§ Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the comparative reconviction rates within two years of young people who complete their sentences in custody and those who participate in full-time, away-from-home community service programmes.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe latest available figures for young offenders released from custody relate to those released in 1986 and are published in table 9.1 of "Prison Statistics 1989", Cm 1221, a copy of which is in the Library. Information relating to the number of young offenders who participate in full-time, away-from-home community service programmes is not available.