Written question asked by Lord Howard of Lympne (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord McNally (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 9 December 2010.

Justice: Sentencing

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any further research has been carried out to bring up to date the result of the survey referred to in Paragraph 25 Appendix 6 of Making Punishments Work—The Result of a Review of the Sentencing Framework for England and Wales (July 2001).

Answer: Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR), a long-term longitudinal study of prisoners sentenced to between one month and four years in England and Wales, updates the Prisoner Criminality Survey¹ referred to in Paragraph 25 Appendix 6 of Making Punishments Work—The Result of a Review of the Sentencing Framework for England and Wales (July 2001). The most recent findings were published in the Compendium of Reoffending Statistics and Analysis, which can be found at¹ wwwjustice.gov.uk/publications/compendium -reoffending.htm. The Prisoner Criminality Survey is representative of male prison receptions in Prison Service establishments during February and March 2000, while SPCR is representative of male and female prison receptions in 2005-06. "1 Budd, T, P Collier, B Mhlanga, C Sharp & G Weir (2005) Levels of Self-Report Offending and Drug Use Among Offenders: Findings from the Criminality Surveys Home Office Online Report 18/05, available at: rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/rdsolr1805.pdf"

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 4784; 723 c91WA
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 01/1079
Friday, 6 July 2001
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Sentencing Reoffenders
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk