Accredited Programme Commencements Ad Hoc
Published 12 February 2025
Applies to England and Wales
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1. Details
For community orders or licences following release from custody which were successfully completed between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2024, a total of 32,092 Accredited Programmes were imposed on these orders / licences.
Of the 32,092 Accredited Programmes imposed on these orders / licences, 19,267 Accredited Programmes commenced.
A total of 12,825 Accredited Programmes on these orders / licences did not commence.
2. Background
Accredited Programmes are offending behaviour interventions which aim to change the thinking, attitudes and behaviours which can lead to reoffending.
They encourage pro-social attitudes and goals for the future and are designed to help people develop new skills to stop their offending.
3. Caveats
Order / licence termination dates have been used in these data to identify cases to include for the period. Where an order / licence termination date is between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2024, the case is included.
A programme has been considered “commenced” where a commencement date has been added in National Delius (nDelius), the probation case management system. This is not an automated process and requires probation staff to update the field in nDelius after the first programme session has been attended.
Due to recording processes, there are some Accredited Programmes included in these data which are recorded as completed but do not have a commencement date. These cases are reported as “not commenced”.
4. Data sources and quality
Data are drawn from administrative IT systems, namely nDelius. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the information collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system due to possible errors with data entry and processing. The figures shown have been checked as far as practical.
5. Contact
Press enquiries should be directed to the Ministry of Justice press office:
Tel: 020 3334 3536
Email: newsdesk@justice.gov.uk
Enquiries about these data should be directed to:
E Stradling
HMPPS Performance Unit
Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
Email: CrossCuttingPerformanceEnquiries@justice.gov.uk