Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evidence his Department has on the effect of participation in out-of-court restorative justice on re-offending rates.

You may find it helpful to see that the Home Office and Ministry of Justice jointly commissioned an evaluation of a number of restorative justice pilots, which can be found here: https://restorativejustice.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/files/Does%20restorative%20justice%20affect%20reconviction.pdf

The evaluation found that the pilots were effective in reducing the frequency of reoffending by 14% (Shapland et al 2008). However, the findings do not distinguish between restorative justice out-of-court and post-conviction restorative justice.