Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many multi-agency public protection arrangements referrals were made to probation services for category (a) one, (b) two and (c) three offenders in each year since 2015.

Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) are the set of arrangements through which the Police, Probation and Prison Services work together with other agencies to assess and manage the risks posed by violent, sexual and terrorism offenders in the community.

There are four categories of offender eligible for MAPPA management, in accordance with the provisions in the Criminal Justice Act 2003:

• Category 1 are subject to sex offender notification requirements;
• Category 2 are mainly violent offenders with sentences of over 12 months custody or a hospital order;
• Category 3 are other offenders whose offending indicates they may present risk of serious harm; and
• Category 4 are terrorist or terrorism-risk offenders..

Most offenders managed under MAPPA qualify automatically for MAPPA management due to their offence and sentence. Therefore, referrals are necessary only where the offender needs to be managed via formal multi-agency meetings.

We do not hold data on the number of referrals made each year. Specific data on the number of individuals managed under MAPPA in each category on 31 March each year since 2006-7 is published in Table 2(a) at MAPPA_Annual_Report_2022-23.xlsx (live.com). Data on the number of individuals managed at each Level on 31 March each year since 2013-14 are published in Table 2(b) at MAPPA_Annual_Report_2022-23.xlsx (live.com).