HC Deb 01 March 2001 vol 363 cc745-6W
Miss Widdecombe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reconviction rates were for(a) all prisoners, (b) male prisoners and (c) young offenders for each year from 1992 to 2000; and if he will make a statement. [151762]

Mr. Boateng

Two year reconviction rates for standard list offences following release from prison between 1992 and 1997 are shown in the tables. Figures for subsequent years are not yet available. Changes in the standard list of offences recorded are estimated to have increased the 1994 figure by about 1 per cent., the 1995 figure by about 1.4 per cent. and the 1996 and 1997 figures by about 1.9 per cent.

Table 1—two year reconviction rates for all prisoners
Year of discharge from prison Percentage reconvicted
1992 51
1993 53
1994 56
1995 58
1996 57
19971 57
1 First quarter
Table 2—two year reconviction rates for male prisoners
Year of discharge from prison Percentage reconvicted
1992 52
1993 54
1994 56
1995 58
1996 58
19971 57
1 First quarter
Table 3—two year reconviction rates for young offenders (aged 20 or under at time of sentence)
Year of discharge from prison Percentage reconvicted
1992 71
1993 74
1994 75
1995 76
1996 75
19971 74
1 First quarter