Official Statistics

Serious Further Offences

Provides management information on the total number of Serious Further Offences (SFOs) as collected from the SFO Review Process. A SFO review is triggered when an offender is charged with an offence listed in Schedule 15a to the Criminal Justice Act 2003, alleged to have been committed within the probation supervision period or within 28 working days of the supervision period terminating.

Applies to England and Wales

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Serious Further Offences

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Details

This publication provides key statistics relating to the number of SFOs.

It is produced and handled by the ministry’s analytical professionals and production staff.

Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons:

Ministry of Justice: Ministry of Justice Secretary of State; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons, Probation, Rehabilitation and Sentencing; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Victims, Youth and Family Justice; Permanent Secretary; Director General of Prisons, Offender and Youth Justice Policy; Director of Prisons, Probation and Youth Justice Policy; Director of Analytical Services; Director of Community Interventions; Policy Lead: Reducing re-offending; and relevant private secretaries (x12), special advisors (x2); analysts; policy officers (x2) and press officers (x7).

Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS): Director General of Her Majesty’s Prison Probation Service; Head of PPAS; Head of Offender Management and Public Protection Group (OMPPG); Deputy Director of Offender Policy Team; Head of CRC Contract Management Group, Directorate of Contracted Services; Policy Official: Licence recalls; Head of Information; policy officer; analyst.

Youth Justice Board (YJB): YJB Senior Information Analyst & YJB Senior Data Analyst.

Parole Board: Business Manager.

Home Office: Secretary of State, and the relevant private secretaries.

Updates to this page

Published 31 October 2019

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