Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of community sentences that were handed down in each region in England and Wales in each year since 2010.

Information on the number of individuals that a community sentence was issued to based on a principal offence, principal disposal basis, from 2010 to 2022 can be found in the Outcomes by Offence tool: 2022.

Geographical area presented in this data tool is by police force area. Region can be counted by selecting multiple police force areas.

Information on the proportion of those given community sentences who reoffended in each year since 2010 can be found in our Proven Reoffending Tables (Annual Average), April 2020 to March 2021. Proven reoffences are measured over a one-year follow-up period and a further 6 month waiting period to allow for offences to be proven in court. Please check community orders in Table C1a.