Written questions

Employment: Offenders

Commons · Question 22518 · Tabled 7 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Allison Gardner

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people with a criminal record to find employment.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 14 Jan 2025

This Government understands the challenges a criminal record can bring to finding a job and also recognises that employment significantly reduces the risk of reoffending. The recently published Get Britain Working White Paper sets out Government’s proposa...