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1717406

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reoffending rates following community sentences which include (1) a drug rehabilitation requirement, (2) an alcohol treatment requirement, and (3) a mental health treatment requirement.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL4571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 24/05/2024 13:28:28 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1698022

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is their strategy for ensuring public safety and efficacious offender management in respect of hyper-prolific offenders.
tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
uin	HL3516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2024 answer text <p>For the most persistent and problematic offenders in the community, Integrated Offender Management has received a 3-year investment of up to £30 million to ensure those that commit burglary, robbery and theft offences receive robust cross-agency supervision by Police and Probation, and to commission services that will seek to support and address risks and needs of this cohort. We are also piloting three Intensive Supervision Courts which aim to target the root cause of offending behaviour through supervision and interventions delivered by a multi-agency team, overseen by a single judge who will regularly review each participant’s progress.</p><p>The courts have a wide range of options to deal with this group of offenders and relevant previous convictions are a statutory aggravating factor which the courts must consider at the point of sentencing. While custody will often be appropriate for these offenders, and in fact is the most common sentence given to prolific offenders, it is right that our courts have the ability to pass an appropriate sentence based on the case in front of them. Robust research has shown lower reoffending rates for sentences served in the community when compared to short custodial sentences.</p><p>Through the Better Outcomes through Linked Data (BOLD) programme, we are also taking steps to understand better which factors are most important in leading to reduced reoffending for prolific offenders, in order to help us target our approach for this cohort.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 09/04/2024 09:27:16 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1682232

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of people released from prison went on to reoffend, what number of reoffences were committed on average, what was the total number of reoffences, and what was the total number of reoffenders by custodial sentence length for (1) men, and (2) women, for the most recent year that figures are available.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Gloucester
uin	HL1566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling the causes of reoffending to keep our communities safe. Between 2010/11 and 2020/21, the overall proven reoffending rate decreased from 31.6% to 24.4%.</p><p>Helping prison leavers to secure accommodation, employment, and substance misuse treatment on release is essential for rehabilitation and can significantly reduce their likelihood of reoffending. We are therefore investing in a range of interventions including delivering our temporary accommodation service so that prison-leavers have a stable base on release, offering more offenders the chance to work in prison and expanding the number of Incentivised Substance-Free Living wings so that we can support prisoners off drugs and into recovery.</p><p>Further, we are seeking to introduce a presumption against short sentences which we know have significantly higher reoffending rates than suspended and community sentences.</p><p>The answer can be found in the tables below.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Reoffending rate, number of reoffences and average number of reoffences per reoffender for offenders released from custody, male and female (adult), April 2020 – March 2021. </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>April 2020 - March 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Female offenders </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)</p></td><td><p><strong>44.1%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average number of reoffences per reoffender</p></td><td><p>5.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffences</p></td><td><p>8,686</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Male offenders </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)</p></td><td><p><strong>37.5%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average number of reoffences per reoffender</p></td><td><p>4.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffences</p></td><td><p>72,549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All adult offenders </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%)</p></td><td><p><strong>38.0%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average number of reoffences per reoffender</p></td><td><p>4.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffences</p></td><td><p>81,235</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Number of reoffenders by custodial sentence length, male (adult), April 2020 – March 2021</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>April 2020 - March 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than or equal to 6 months</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td><p>8,902</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>More than 6 months to less than 12 months</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td><p>2,170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>12 months to less than 2 years</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td><p>2,176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2 years to less than 4 years</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td><p>1,995</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4 years to 10 years</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td><p>958</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>More than 10 years</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mandatory Life (MLP)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other Life [Note 1]</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All male adult reoffenders</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td><p>16,266</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 3: Number of reoffenders by custodial sentence length, female (adult), April 2020 – March 2021</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>April 2020 – March 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Less than or equal to 6 months</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>More than 6 months to less than 12 months</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>12 months to less than 2 years</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2 years to less than 4 years</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4 years to 10 years</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>More than 10 years</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mandatory Life (MLP)</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other Life [Note 1]</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All female adult reoffenders</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of reoffenders</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[Note 1] 'Other life' category includes discretionary and automatic life sentences.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 30/01/2024 12:49:14 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4540 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Gloucester

