Reoffenders

(asked on 25th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases Serious Further Offence reviews have cited inadequate management supervision as factor contributing to the further serious offence.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 29th March 2019

Under the Probation Serious Further Offence (SFO) Review Procedures, the National Probation Service (NPS) or Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) must undertake a review where an offender under statutory supervision in the community is charged with a qualifying offence – a “notification”. Not every notification results in a conviction for an SFO. The NPS or CRC has three months to complete a review and will complete each review unless charges are dropped beforehand.

SFOs are rare. Fewer than 0.5% of offenders under statutory supervision are convicted of a serious further offence.

No SFO reviews have been reopened since 2010.

Data regarding the number of SFO reviews that cited excessive workload as a contributory factor to that offence are not collated as part of the SFO review process and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Data regarding the number of SFO reviews that cited inadequate management supervision as a contributory factor to that offence are not collated as part of the SFO review process and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

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