Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by James Clappison (Conservative). It was answered on Tuesday, 8 November 2011 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
Rehabilitation
- Question
- Would not the task of the employment and work programmes to which my right hon. Friend has referred be improved if prisoners actually worked while in prison? Is it not the case that far too few prisoners are given the opportunity to work in prison workshops for a full working week? Would that not be of benefit to prisoners and their victims?
- Answer
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I strongly agree with my hon. Friend. The Government are committed to ensuring that prisons are places of work and restoration. We are focused on a programme to ensure that, wherever possible, we introduce work into prisons. There are problems with the physical estate, but we are determined to make that happen wherever we can.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 535 c154-5
- Session
- 2010-12
- Oral question type
- 1st Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Offenders Rehabilitation
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- View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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