§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the percentage of (i) adult and (ii) juvenile offenders who reoffend within two years of receiving(a) a custodial sentence and (b) a non-custodial sentence.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information is not available in the form requested. The latest available information on reconvictions is shown in the table:
Percentage of offenders given probation or community service orders in 1987 and those discharged from prison in 1987 who were reconvicted of a 'standard list' within two years. Offender Those discharged from prison service establishments per cent. Those commencing a probation order1 per cent. Those commencing a community service order1 per cent. All males 57 56 55 All females 40 37 41 Males aged under 21 71 66 65 Females aged under 21 51 41 43 1 Source "Reconvictions of those given Probation and Community Service Orders in 1987"—Home Office Statistical Bulletin 18/93.