Schools: Careers Service

Lord Wills Excerpts

Wednesday 23rd October 2013 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

I will undertake to look at this problem.

[Lord Wills (Lab)]

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?

[Lord Nash]

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.