§ Baroness WOOTTON of ABINGERasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the investigation into the re conviction rates of offenders subject to community service orders forecast by the Home Office Research Unit (Report No. 29, p. 70) for mid-1975 has yet been undertaken and if so when the results are likely to be published.
§ Lord HARRIS of GREENWICHA follow-up study of offenders subject to community service orders, including their reconviction rates, has been carried out. A report is in preparation.