Justice written question – answered at on 3 November 2009.
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.
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 are published every month on the following website:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/endofcustodylicence.htm
During the period
Table 1: Number of offenders alleged to have committed a further offence while on ECL by period | |||
29 June to 31 December 2007 | 1 January to 31 December 2008 | 1 January to 30 September 2009 | |
Total ECL releases | 16,197 | 31,318 | 22,362 |
Offenders alleged to have committed the further offences while on ECL(1) | 215 | 497 | 346 |
(1) The number of offenders notified to NOMS as having allegedly reoffended during their period on ECL. |
The latest figures on reoffending while on home detention curfew were released by this Department in a written ministerial statement on
Table 2: Number of offenders who have been convicted for an offence while on HDC , 2003-04 to 2007-08, England and Wales | ||
Offenders on HDC | Offenders who reoffended while on HDC | |
2003-04 | 20,802 | 1,244 |
2004-05 | 18,587 | 839 |
2005-06 | 15,443 | 688 |
2006-07 | 12,626 | 484 |
2007-08 | 11,316 | 486 |
Data prior to 2003-04 are 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.
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