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<p>Participation figures are drawn directly from the published data available at <a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2019-to-march-2020"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hmpps-annual-digest-april-2019-to-march-2020</a>.
Percentages have been added alongside this data to represent the proportion of prisoners
who started a programme for those convicted of a Sexual Offence vs. the total number
of programme starts in a given year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>
</p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Total Programme Participants in 12 months ending
March</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sexual
Offending</strong></p></td><td><p>1056</p></td><td><p>1113</p></td><td><p>1141</p></td><td><p>1022</p></td><td><p>1154</p></td><td><p>1133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proportion
SO Participants vs. Total Participants per year</strong></p></td><td><p>12.11%</p></td><td><p>14.01%</p></td><td><p>14.84%</p></td><td><p>16.62%</p></td><td><p>19.80%</p></td><td><p>19.79%</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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