Reoffenders
Commons · Question 88923 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of probation services in preventing reoffending.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 18 Nov 2025
Probation 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...