Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2016 to Question 54906, whether payments to a community rehabilitation company are reduced when an offender is returned to court having (a) committed a further offence or (b) failed to comply with a community order.

The number of offenders who have had their Community Order or Suspended Sentence Order revoked as a result of failure to comply or committing a further offence is monitored under the Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contract. Underperformance against this measure can result in a Service Credit being applied. As detailed in the response to Question 54906, if a CRC fails to meet the required performance measure, we can require the CRC to pay a Service Credit to recompense for the minimum level of loss or damage as a result of a reduced provision of services. The application of Service Credits is a standard part of our contract management process.

In addition, orders revoked as a result of reoffending may impact payments under contracted Payment by Results incentives.