§ Mr. George HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the reconviction rate following discharge from(a) approved schools, (b) community homes with in-house education facilities and (c) borstals for each year since 1974.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 19 December 1994]: After 1970 sentencing to an approved school order ceased to be a sentencing option available to the courts.
After 1983 borstal training ceased to be a sentencing option available to the courts. Information on reconvictions after discharge from borstal training is contained in chapter eight of "Prison Statistics, England and Wales, 1987", Cm 547. The relevant figures are 1219W contained in tables 8.7 and 8.10. Reconviction rates, after a two-year follow-up period, are quoted for males and females discharged from borstal training for each year from 1974 to 1983.
The information requested on reconviction rates for community homes with in-house educational facilities is not centrally available.