1602999

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of measures used by other Council of Europe states whose levels of recidivism are lower than those of the UK.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Dundee
uin	HL6300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>Reducing the rate of reoffending is a key aim of this Government.</p><p>As set out in the Prisons Strategy White Paper, we are driving down reoffending through investing in getting offenders into skills training, work and stable accommodation. Our approach is informed by a wide range of data and evidence, including international best practice. We regularly engage with other Council of Europe states, including information sharing on recidivism through the European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services and the Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics programme.</p><p>It is important to note, however, that care should be taken when comparing reoffending rates internationally as means of calculation between countries can vary and therefore data is not directly comparable.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 22/03/2023 13:21:04 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	2735 label Biography information for The Earl of Dundee

1581661

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people serving a life sentence have absconded from an open prison and have then been convicted of (1) a serious further offence, or (2) any further offence, while unlawfully at large in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL5198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>We are unable to answer these questions within cost limits as the required detail is not within the prison NOMIS system. To obtain a robust estimate would require manually linking each incident to a prisoner, checking police records for all prisoners in scope, extracting and reporting on their criminal history and then linking to an additional database to identify seriousness of offence.</p><p>Data on absconds is published annually in the HMPPS annual digest. The latest version can be accessed via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2021-to-march-2022" target="_blank">HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2021 to March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Public protection is our top priority. When a prisoner absconds, police are immediately notified and are responsible for locating the offender. The majority of absconders are quickly recaptured and returned to custody.</p><p>Those who abscond face serious consequences, including being returned to closed prison conditions where they may serve up to two additional years on conviction. Prisoners subject to parole decisions will likely face longer before they are released.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL5199 question first answered 13/02/2023 16:37:17 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1581662

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people serving a sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) have absconded from an open prison and have been convicted of (1) a serious further offence, or (2) any further offence, while unlawfully at large in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL5199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>We are unable to answer these questions within cost limits as the required detail is not within the prison NOMIS system. To obtain a robust estimate would require manually linking each incident to a prisoner, checking police records for all prisoners in scope, extracting and reporting on their criminal history and then linking to an additional database to identify seriousness of offence.</p><p>Data on absconds is published annually in the HMPPS annual digest. The latest version can be accessed via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2021-to-march-2022" target="_blank">HMPPS Annual Digest, April 2021 to March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Public protection is our top priority. When a prisoner absconds, police are immediately notified and are responsible for locating the offender. The majority of absconders are quickly recaptured and returned to custody.</p><p>Those who abscond face serious consequences, including being returned to closed prison conditions where they may serve up to two additional years on conviction. Prisoners subject to parole decisions will likely face longer before they are released.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL5198 question first answered 13/02/2023 16:37:17 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

1544689

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce reoffending.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL3637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>Over the last 10 years, overall proven re-offending has decreased from 30.9 per cent (2009-10) to 25.6 per cent (2019-20).</p><p>In the 2021 Prisons Strategy White Paper, we set out ambitious cross-government plans to tackle re-offending issues. We are investing £550 million in services over the Spending Review period to get offenders into skills training, work and stable accommodation. The White Paper was published alongside the Government’s 10-Year Drug Strategy, and we are investing an additional £120 million to tackle substance misuse.</p><p>We are also strengthening the supervision and monitoring of offenders in the community by:</p><ul><li>making permanent the additional £155 million per year for the new unified probation service</li><li>promoting integrated working between the Probation Service, the police and other partner agencies; and</li><li>investing £75 million a year by 2024-25 to expand the use of GPS-enabled and alcohol abstinence-monitoring electronic tagging of offenders.</li></ul><p>We are also giving £300 million of funding over the Spending Review period to youth offending teams in England and Wales – the largest investment in youth justice in a generation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 05/12/2022 14:42:46 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1331014

