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Conclusion 52

1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences Published 28 Dec 2023

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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The National Audit Office said that “part of this decline is because the total number of people sentenced over the period has declined by 14%”, but noted that “the proportion of all offenders given community sentences has decreased significantly.” 79 By comparison, the proportion of offenders given immediate custodial sentences has declined slowly (see Figure 2).

From: Justice and Home Affairs Committee, 1st Report - Cutting crime: better community sentences, 28 December 2023

Government response

A response document is linked to this report, dated 1 March 2024. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