Oral QuestionDepartment for Business and Trade

What steps she is taking to increase trade with European countries.

Tabled: 22 June 2023Answered: 29 June 2023

Asked by

Marsha De Cordova

LabourBattersea

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Answer from Hansard

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Mr David Lammy)

We are determined to back our hard-working probation staff by investing up to £700 million by the final year of the spending review, and an initial £8 million in technology to reduce administrative burdens. We will also recruit 1,300 trainee probation officers in the next year.