Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Thursday, 22 February 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 February 2007. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Monday, 5 March 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.
Sexual Offences
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of sexual offenders in prison attended the sexual offender treatment programme in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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The number of sex offenders in prison and the number attending programmes constantly varies. Therefore the information is not available. In addition, not all sex offenders are suitable or eligible for the programme. The following table provides information on the number of sex offender treatment programme completions in the Prison Service, and data on the sex offender population¹ at 30 June of each year."¹ Defined as prisoners with an index offence of a sexual nature."
SOTP completions¹ Sex offender population at 30 June² 2001-02 867 5,107 2002-03 948 5,294 2003-04 1,157 5,540 2004-05 1,232 5,773 2005-06 1,152 6,185 ¹ Figures includes both public and contracted sectors. ² Immediate custodial sentenced population in prison establishments for sexual offences.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 457 c1765-6W;457 c1751-2W; 123766
- Session
- 2006-07
- Subjects
- Rehabilitation Sexual offences Sex offender treatment programme
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