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Written Question
Offenders: Employment Schemes
Wednesday 25th June 2025

Asked by: Rupa Huq (Labour - Ealing Central and Acton)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support employment opportunities for ex-offenders.

Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

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 employers and the voluntary sector to get more people with convictions into work.

Key employment roles are in place across all 93 resettlement prisons to prepare prisoners for work on release, match them to jobs and provide critical ID documents to secure work and a home.

We have launched regional Employment Councils which, for the first time, brings businesses together with prisons, probation and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to support offenders leaving prison. This builds on the work of Employment Advisory Boards linking prisons with business leaders to ensure prisoners have the skills and training employers need to meet labour market demand.

In addition, HM Prison and Probation Service’s Creating Future Opportunities programme offers tailored support for ex-offenders - particularly those who are furthest from the labour market - to secure employment, training and education opportunities for release.

Supporting further, the criminal records regime is designed to strike a balance providing employers with the information they need to make safer recruitment decisions and enabling ex-offenders to rebuild their lives. We also work closely with DWP to ensure support is in place for ex-offenders in the community, for example through co-location of services.

Division Vote (Commons)
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Rupa Huq (Lab) voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 160 Labour No votes vs 224 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 291
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Rupa Huq (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 304 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 114 Noes - 310
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Rupa Huq (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 306 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 313
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Rupa Huq (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 299 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 147 Noes - 305
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Rupa Huq (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 306 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 102 Noes - 390
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Rupa Huq (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 302 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 95
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Rupa Huq (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 304 Labour No votes vs 3 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 313
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
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