Reoffenders

David Howarth
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of (a) persons discharged from prison and (b) persons on probation supervision with an accredited programme reoffended within two years of release in the last period for which figures are available.

Maria Eagle
The latest statistics on reoffending published in May 2009 report the reoffending rates over a one-year follow up period.

The following table shows the one-year reoffending rates and frequency per 100 offenders for adult offenders who were discharged from custody or who commenced a community order or suspended sentence order and received an accredited programme requirement under that order, in the first quarter of 2007.

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|                                                                                                                                                                                     |Number of offenders|Proportion of offenders offending (percentage)|Number of offences per 100 offenders|
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|Custody                                                                                                                                                                              |12,810             |47.2                                          |223.2                               |
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|Community order (with an accredited programme)1                                                                                                                                      |6,930              |41.0                                          |141.6                               |
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|Suspended sentence order (with an accredited programme)1                                                                                                                             |3,328              |40.9                                          |133.6                               |
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|1 Offenders who received an accredited programme as a requirement under their community or suspended sentence order. This may be the only requirement, or in combination with others.|                   |                                              |                                    |
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Further information on the one-year rates of reoffending can be found at:

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