Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 71315

Reoffenders: Community Orders

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of community sentencing in reducing reoffending.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

There is evidence that community orders and suspended sentence orders are more effective at reducing reoffending than sentences of immediate custody in certain circumstances.Robust analysis (using a matched comparison group to account for cohort differenc...

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