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Written question asked by Ruth Cadbury (Labour) on Friday, 16 February 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 February 2024. It was answered by Edward Argar (Conservative) on Monday, 4 March 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Robbery: Reoffenders

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate is for people serving a custodial sentence for robbery.

Answer

This Government is committed to tackling reoffending, and we are investing in the areas which the evidence suggests can help an individual turn their back on crime, including accommodation, employment and substance misuse treatment.

We are delivering a new Prison Education Service, we are supporting ex-offenders into housing, we have changed the law so prisoners can take up apprenticeships and we are introducing Incentivised Substance-Free living wings for drug recovery.

The proven reoffending rate for offenders who had an index offence of burglary and served a custodial sentence for this offence has been updated since the Answer of 18 January 2024 to Question 9527. The rate for the latest period available, the January – March 2022 cohort, now stands at 45.6%. This is a decrease of 2.7 percentage points.

The proven reoffending rate for offenders in the January – March 2022 cohort who had an index offence of shop lifting (“theft from shops”) and served a custodial sentence for this offence was 80.7%.

The proven reoffending rate for offenders in the January – March 2022 cohort who had an index offence of robbery and served a custodial sentence for this offence was 21.7%.

The overall proven reoffending rate for the January – March 2022 cohort was 25.5%.

The overall proven reoffending rate has decreased from 31.3% in 2011/12 to 25.2% in 2021/22.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
14124
Session
2023-24
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Robbery Reoffenders
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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