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Written question asked by Mark Hunter (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 9 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 October 2006. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 November 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.


Prison Overcrowding

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of whether there is a relationship between prison overcrowding and re-offending rates.
Answer

There has been no assessment of the relationship between re-offending and prison overcrowding. For the most recent published information on re-offending please see ‘Re-offending of adults: evidence from the 2002 cohort’ at this link: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/hosb2505.pdf


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
93009; 451 c1424W;451 c1427W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Prisons Overcrowding
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk