A question on #Offenders #Employment tabled by Sir Andrew Mitchell on 02-07-2025 has been answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin.

Heading: Offenders: Employment
Question ID: 1818726
UIN: 64403
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-02
Asking Member ID: 1211
Asking Member display name: Sir Andrew Mitchell
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female ex-offenders found employment within six months of release in the West Midlands in the latest period for which data is available.
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Date answered: 2025-07-09
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Answering Member ID: 4056
Answering Member display name: Sir Nicholas Dakin
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Answer text: The latest data available (April 2023-March 2024) shows that 13.0% of females and 21.8% of males in the West Midlands region were employed six months after release from custody, a gap of 8.8 percentage points. This represents 30 females and 715 males from...
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Answering body ID: 54
Answering body name: Ministry of Justice
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