HMPPS Reoffending Programmes 2024-03-26
2024-03-26
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Q1
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The question follows a government commitment to an evidence-based approach in reducing reoffending rates. It requests an update on the impact of Justice Data Lab's assessments on programme recommissioning.
What recent assessment has his Department made of the impact of outcomes data from the Justice Data Lab on the recommissioning of HM Prison and Probation Service reoffending programmes in the last 12 months?
Reducing reoffending is a core mission of this Government. We act on the basis not of emotion but of evidence, deploying a series of carefully researched interventions from the prison employment leads to the provision of 12 weeks of accommodation post release. The Justice Data Lab makes an important contribution by providing HMPPS and external organisations with a robust assessment of whether their interventions work.
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Assessment & feedback
The answer did not provide recent assessments or specific impacts on programme recommissioning based on the Justice Data Lab's outcomes data.
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Q2
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The question builds on a previous commitment to an evidence-based approach and seeks further action to ensure all currently commissioned programmes are reassessed based on outcomes before recommissioning.
I welcome the adherence to an evidence-based approach to working out whether or not these various programmes work effectively, but may I urge Ministers to go even further by ensuring that every programme we currently commission is reassessed on the basis of outcomes, and then not recommissioned unless those outcomes measure up?
I can confirm that the Government will continue to base our investment decisions to reduce reoffending on the best available evidence at the time. We are continuously improving our evidence base, for instance through the cross-governmental Better Outcomes through Linked Data programme.
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Assessment & feedback
The answer did not commit to a process of reassessment and non-recommissioning unless outcomes measure up.
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