| Heading: |
Offenders: Employment Schemes |
| Question ID: |
1813983 |
| UIN: |
60876 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4511 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Rupa Huq
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| Asking Member handle: |
rupahuq
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@rupahuq
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support employment opportunities for ex-offenders. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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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. That is why the Government’s manifesto commits to break the cycle of reoffending by better supporting prisons to link up with e... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |