Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the causes of the increase in the number of women recalled to prison from licence since December 2014.

The increase in the number of recalls since December 2014 is largely due to the implementation of the Offender Rehabilitation Act (ORA) 2014 under which all offenders sentenced to less than 12 months are now receiving supervision and support for the first time. This is a significant step forward in working to reduce reoffending and protect the public.