Offenders: Employment

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body

Ministry of Justice

Tabled

21 May 2025

Target answer date

2 Jun 2025

Answer

2 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Votes on this topic

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• Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
• Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026

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Recorded timeline

1. 21 May 2025

   Question tabled

   To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support individuals with unspent convictions seeking employment.

2. 2 Jun 2025

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 2 Jun 2025

   Answer published

   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...

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.