Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the causal link between a reduction in reoffending among women and the work of women's (a) centres and (b) groups.

The Justice Data Lab (JDL) provides re-offending outcomes to organisations working with offenders to help them assess the impact of their work on reducing re-offending. Analysis by the JDL, looking at individuals who received support provided by 32 Women’s Centres throughout England between 2010 and 2012, noted a reduction in re‐offending of between 1 and 9 percentage points. Centre-level analyses for two Women’s Centres have shown no significant impact in reducing reoffending.

The JDL has analysed a number of women-only interventions that aim to reduce reoffending. The results of these analyses are mixed, with some showing significant results and some not.