Question follow-through · 48403
Offenders: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help promote support groups that provide training for employment for former prisoners.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help promote support groups that provide training for employment for former prisoners.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 May 2025
Answer published
We are committed to breaking the cycle of re-offending, by better supporting prisons to link with employers and the voluntary sector to get more people with convictions into work. We know that finding employment after release reduces the chances of re-off...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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