Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what comparative assessment she has made of the trends in the level of the reoffending rate among (a) children and (b) adults.

This Government is tackling the causes of reoffending to make our streets safer. We are investing in probation services and new initiatives to reduce reoffending and beat crime.

The overall proven reoffending rate for adults has fallen by 6.0 percentage points from 30.0% in 2010/11 to 24.0% in 2020/21.

The overall proven reoffending rate for children has fallen by 9.7 percentage points from 40.9% in 2010/11 to 31.2% in 2020/21.

Our Prisons Strategy White Paper sets out our ambitious plans to reduce reoffending. We will invest to improve prison leavers’ access to accommodation, employment support and substance misuse treatment, and on further measures for early intervention to tackle youth offending.