United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 8331
Prison Sentences: Reoffenders
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9 June 2026
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18 June 2026 · Answer
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18 June 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of short custodial sentences on the reoffending rate.
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9 June 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of short custodial sentences on the reoffending rate.
Source: Commons
18 June 2026
Answer
Evidence published in both 2015 and 2019, which matched groups of offenders, found that short sentences were associated with higher reoffending compared to court orders by approximately 4 percentage points. We have followed this evidence and the Sentencin...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-09/8331
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1914321
- uk · wq-1914321 · source updated 18 June 2026