Oral Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
“What assessment he has made of the potential merits of a four-day working week for local authority employees.”
Tabled: 16 January 2024Answered: 22 January 2024
Asked by
Peter Dowd
Labour — Bootle
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
We have reduced overcrowding to ensure that prisons have the capacity to focus on education and training. For example, HMP Highpoint’s state-of-the-art rail centre of excellence gives prisoners industry-standard training and guaranteed employment on release.