§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates re-offended within six months of release from prisons in Wales in 1997. [31365]
§ Mr. MichaelIt is difficult to provide figures in precisely the form requested. Figures routinely available centrally are rates of reconviction for "standard list offences" within two years of release. The latest available figures are for prisoners discharged in 1993, when the reconviction rate for those released from prison in Wales was 60%.
Standard list offences include all indictable offences and some of the more serious summary offences (a complete list of standard list offences can be found in Appendices 4 and 5 of Criminal Statistics England and Wales, 1996, Cm 3764).