The government has pledged more work to tackle re-offending including enhanced vocational training fro some prisoners.
The bill was welcomed by Victim Support Scotland which said short prison sentences had failed to address re-offending.
They work out local approaches to deal with issues including antisocial behaviour, drug or alcohol misuse and re-offending.
She also said small community prisons tend to be safer and better at reducing re-offending than large ones.
Private companies and charitable bodies successfully bidding for contracts will be paid according to their results in cutting re-offending.
Mr Grayling said the failure to monitor such offenders, who had the highest re-offending rates, was "inexplicable" and "must change".
Of those offenders in the community who have taken part in restorative justice, there has been a 55% reduction in re-offending.
Despite his submissions, bail was refused due to the risk of re-offending.
Private companies and charitable bodies successfully bidding for probation contracts will be paid according to the results they achieve in cutting re-offending.
By creating a circle of offending, punishing and re-offending, we are doing nothing about the root causes of these types of crime.
He criticised those who argue that re-offending can be cut by "sending more and more people to prison for longer and longer sentences".
The Ministry of Justice said the figures indicated the government would be likely to achieve its target of a 5% reduction in re-offending.
All former inmates will be supervised for at least a year, with charities and private companies paid according to how well they prevent re-offending.
Mr Paterson argued that the passage of time, a supportive family and ill health would point to a reduction in the risk of re-offending.
It was "absurd" to believe that the lifting the ban would cut re-offending rates or make it easier for ex-prisoners to re-integrate into society, he argued.
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Mr Clarke said re-offending was the "biggest weakness" of the justice system, and that re-offending rates had to be brought down to a "more respectable level".
"We found that evidence to support the efficacy of mentoring when measuring hard outcomes, such as its effect on employment and re-offending, can be inconclusive, " Finnegan writes.
Theresa Villiers told the Commons that granting bail was a matter for the courts, which would take their own decisions based on the risk of someone re-offending.
But research shows that a strong support system greatly improves their chances of rehabilitation and decreases the likelihood of re-offending, sex offender treatment professional Nancy Irwin said.
However, on the same day the re-offending figures were released, the prisons watchdog attacked the closure of a unit with a proven record in rehabilitating teenage criminals.
But sentences should reflect a better understanding of what works to reduce the "serious matter" of re-offending, he added, saying re-offenders "are likely to commit more serious crime".
The politician said that "money or financial gain" had never been a motive for him and stressed that the social inquiry report had assessed him as being of low risk for harm to the public and for re-offending.
Failure of a test usually means an instant short spell in jail, and it is hoped that such a dramatic sentence will shock people out of re-offending - thereby reducing long-term prison numbers and cutting off alcohol-related crime at the source.
The force said its objectives for 2012-13 included delivering an effective emergency response, targeting organised crime groups and drug markets, working with partners and the public to catch offenders, reduce re-offending and road accident fatalities, and plan and prepare to respond to any major and serious incidents.
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