HC Deb 30 July 1982 vol 28 cc770-1W
Mr. Greenway

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what are the rates of recidivism for young persons leaving detention centres; and if he will give figures for each of the past 10 years;

(2) what are the rates of recidivism for young persons leaving borstals; and if he will give figures for each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Mayhew

The information available on rates of reconviction within two years of discharge from borstals and detention centres is published annually in "Prison Statistics, England and Wales"—tables 8.4 and 8.6 of the issue for 1980, Cmnd. 8372.