Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 22518

Employment: Offenders

Tabled: 7 January 2025
Answered: 14 January 2025

Question

Dr Allison Gardner

LabourStoke-on-Trent South

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people with a criminal record to find employment.

Answer

Andrew Western
This Government understands the challenges a criminal record can bring to finding a job and also recognises that employment significantly reduces the risk of reoffending. The recently published Get Britain Working White Paper sets out Government’s proposa...

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