Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of adult offenders did not reoffend within one year of (1) conviction, and (2) release from prison, in each year since 2014.

The percentage of adult offenders that did not reoffend within one year of conviction in each year since 2014:

• April 2013 - March 2014: 65.7%
• April 2014 - March 2015: 67.4%
• April 2015 - March 2016: 68.7%

The percentage of adult offenders that did not reoffend within one year of release from prison in each year since 2014:

• April 2013 - March 2014: 50.4%
• April 2014 - March 2015: 51.7%
• April 2015 - March 2016: 52.2%

We do not have figures beyond March 2016 as the data is not yet available.

Reoffending is costing society approximately £15 billion a year. Effective rehabilitation needs prisoners to be willing to commit to change, take advice, learn new skills and take opportunities to work – both during their sentence and after. On 24 May 2018, we launched the Education and Employment Strategy that will support ex-offenders to engage in education and secure employment so that they are less likely to reoffend.

In addition, the Cabinet Office is introducing a new Reducing Reoffending group that will work across government to tackle some of the main causes of reoffending, including employment, health and accommodation