Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 18064

Offenders: Employment

Tabled: 4 December 2024
Answered: 9 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Dr Allison Gardner

LabourStoke-on-Trent South

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support those with criminal records to reintegrate back into appropriate work.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
We know that employment reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points for offenders released from custody. That is why we have committed to break the cycle of reoffending by better supporting prisons to link up with empl...

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