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...