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what changes they plan to make to the prison and probation systems to reduce re-offending.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing crime by tackling reoffending, which accounts for around 80% of cautioned or convicted crime. We are committed to keeping the public safe by addressing the complex issues that lead to offending, while also strengthening the supervision of offenders in the community and monitoring them more closely after they are released from prison to protect the public. Prison and probation provide an opportunity to address the complex drivers of reoffending which is why we will continue to not only recover from the pandemic but use this opportunity to reform and build back safer.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Spending Review last year, we have committed over £4 billion funding to make significant progress in delivering 18,000 additional prison places across England and Wales, which forms a major part of our plans to transform the prison estate. These new prison places will provide safe, decent and secure environments to support the delivery of effective interventions to reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Funding announced in January also demonstrates this Governments commitment to tackling some of the underlying causes of reoffending. It comprised:</p><ul><li>£70 million investment to enhance the Department’s Approved Premises, provide transitional accommodation to those leaving prison who would otherwise be homeless, and to test new innovative approaches to ensure offenders resettle back into the community and turn their backs on crime.</li><li>£80m on expanding drug treatment services in England to address offenders’ substance misuse issues, divert them on to effective community sentences and reduce drug-related crime and deaths.</li></ul><p> </p><p>As part of the £70 million package we are working collaboratively with 16 prisons to design, implement and test new processes and initiatives across accommodation, education, employment and substance misuse treatment. This is in addition to fulfilling the Government’s manifesto commitments around increasing the number of DWP prison work coaches and development of the Prison Education Service focused on employment and skills. By supporting people into a job, a home and treatment for substance misuse, we can help them escape the vicious cycle of crime and prevent victims.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to probation, starting with the launch of the new unified Probation Service for England and Wales on 26 June this year, also aim to strengthen our approach to reducing reoffending. It will strengthen how offenders are supervised and supported to desist from offending through investment in more probation officers and better learning and development. It will improve how we address offending behaviour by bringing together and investing in behavioural change programmes and interventions. Probation regions will also be able to refer offenders to a range of organisations commissioned to deliver specialist rehabilitative services, such as accommodation support, education, training and employment, and support to address other issues such as access to mental health services or managing complex family relationships. 110 contracts are now in place across England and Wales to deliver these services from 26 June.</p><p>Together these important steps demonstrate this Government’s commitment to build back safer, fairer and stronger by reducing crime and tackling reoffending to protect the public.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 22/06/2021 16:54:17 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1307468

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Prison Reform Trust No Life, No Freedom, No Future: The experiences of prisoners recalled under the sentence of Imprisonment, published on 3 December 2020; and what plans they have publish a response to that report.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL14758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government values the work of the Prison Reform Trust and, specifically, the ongoing dialogue with the Trust as to how best to support those serving the sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP), whether in prison or in the community.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and officials acknowledge that recalling any offender to custody involves some disruption. However, we have not identified cases of “unnecessary” recalls of offenders subject to IPP licences. HM Chief Inspector of Probation found in a thematic review of the Probation Service’s culture and practice on recall, published on 10 November last year, that offender managers are considering, properly, public protection when deciding how to respond to evidence that offenders have breached their licence conditions in such a way as to indicate escalating risk. Thus, where an offender on an IPP licence is recalled to custody, it is because the Probation Service has concluded that the offender’s risk is now too high for it to be managed effectively in the community, even with the imposition of additional licence conditions.</p><p> </p><p>However, offender managers must always consider whether there are safe alternatives to recall when responding to breaches of licence conditions and evidence of increased risk. Additionally, HM Prison and Probation Service is working to improve the quality and timeliness of its risk assessments following recall, so that the Parole Board may in some cases safely direct the re-release of recalled offenders on an IPP licence earlier than is currently the case.</p> answering member printed Lord Wolfson of Tredegar question first answered 26/04/2021 16:19:02 answering member 4901 label Biography information for Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1246659

registered interest
date	26/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the reoffending rates for prisoners who receive visits from family members, broken down by gender.
tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
uin	HL9529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Families and friends can be a positive influence on reducing reoffending. Strengthening the ties individuals have with their families and friends is one of the many important factors to successful rehabilitation and reducing intergenerational crime.</p><p>Information relating to reoffending and individuals who receive visits from their family whilst in prison, are recorded on separate case management systems and therefore the information requested is not readily available without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p>The latest published data on reoffending rates for prison leavers was published on 29<sup>th</sup> October. While information relating to those in receipt of visits is not available, the rates broken down by gender can be found in table A2 at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/930448/proven-reoffending-oct18-dec18-3-monthly.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/930448/proven-reoffending-oct18-dec18-3-monthly.ods</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 09/11/2020 16:48:58 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer