Offending Behaviour Programmes

HC Deb 06 May 2003 vol 404 cc599-600W

Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the rates were for re-offending by offenders who have completed accredited offending behaviour programmes, broken down by(a) programme and (b) area, in the most recent complete year available. [109516]

Hilary Benn

The information sought is not yet available. The reconviction rate is measured over a two-year period from completion of the programme. The first accredited offending behaviour programmes were introduced in 2001 and reconviction data will not be available until spring 2004.

Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many completions there have been of accredited offending behaviour programmes since each programme's inception, broken down by

Table A: Accredited Programmes Completions April 2001-March 2002
	Think First	ETS	R&R	Priestley 1 to 1	ASRO	PRISM	ART	DIDs	SOGP	Total per area
Avon and Somerset	105						-	-	-	105
Bedfordshire	39			1		4		3		47
Cambridgeshire	30			-					-	30
Cheshire	42				-					42
Co. Durham	102									102
Cumbria	42									42
Devon and Cornwall	72									72
Derbyshire		72							7	79
Dyfed-Powys				11						11
Dorset	34									34
Essex			88	-						88
Gloucestershire	29			1	33	2				65
Greater Manchester	238				-					238
Gwent		23								23
Hampshire		66								66
Hertfordshire	67									67
Humberside	43			1						44
Kent	44			4			-	-		48
Lancashire	99				63					162
Leicestershire and Rutland		62		-				-	-	62
Lincolnshire			35					-	-	35
London	465		34							499
Merseyside	109									109
Norfolk	52			-						52
North Wales		20								20
North Yorkshire	28			-						28
Northamptonshire		43								43
Northumbria	219			37					61	317
Nottinghamshire	31			-				-	-	31
South Wales			33							33
South Yorkshire	18							12		30
Staffordshire		10		-						10
Suffolk	31			2						33
Surrey		26		48				-	-	74
Sussex	40							-		40
Teesside	99			2					1	102
Thames Valley	96								53	149
Warwickshire	-			5				-		5
West Mercia		12		4					-	16
West Midlands	168									168
West Yorkshire		130								130
Wiltshire	32									32
Totals per programme	2,374	464	190	116	96	6	-	15	122	3,383

Full name of programme:

Think First

Enhanced Thinking Skills (ETS)

Reasoning and Rehabilitation (R&R)

Priestley One-to-One (1–2-1)

Addressing Substance-related Offending (ASRO)

Programme for Reducing Individual Substance Misuse (PRISM)

Aggression Replacement Training (ART)

Drink Impaired Drivers (DIDs)

Sex Offender Groupwork Programmes (SOGP)¹

¹ (SOGP includes Thames Valley (TV-SOGP), Northumbria (N-SOGP) and West Midlands (C-SOGP) Programmes

(a) programme and (b) area in each full year available; and what efforts are being made to reduce programme attrition. [109517]

Hilary Benn

The National Probation Service is making good progress with the implementation of its accredited offending behaviour programmes. There were 3,383 completions in the only full year for which figures are available, April 2001 to March 2002. Table A provides a breakdown by area and programme. Since roll out began in January 2001, 8,613 individuals have completed accredited offending behaviour programmes.

The National Probation Service is tackling attrition by addressing case management and programme targeting. Each probation area is required to prepare an attrition action plan which will be monitored as part of the National Probation Service's performance management framework.