HC Deb 23 January 1996 vol 270 cc117-8W
Ms Janet Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of juvenile offenders subject to a supervision order reoffend within two years of the making of the order. [10863]

Mr. Maclean

The latest available information relates to a sample of those sentenced for standard list offences during three separate weeks of 1991.

Eighty per cent. of those aged under 17 when sentenced to a supervision order were reconvicted within two years of the making of the order. This reconviction rate includes only reconvictions for standard list offences and relates only to offenders sentenced for such offences—standard list offences consist of all indictable offences and some of the more serious summary offences. The reconviction rate is based on a sample 275 offenders.

Reconviction rates will be influenced by criminal histories and types of offences committed.

Ms Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of juvenile offenders who receive custodial sentences reoffend within two years of release. [10864]

Mr. Maclean

The latest available information relates to prisoners discharged from Prison Service establishments during 1992.

Eighty-nine per cent. of those aged under 17 when sentenced to custody were reconvicted within two years of release from prison. This reconviction rate includes only reconvictions for standard list offences—these consist of all indictable offences and some of the more serious summary offences.

Reconviction rates will be influenced by criminal histories and type of offences committed.