Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the reoffending rate of prisoners by the day of the week that the prisoner is released.

The proven reoffending rates of adult offenders released from custody between April to June 2020 by day of release are presented in the table below:

Proportion of adult offenders who reoffended following release from custody, by day of release and custodial sentence length, England and Wales (April to June 2020 offender cohort)

Notes:

1. Users of these statistics should exercise caution when comparing figures by day of the week as the presented proven reoffending rates do not control for any differences in offender characteristics.
2. Proven reoffences are measured over a one-year follow-up period and a further six-month waiting period to allow for offences to be proven in court. It is worth noting that the April to June 2020 offender cohort overlaps entirely with the first national lockdown due to the COVID19 pandemic, and as a result of this the overall offender cohort size for this period has decreased sharply compared to previous cohorts. The reoffending follow-up and waiting periods for this cohort also overlap with both the second and third national lockdowns. Due to these factors, figures relating to this cohort period should be interpreted with caution.
3. Indeterminate sentences include indeterminate sentences for public protection, mandatory life prisoners, and those sentenced to discretionary and automatic life sentences.
4. Proportions based on less than 30 offenders are removed as they make data unreliable for interpretation. In these instances, proportions will be marked as *.