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Written question asked by John Howell (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 June 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 June 2010. It was answered by Crispin Blunt (Conservative) on Tuesday, 22 June 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners on day release from category C prisons were charged with offences in each of the last two years for which figures are available.
Answer

The following table shows the number of prisoners released on temporary licence (ROTL) of any kind from Category C prisons in the past two years who were recorded as charged with offences committed whilst so released.

Number of offenders
2008 8
2009 6
The figures in this table have been drawn from live administrative data systems which may be amended at any time. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. These figures may change should any further offences relating to this period be identified and reported to NOMS.

In 2008 the total number of recorded ROTL failures, which includes any breach of the licence and not just offending, was small in relation to the number of licences granted. Of the 439,294 ROTL licences granted only 266 failures were reported. The published statistics can be found using the following link;"http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/prisonand probation.htm"

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
3224; 512 c131W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Prisoners' release Reoffenders
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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