Community Payback 2021-11-09
2021-11-09
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Q1
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The question is prompted by a need for clarification on the roll-out of community payback measures in the UK.
What steps his Department is taking to roll out community payback. Specifically, I am asking about the investment and recruitment efforts being made to ensure effective implementation of this programme.
We are investing an extra £93 million over the next three years to recruit 500 additional community payback staff, so that we can increase hours worked to a record-breaking 8 million a year.
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Q2
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The question stems from a need to ensure that community sentences are actually served by offenders, emphasizing the importance of justice and deterrence.
Requiring offenders to give back to their communities not only delivers a just punishment but sends out a clear signal to other criminals that crime does not pay. Can my right hon. Friend assure the House that where a community sentence is given, the offender actually then serves it?
I can assure my hon. Friend that we are investing significant extra resources, time and effort into making sure that community payback is both seen and effective. He is quite right that we want the public to see that justice is done, and we want offenders to know that their punishment is meaningful.
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Assessment & feedback
The assurance requested was not explicitly given; instead, assurances were provided about visibility and effectiveness without direct confirmation of compliance by offenders.
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