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Drugs: Rehabilitation

Answer

The drug rehabilitation requirement (DRR) is the primary means for sentenced offenders to address their drug misuse as part of a community order or suspended sentence order. The costs of the DRR cover treatment, which is funded by drug (and alcohol) action teams (D(A)ATs) in England, and the costs of managing the requirement by local Probation Trusts.Significant local variations in D(A)AT commissioning practice and costs of treatment modalities have made it difficult to establish the average cost of the treatment element of a DRR.Detailed work to cost the services funded by NOMS estimates the average direct cost of supporting a DRR. This is the cost per completion at different levels of intensity for different lengths of requirement, each of which relate to the seriousness of the offence and the extent of the offender's needs.¹ The estimates are as follows, and are contained in published information which has been placed in both Libraries.

Table 1: Cost per completion ("does cost ") of DRR by type and length
£
	Intensity
DRR duration (months)	Low	Medium	High
6	1,010	2,165	2,682
9	1,409	3,096	3,838
12	2,244	4,067	5,040
18	3,047	5,969	7,397

The most recent analysis of the case load found that on 31 December 2010 there were 8,114 community orders with a DRR and 3,127 suspended sentence orders with a DRR in force.The following table shows the number of DRR commencements, successful completions, and revocations for non-compliance following breach proceedings broken down by age and gender in each of the last three years for which full information is available². Data on the number of applications made for a summons or warrant to return the offender to court for breach is not collected centrally by type of requirement.The proportion of offenders successfully completing DRRs rose from 47% in 2008-09 to 56% in 2009-10³. This is encouraging because we know from research relating to the drug treatment and testing order (DTTO), which was replaced by the DRR, that offenders who complete orders have significantly lower reconviction rates (53%) than those that do not (91%)4, although it is not possible to attribute this difference entirely to the programme.NOMS recently undertook a delivery review of DRRs which recommended the overhaul of starts and completion targets with clear outcome focused measures."¹ The DRR can be used for low, medium and high sentencing bands. The amount and intensity of the drug treatment delivered under the DRR can be tailored to individual treatment needs regardless of the seriousness of the offence. The content and duration of the total community order should provide the overall restriction of liberty which is commensurate with the seriousness of the offence.""² These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.""³ Ministry of Justice {2010) National Offender Management Service Annual Report 2009/10: Management Information Addendum. London: Ministry of Justice.""4 Hough, M., Clancy, A., McSweeney, T. and Turnbull, P.J. (2003) The Impact of Drug Treatment and Testing Orders on offending: two year reconviction results. Home Office Research Findings No. 184. London: Home Office."

Number of drug rehabilitation requirements (DRRs) commenced, successfully completed and revoked for failure to comply 2008-10
		Male
		18-20	21-24	25-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+	All
2008
Community order	Commencements	481	1,334	2,755	4,243	1,403	134	5	10,355
	Completions	156	389	768	1,300	505	59	1	3,178
	Revoked (failure to comply)	30	63	148	198	57	1	0	497
Suspended sentence order	Commencements	200	510	944	1,411	409	48	0	3,522
	Completions	52	149	244	406	130	18	1	1,000
	Revoked (failure to comply)	10	25	54	70	14	0	0	173
2009
Community order	Commencements	402	1,173	2,405	4,060	1,327	169	8	9,544
	Completions	170	505	1,076	1819	716	89	6	4,381
	Revoked (failure to comply)	26	54	102	155	39	3	0	379
Suspended sentence order	Commencements	154	426	894	1,351	441	54	5	3,325
	Completions	83	162	279	498	200	13	1	1,236
	Revoked (failure to comply)	12	16	33	39	7	0	0	107
2010
Community order	Commencements	453	1,213	2,239	3,903	1,498	172	7	9,485
	Completions	170	467	889	1746	685	77	9	4,043
	Revoked (failure to comply)	22	47	93	138	33	1	0	334
Suspended sentence order	Commencements	139	421	812	1,483	436	43	8	3,342
	Completions	53	171	332	555	246	29	4	1,390
	Revoked (failure to comply)	7	16	18	51	6	1	0	99

		Female
		18-20	21-24	25-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+	All	Total
2008
Community order	Commencements	200	493	767	1,008	308	22	1	2,799	13,154
	Completions	54	130	206	275	91	15	1	772	3,950
	Revoked (failure to comply)	12	27	55	52	19	2	0	167	664
Suspended sentence order	Commencements	41	128	239	285	83	6	0	782	4,304
	Completions	11	31	63	83	26	1	0	215	1,215
	Revoked (failure to comply)	6	12	12	14	3	0	0	47	220
2009
Community order	Commencements	166	453	640	967	296	20	1	2,543	12,087
	Completions	53	171	277	411	141	9	2	1,064	5,445
	Revoked (failure to comply)	12	26	37	54	19	0	0	148	527
Suspended sentence order	Commencements	37	145	218	271	107	17	0	795	4,120
	Completions	16	50	86	96	46	1	0	295	1,531
	Revoked (failure to comply)	2	8	15	11	4	0	0	40	147
2010
Community order	Commencements	142	429	704	932	280	22	2	2,511	11,996
	Completions	49	134	247	388	139	9	1	967	5,010
	Revoked (failure to comply)	11	33	35	34	6	1	0	120	454
Suspended sentence order	Commencements	53	100	179	315	79	7	0	733	4,075
	Completions	14	50	73	123	59	9	0	328	1,718
	Revoked (failure to comply)	1	4	8	12	1	0	0	26	125

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

58144; 529 c316-20W

Session

2010-12

Related items

Deposited Paper DEP2011-0939
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Deposited papers
House of Commons

Subjects

Drugs Rehabilitation

Contains statistics

Yes

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