Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 28195

Reoffenders

Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025

Question

Josh Babarinde

Liberal DemocratEastbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the contribution of peer support programs to reducing reoffending rates in the criminal justice system.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
Peer mentoring already plays an important role in supporting rehabilitation within prison and probation services. It is currently used in various ways, including providing lived experience insights of probation community requirements, and direct one-to-on...

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