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Economic Inequality
Wednesday 23rd October 2013

(11 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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I will undertake to look at this problem.

Lord Wills Portrait Lord Wills (Lab)
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My Lords, the Minister will be aware that Barnardo’s has estimated that 65% of the children of prisoners end up in prisons themselves. What specific measures are the Government taking to support this particularly at-risk group in making the difficult transition from education into the workplace?

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I am afraid I cannot answer that question now. I will write to the noble Lord on this very concerning issue. We must break the cycle of the perpetuation of children’s backgrounds, of which this is an example.

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