PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(9 September 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community sentences were breached in the past two years, including how they were breached, what the outcome of the breach was, and how many of those who breached their community sentence were sent to prison.

Asked by:
Nick Timothy (Conservative)

The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data on community order and suspended sentence order terminations, by termination reason, including those terminated following a further conviction or due to non-compliance with court ordered requirements. The latest available annual figures can be found in Table 6.22 of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly bulletin for 2025, available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69eff92e08ecdb5c6f34b020/probation-2025.ods

It is not possible to identify the specific outcomes of these breaches without incurring disproportionate costs.

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