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<p>A Serious Further Offence (SFO) review is undertaken where an offender under statutory
supervision in the community is charged with a qualifying offence – a “notification”.
Not every offender charged with an SFO will eventually be convicted of an SFO.</p><p>
</p><p>Serious further offences are rare. Fewer than 0.5% of offenders under statutory
supervision are convicted of serious further offences. Nonetheless, every single serious
further offence is taken extremely seriously, and in all cases a review is carried
out to identify any lessons for the better management of future cases.</p><p> </p><p>The
table below provides the number of serious further offences (SFOs) investigations
(reviews) in which the supervising body was (a) the National Probation Service (NPS)
and (b) a Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) completed between April 2015 and
November 2018</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>2018-2019
(YTD)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NPS</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p>358</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CRCs</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>234</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>507</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>515
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>627 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>313 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1.
The numbers for 2016-2017 differ slightly from those published in PQ 2737. Since we
produced the data for that PQ, there have been updates recorded on the database e.g.
as a result of quality assurance which can result in clarification that the case did
not meet the SFO criteria or revision and resubmission of reviews on a different date.</p><p>2.
We are unable to provide data for 2014-15 in this format as the data includes reviews
completed by the former Probation Trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The findings of SFO reviews
are made available to victims or the families of victims following conviction for
the most serious offences</p><p> </p><p>SFO reviews completed on cases notified on
or after 1 April 2018 are shared in full including conclusions and recommendations,
with a) the victim and b) the families of a victim of homicide. Minor redactions may
be required - for example, to protect third party data.</p><p> </p><p>Conclusions
and recommendations from SFO reviews notified prior to 1 April 2018 are shared in
a Victim Summary Report (VSR) which reflects the findings of the full review.</p>
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