To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reoffending rates have been of (a) adults, (b) young offenders and (c) juveniles who have served (i) custodial and (ii) community sentences, in each of the last nine years for which figures are available, broken down by offence. (83340)

The most recent publication for adult reoffending is “Adult Re-offending: Results from the 2002 cohort”, Home Office Statistical Bulletin 25/05, available online at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/hosb2505.pdf

Similarly for juveniles the most recent publication is “Juvenile Re-offending: Results from the 2004 Cohort”, Home Office On-Line Report 10/06, available online at:

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hosb1006.pdf

Both of these publications hold breakdowns by those who served custodial or community sentences, age and offence. The section "Measuring Re-offending", which begins on page one of both reports, explains the difference between reconviction and re-offending measures, as well the changes to the data source used for these computations. Because of the change in methodology, figures for previous years are not comparable.