Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 47491

Prisoners' Release: Unemployment

Tabled: 23 April 2025
Answered: 1 May 2025

Question

Ben Goldsborough

LabourSouth Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have left prison without an identified (a) employment, (b) education and (c) training outcome in each of the last 10 financial years.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
The Ministry of Justice does not hold this information.While we do publish employment on release outcomes, this does not extend over the past 10 financial years. Our employment outcomes data report employment status at six weeks following release and six ...

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