| Heading: |
Prisoners: Employment |
| Question ID: |
1729071 |
| UIN: |
HL988 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3691 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable prisoners with work outside the confines of prison to be paid a wage. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-18 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5364 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Timpson
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Timpson
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| Answer text: |
We know that employment reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. That is why we have committed to break the cycle of reoffending by better supporting prisons to link up with employers and the voluntary sector to ge... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |