To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people
released on Home Detention Curfew in each year since 2010 were serving sentences relating
to (a) criminal damage and arson, (b) drug offences, (c) fraud, (d) miscellaneous
crimes against society, (e) possession of weapons, (f) public order, (g) robbery,
(h) sexual offences, (i) summary motoring, (j) summary non-motoring, (k) theft and
(l) violence against the person.
<p>HDC is a robust scheme which allows suitable, risk assessed, prisoners to work
towards rehabilitation in the community, while remaining subject to strict monitoring
and other conditions. If they breach these, they can be returned to custody. HDC allows
reintegration back into the community in a controlled and supervised way, which research
suggests may help to reduce the risk of further offending.</p><p> </p><p>The attached
table shows the number and proportion of offenders released on Home Detention Curfew,
in each year since 2010 by offence group.</p>
