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Written question asked by Kim Johnson (Labour) on Friday, 10 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 October 2025. It was answered by Jake Richards (Labour) on Monday, 20 October 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Criminal Behaviour Orders: Reoffenders

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of Criminal Behaviour Orders issued in each of the last five years were subsequently breached; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of these Orders in reducing reoffending.

Answer

The number of Criminal Behaviour Orders issued broken down by local justice area, police force area, sex, age, and the requested ethnicities for the last five years are provided in the attached tables.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences, including breach of a Criminal Behaviour Order in the ‘Outcomes by Offences data tool’, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics - GOV.UK.

However, it is not possible to state what proportion of orders are breached, as the data does not track individuals who were issued a Criminal Behaviour Order and then subsequently breached the order – they are recorded separately.

Policy responsibility for Criminal Behaviour Orders is a matter for the Home Office.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
78743
Session
2024-26
Attachment
78737 78738 78739 78740 78741 Table
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Reoffenders Criminal behaviour orders
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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