Estimating the proportion of offenders supervised by Probation Trusts in England and Wales who are ex-Armed Forces

Abstract: On 15 September 2010 Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA) published its estimate of the proportion of prisoners in England and Wales who are ex-Armed Forces. The study involved matching the personal details of adult prisoners (a snapshot taken on 06/11/09) against DASA’s Service leavers’ database. It was estimated that 3.5% of prisoners were veterans of the UK Regular Armed Forces. Reports describing the methodology and results are available on the DASA website. A similar matching exercise has now been undertaken to estimate the proportion of those being supervised by Probation Trusts in England and Wales who are ex-Armed Forces.