Crime: Reoffending Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice
Thursday 1st March 2012

(12 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord McNally Portrait Lord McNally
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I assure the noble Baroness that that is high on our list of priorities and that we intend to do so.

Lord Bach Portrait Lord Bach
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My Lords, I think the House will be very pleased with the Minister’s comments in response to the Question today. I will ask him about Project Daedalus, which he will know about. It is an excellent scheme aimed at helping inmates at Feltham young offender institution not to reoffend after their release. It was set up under the previous Government and has the great support of the present Mayor of London, who said that it looked as though there had been a “substantial reduction in reoffending”. In these circumstances, why have the Government decided that this excellent scheme will not continue after May this year?