Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice

(1) how many people on home detention curfew reoffended between 1999 and 2009;

(2) how many people released under an early release scheme reoffended in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008.

Maria Eagle (Minister of State (also in the Government Equalities Office), Ministry of Justice; Liverpool, Garston, Labour)

The Ministry of Justice records the number of alleged offences while on early custody licence (ECL) and has recently released figures of offenders who reoffended while on home detention curfew (HDC).

Data on ECL releases, recalls and alleged reoffending is published every month on the following website:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/endofcustodylicence.htm

During the period 29 June 2007 (the start of the scheme) to 30 September 2009 (the latest data available), 1,058 offenders have been notified to the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) as alleged to have committed a further offence while on the scheme. Table 1 gives the further breakdown by period.

The latest figures on reoffending while on home detention curfew were released by this Department in a written ministerial statement on 14 September 2009, Hansard, columns 142-44WS Table 2 gives the number of offenders who have been convicted for an offence while on HDC between 2003-04 and 2007-08.

Data prior to 2003-04 is not available. This statement is available from the Library of the House.

The Ministry of Justice will be consulting on the publication of data in respect of offenders who reoffend while on licence in due course.