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Written question asked by Justine Greening (Conservative) on Monday, 5 March 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 March 2007. It was answered by Gerry Sutcliffe (Labour) on Friday, 9 March 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.

Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many breaches of Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes (ISSP) there were in each year since 2001; and how many resulted in (a) return to custody, (b) return to ISSP and (c) other outcomes; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

[holding answer 8 March 2007]: Data on the intensive supervision and surveillance programme (ISSP) is produced by the Youth Justice Board based on returns from ISSP teams. The Youth Justice Board only have breach data available from the financial year 2004-05. The information requested from this date is set out in the table.These are not Home Office statistics and although care is taken in collating and analysing the returns used to compile the figures, the data are of necessity, subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.

Breaches of ISSP, 2004-05 to date
Custody Return to ISSP Other Total
2004-205 431 576 206 1,213
2005-06 825 1,540 373 2,738
April to December 2006 628 359 127 1,114
1,884 2,475 706 5,065

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
457 c2326W;457 c2312W; 126031
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Intensive supervision and surveillance programme
Link
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