Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

What steps his Department is taking to reduce youth unemployment.

Tabled: 7 November 2023Answered: 13 November 2023

Asked by

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Jake Richards)

Far too many care-experienced people end up in the criminal justice system. Last November, the Deputy Prime Minister announced a review of the national protocol for reducing the criminalisation of that cohort. Officials are actively working on that, and we will publish a strengthened protocol later this year.