| Heading: |
Offenders: Employment |
| Question ID: |
1796462 |
| UIN: |
47477 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5205 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ben Goldsborough
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Ben Goldsborough
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a target for the number of offenders on the secure estate who have employment roles. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4056 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Answer text: |
We know that finding employment after release reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. Undertaking work in custody provides offenders with opportunity to develop key skills that will increase their chance of gainin... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |