Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“What steps his Department is taking to support other Departments tackle backlogs resulting from the covid-19 outbreak.”
Tabled: 18 November 2021Answered: 25 November 2021
Asked by
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
A key priority of this Government is that our prisons rehabilitate offenders, making them better citizens rather than better criminals. I take this opportunity to pay tribute to the fantastic prison staff, who mentor and support prisoners in custody every day. I saw at first hand the benefit of the creating future opportunities programme when I visited HMP Humber in April.