Offenders: Housing
(asked on 19th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many, and (2) what percentage of, offenders in England and Wales completing a custodial sentence of 12 months or less have gone on to occupy non-temporary accommodation three months after leaving custody, in the last year.
Accommodation status of offenders 3 months after release from Custody during 2017, including Allocated Persons of Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRC) and the National Probation Service (NPS), is provided in the annexed table.
Everyone leaving custody should have a safe and suitable home to go to on release; having somewhere to live gives people a stable platform from which to access health services, hold down a job and reduces the likelihood of them reoffending. As part of the joint approach between us and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) we will pilot initiatives, helping those with a history of offending to access and sustain suitable accommodation.
ANNEX
| Custodial sentence length less than 12 months |
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| Settled Accommodation | 18,455 | 61% |
| Approved Premises and Bail Hostel (short and long stay) | 503 | 2% |
| Friends/Family (settled) | 8,494 | 28% |
| Long Term Residential Healthcare | 51 | 0% |
| Permanent Independent Housing (LA or private rent, owner and type unknown) | 7,202 | 24% |
| Supported Housing | 2,205 | 7% |
| Unsettled Accommodation | 11,592 | 39% |
| Bail Hostel (short stay) | 58 | 0% |
| Friends/Family (transient) | 2,323 | 8% |
| Homeless (Other, Rough Sleeping and Squat) | 4,076 | 14% |
| Missing Data / Recording Error | 3,994 | 13% |
| Transient/short term accommodation | 1,141 | 4% |
| less than 12m Total | 30,047 | 100% |
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| Custodial sentence length greater or equal to 12 months |
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| Settled Accommodation | 21,966 | 75% |
| Approved Premises and Bail Hostel (short and long stay) | 3,441 | 12% |
| Friends/Family (settled) | 11,103 | 38% |
| Long Term Residential Healthcare | 68 | 0% |
| Permanent Independent Housing (LA or private rent, owner and type unknown) | 5,646 | 19% |
| Supported Housing | 1,708 | 6% |
| Unsettled Accommodation | 7,503 | 25% |
| Bail Hostel (short stay) | 132 | 0% |
| Friends/Family (transient) | 1,722 | 6% |
| Homeless (Other, Rough Sleeping and Squat) | 1,579 | 5% |
| Missing Data / Recording Error | 3,185 | 11% |
| Transient/short term accommodation | 885 | 3% |
| over 12m Total | 29,469 | 100% |
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| (1) Data based on offender releases during calendar year 2017 recorded in the Probation case management system, therefore this may not align with published prison release statistics. | ||
| (2) Cases terminating before the 3 month date from release are excluded |
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| (3) Cases recalled to prison before the 3 month date from release are excluded but a re-release in the period will be included (4) LA = Local Authority | ||