Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 28198

Criminal Proceedings: Training

Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025

Question

Josh Babarinde

Liberal DemocratEastbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding her Department is providing to promote peer support schemes in (a) custody and (b) community settings in the criminal justice system.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
Peer mentoring already plays an important role in supporting rehabilitation within prison and probation services. It is currently used in various ways, including providing lived experience insights of probation community requirements, and direct one-to-on...

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