Oral Question·Treasury
“What assessment he has made of the socio-economic effect of raising the Rent a Room Scheme threshold to £7,500.”
Tabled: 18 March 2020Answered: 24 March 2020
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
We are mandating careers advice in prisons and introducing a life skills curriculum. All released prisoners have access to an employment advisory board that can connect prisoners with work, and banking and ID administrators are preparing prisoners for life after prison.