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UIN 1541

Community Orders

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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13 November 2023

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21 November 2023 · Answer

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21 November 2023

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of (a) short custodial sentences and (b) sentences served in the community.

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  1. 13 November 2023

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of (a) short custodial sentences and (b) sentences served in the community.

    Source: Commons

  2. 21 November 2023

    Answer

    There is persuasive evidence that community orders and suspended sentence orders are more effective than sentences of immediate custody in reducing reoffending, in certain circumstances.The department’s latest published reoffending statistics (Proven reof...

    Source: Written answer

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