Reoffenders: Females
(asked on 22nd January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the recidivism rates for female prisoners who have received (a) custodial prison sentences and (b) community supervision orders in each year for which data is available.
We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending so we can better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation. That is why we plan to set out a strategy for female offenders, to improve outcomes and services for women in both the community and custody
The table below shows the proven reoffending data for adult females released from custody or receiving community orders between January 2011 and December 2015. As it shows, reconviction rates have remained relatively stable across this period.
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| Jan - Mar 2011 | Apr - Jun 2011 | Jul - Sep 2011 | Oct - Dec 2011 | Jan - Mar 2012 | Apr - Jun 2012 | Jul - Sep 2012 | Oct - Dec 2012 | Jan - Mar 2013 | Apr - Jun 2013 | Jul - Sep 2013 | Oct - Dec 2013 | Jan - Mar 2014 | Apr - Jun 2014 | Jul - Sep 2014 | Oct - Dec 2014 | Jan - Mar 2015 | Apr - Jun 2015 | Jul - Sep 2015 |
| Oct - Dec 2015 |
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Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%) | 48.5 | 49.1 | 47.6 | 48.2 | 48.2 | 49.2 | 51.1 | 49.1 | 50.5 | 49.8 | 50.4 | 52.4 | 52.0 | 52.5 | 52.2 | 53.2 | 53.7 | 51.2 | 53.6 |
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Proportion of offenders who reoffend (%) | 33.5 | 31.9 | 33.5 | 32.8 | 32.1 | 31.7 | 31.5 | 32.0 | 33.4 | 34.2 | 34.6 | 34.4 | 31.9 | 31.8 | 31.4 | 31.9 | 29.7 | 30.5 | 32.0 |
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1. Community Orders were introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and came into force from April 2005. "-" indicates that data is not available for January - March 2005. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2. These figures have been derived from administrative IT systems, which as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. | |||||||||||||||||||||
3. A proven reoffence is defined as any offence committed in a one year follow-up period that leads to a court conviction, caution, reprimand or warning in the one year follow-up or within a further six month waiting period to allow the offence to be proven in court. | |||||||||||||||||||||
4. Number of offenders in each disposal category do not sum to the total number of offenders. This is due to a difference in methodology to provide a realistic and relevant view of proven reoffending by disposal type. The first event within each disposal is taken as the start point. Therefore, some offenders will appear in more than one disposal category. | |||||||||||||||||||||
5. From October 2015 onwards, reoffending data are collected using different data sources to previous quarters. January to March 2005 is the earliest quarter for which proven reoffending data exists, however the quarters before October 2015 are not directly comparable to those after. | |||||||||||||||||||||