Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of re-offending rates among (a) under 25s and (b) over 25s in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England since 2010.

Reoffending rates amongst the January to December 2018 offender cohort broken down by the requested geographical areas are as follows:

*Excludes cases where geography is unknown.

Reoffending rates for previous years can be found at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/930450/Geographical_data_tool_jan08_dec18_final.xlsx

Latest figures show that the proven reoffending rates for offenders both under 25, and 25 and over, are the lowest rates in the last twelve-years.