Reoffending Rates 2022-07-05
2022-07-05
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The question follows a discussion on the role of apprenticeships in transitioning ex-offenders into work.
What role does my right hon. Friend see apprenticeships playing in that work?
Working with the Department for Education, we are introducing a statutory instrument to introduce apprenticeships in prison. That SI will pass in September, and we will start the first apprenticeship straight away.
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The question follows a discussion on high rates of repeat offences among the top 10 offenders in North Devon.
What more can be done to reduce repeat offending, as, locally, the current system is clearly not delivering that desired outcome?
By 2024-25, we will be investing £200 million a year in dealing with skills and work, as well as drug rehabilitation. Further action on resettlement passports will avoid that potential cliff edge when an offender leaves prison.
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The question follows a discussion on the importance of supporting families in reducing offending.
What steps is my right hon. Friend taking to support such families, thereby helping to make our communities stronger and safer?
The new builds have in-cell technology that can facilitate dialogue and close family ties, as well as family centres to ensure that the ties that bind are strengthened and not weakened.
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Specific actions being taken to support families of offenders are not detailed
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The question follows a discussion on the importance of careful parole decisions.
Careful parole decisions are important to minimise reoffending. Can the Justice Secretary explain why new Parole Board rules will mean that expert report writers will be forbidden to provide a view on suitability for release of the most serious offenders?
The risk assessment may give conflicting recommendations, so there will be one overarching Ministry of Justice view in those serious cases to ensure that the overriding focus is on public safety and protecting the public.
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Specific reasons behind forbidding expert report writers are not detailed
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The question follows a discussion on the importance of community payback in reducing reoffending.
I thank you, Mr Speaker, the Secretary of State and other hon. Members for their condolences on the passing of my dad, Roy Reed, a few days ago. Everyone's very kind words were a great comfort to our family at a very difficult time. Community payback is vital for reducing reoffending and giving justice to victims, but the number of hours completed by offenders has been falling since 2017. It fell in 2018 and again in 2019, before anyone had heard of covid-19. Please can the Secretary of State explain why?
There is renewed investment going in to community payback. The number of hours completed by offenders has been affected by covid, and obligations discharged from home will be phased out by the autumn.
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Specific reasons behind the fall in community payback hours are not detailed
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