Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Drug Rehabilitation Requirements have been (a) commenced and (b) completed in each year since 2010.
Information on commencements is published in table A4.8 of the document entitled “Probation: 2018” in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly for October-December 2018. It can be accessed at the following link:
Data on completions are available for the years 2013 onwards and are shown in the table below:
Drug Rehabilitation Requirement (DRR) Completions, 2013-18
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|
7160 | 7333 | 6619 | 5671 | 4751 | 3897 |
The purpose of the drug rehabilitation requirement is to reduce or eliminate illicit drug use and associated offending. Offenders are required to attend appointments with the treatment provider and to submit to regular drug testing. They are also required to attend appointments with, or arranged by, their offender manager.