Prisoners' Release: Employment
Commons · Question 10851 · Tabled 17 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were in full-time employment within six months of their release in each year since 2021.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 25 Jun 2026
We know that finding employment after release reduces the chance of re-offending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. Key employment roles are in place across every resettlement prison to prepare prisoners for work on release, match them to job...