§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders under the supervision of the Probation Service are categorised as(a) low, (b) medium or (c) high risk. [133972]
§ Paul GogginsInformation about risk of harm is collected through the Offender Assessment System (OASys) that is being implemented in the National Probation Service and the Prison Service. We currently have standardised information in a comparable format from some 5,000 OASys assessments in four probation areas. Analysis of this data produces the percentages for the level of risk of harm shown in the table.
Until next summer, when we will have data from all 42 probation areas, we will not know whether this profile reflects the pattern across the National Probation 447W Service. Until then we will not be able to say with confidence how many offenders under probation supervision fall into each risk of harm category.
Level of risk of harm Percentage of offenders based on data from four areas Very high 0.4 High 6.5 Medium 25.1 Low 68.0 Total 100