| Heading: |
Alternatives to Prison: Armed Forces |
| Question ID: |
1810910 |
| UIN: |
58532 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5351 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Gregory Stafford
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Gregory Stafford
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing structured military service as an alternative sentence for non-violent offenders serving sentences of less than 25 years. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4056 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Answer text: |
We have no current plans to introduce military service as an alternative to custody. Therefore, no comparative cost analysis has been undertaken.Research indicates that sentences with a military focus do not reduce re-offending. The evidence shows that it... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |