Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the next proven reoffending statistics release is planned to be published; and what time periods that release will cover.

The next proven reoffending stats publication is due out at 9.30am on Thursday 29 October. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the MoJ to have to change its data gathering, access and release practices which has impacted the production process of the proven reoffending statistics. This has meant that the offender cohort periods to be covered in this next publication are yet to be determined, although an announcement in relation to this will shortly be made on the gov.uk website.