Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 88923
Reoffenders
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of probation services in preventing reoffending.
Answer
Jake RichardsProbation services play a vital role in reducing reoffending, with a range of evidence to support this including:For a matched group of offenders, custodial sentences of less than 12 months had reoffending rates 4 percentage points higher than those on co...
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