§ 38. Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on training and into work schemes undertaken by the correctional services to help rehabilitate offenders. [21142]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyThe Prison Service and National Probation Service (NPS) are committed to improving the employability and employment of offenders.
The Prison Service has a target of doubling the number of released prisoners getting jobs or training places by 2004, and pathfinder schemes in employment and resettlement are being developed by NPS in conjunction with the Employment Service and Prison Service respectively.