§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the costs that will be incurred by(a) the police, (b) the courts and (c) prisons, as a result of released short sentence prisoners re-offending because of homelessness arising from changes to their housing benefit entitlement; and what assessment he has made of the likelihood of increases in re-offending caused by this factor. [18218]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerChanges to housing benefit for persons serving a custodial sentence are not expected to result in increased rates of re-offending on release.