Written Question · S2W-32036 · Session 2
What proportion of sex offenders in prisons attended the Sex Offender Treatment Programme in each of the last five years.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of sex offenders in prisons attended the Sex Offender Treatment Programme in each of the last five years.
The answer
I have asked Tony Cameron,Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is asfollows:
Improvements made in the SPSPR2 prisoner records system provide accurate information on recorded sexoffenders over the last two years. Based on this information the population ofsex offenders in prisons who attended sex offenders treatment programmes are:
| 2004-05
| 2005-06
Total number of Sex Offenders in prison
| 755
| 896
Total number of Sex Offenders that completed STOP programmes
| 60
| 76
Proportion (%) of Sex Offenders that completed STOP programme during the year
| 7.9%
| 8.5%
Numbers of prisonersentering programmes annually are limited by factors such as sentence length andwillingness to change on the part of individual offenders.
Sex offenders also need toundertake STOP programmes at the right stage in their sentence, therefore somemay have already completed a STOP programme in previous years either duringtheir current sentence or during previous sentences. Some offenders may alsohave undertaken Core STOP and been subsequently assessed as requiring to participatein further STOP programmes such as Extended STOP to address their offendingbehaviour. Some may also require access to other interventions such as mentalhealth support in advance of participation.
Improvements made in the SPSPR2 prisoner records system provide accurate information on recorded sexoffenders over the last two years. Based on this information the population ofsex offenders in prisons who attended sex offenders treatment programmes are:
| 2004-05
| 2005-06
Total number of Sex Offenders in prison
| 755
| 896
Total number of Sex Offenders that completed STOP programmes
| 60
| 76
Proportion (%) of Sex Offenders that completed STOP programme during the year
| 7.9%
| 8.5%
Numbers of prisonersentering programmes annually are limited by factors such as sentence length andwillingness to change on the part of individual offenders.
Sex offenders also need toundertake STOP programmes at the right stage in their sentence, therefore somemay have already completed a STOP programme in previous years either duringtheir current sentence or during previous sentences. Some offenders may alsohave undertaken Core STOP and been subsequently assessed as requiring to participatein further STOP programmes such as Extended STOP to address their offendingbehaviour. Some may also require access to other interventions such as mentalhealth support in advance of participation.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-32036 by reference.