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Debate between David Mackintosh and Tom Pursglove
Tuesday 6th September 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Mackintosh Portrait David Mackintosh (Northampton South) (Con)
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11. What steps the Government are taking to ensure that offenders find employment on release.

Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
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16. What progress her Department is making on ensuring that offenders find employment on release.

Sam Gyimah Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Sam Gyimah)
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Most offenders arrive in prison with very low levels of educational attainment, very high levels of substance misuse and a very poor employment history. I believe that the purpose of modern prisons is to keep the public safe and to tackle each of those issues, so that prisoners have the foundations to secure and hold down a job on release.

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