HC Deb 19 July 2001 vol 372 cc352-3W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average recorded reoffending rate was following(a) a community rehabilitation order with conditions, (b) a community rehabilitation order without conditions, (c) a community rehabilitation order with a condition of attendance at an accredited programme, (d) a community punishment order and (e) a community punishment and rehabilitation order on the most recent date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [5208]

Beverley Hughes

Reoffending data for community penalty commencements are not collected. However data on reconviction following the commencement of various community penalties are collected. The latest available data are for commencements in the first quarter of 1997, and are shown in the table. It is not possible to identify separately offenders with a condition of attendance at an accredited programme from those offenders with any conditions specified.

Percentage of offenders reconvicted for a standard list offence within two years of commencing a community penalty in the first quarter of 1997
Order type Percentage
Community Rehabilitation Order with conditions 58
Community Rehabilitation Order without conditions 68
Community Punishment Order 48
Combination Punishment and Rehabilitation Order 59