenders who receive a further fixed term recall is held, to produce
the proportion of those who had received more than one fixed term recall could be
obtained only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Public protection is our priority. Offenders
on licence are subject to strict licence conditions and supervision.</p><p>Where offenders
are eligible for a fixed-term recall, they may be recalled to prison on a standard
recall, which is the only type of recall available for those offenders ineligible
for a fixed-term recall (such as those on a life licence). Where they receive a standard
recall, they are liable to serve the rest of their sentence in prison.</p><p>The decision
to recall is taken on the professional advice of senior probation staff.</p><p>From
the data available, I can report that the following number of offenders were recalled
multiple times in each year, on a fixed-term recall, on the same sentence. In each
decision in every case, the probation officer will have established that the offender
was eligible for a fixed-term recall and will have judged, based on the available
evidence, that a fixed-term recall was the necessary and proportionate response to
the breach of licence condition(s).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2644</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2362</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>**The figures in this table have been drawn from administrative IT
systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors
with data entry and processing. </strong></p>
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