Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of breach proceedings initiated by community rehabilitation companies resulted in a person being recalled to prison by the National Probation Service in each of the last two years.

The National Probation Service does not authorise recall requests on behalf of the Secretary of State. Therefore, we have interpreted your question relating to breach proceedings in relation to those cases where a Community Rehabilitation Company is seeking an endorsement of a recall request by the National Probation Service before it is submitted for authorisation. This applies to cases where there is evidence of an increase in the offender’s risk of serious harm to high and the risk is not deemed to be imminent. We do not hold this information centrally and, therefore, it is not possible to provide you with the information which you have requested.