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1726486

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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 are the latest recidivism rates for all released prisoners.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL611 HL612 HL613 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726487

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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 are the latest recidivism rates for released prisoners receiving benefits.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL610 HL612 HL613 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726488

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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 are the latest recidivism rates for released prisoners on training schemes for job placements.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL610 HL611 HL613 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1726489

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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 are the latest recidivism rates for released prisoners in work.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>This Government is reducing reoffending by giving prison leavers the tools to move away from crime.</p><p>The latest available data for England and Wales shows that 37.0% of adults released from custody between April 2021 and March 2022 were proven to have reoffended within 12 months of release.</p><p>We do not currently measure reoffending rates for released prisoners receiving benefits, on training schemes for job placements or in work (although the latter will be featured in future publications of proven reoffending statistics, with the first due for release in October 2024).</p><p>We do, however, know from previous research that offenders who leave custody into employment are up to nine percentage points less likely to reoffend, and there is a similar percentage point reduction in reoffending for those who have engaged in any form of in-prison education.</p> answering member printed Lord Timpson grouped question UIN HL610 HL611 HL612 question first answered 06/09/2024 12:45:23 answering member 5364 label Biography information for Lord Timpson
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

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