Stephen McPartland
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(8 years, 9 months ago)
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Simon Hoare (North Dorset) (Con)
6. What steps his Department is taking to improve prisons’ engagement with employers; and if he will make a statement.
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) (Con)
11. What steps his Department is taking to improve prisons’ engagement with employers; and if he will make a statement.
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con)
13. What steps his Department is taking to improve prisons’ engagement with employers; and if he will make a statement.
Andrew Selous
I thank my hon. Friend very much for his interest in this important area and am delighted to praise the work of Cleansheet and so many other organisations that try to get prisoners into work. A number of companies—Timpson, Halfords, the Clink restaurants, the Census Data Group, Aramark and many others I could mention—are rising to the challenge. We want many more to join them.
Stephen McPartland
Does the Minister agree that providing work—and the right sort of work—is the real key to an effective rehabilitation process for prisoners?