Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent reviews the Ministry of Justice has commissioned into its policy or administration over the last year; and what was the total cost of those reviews.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
The Ministry of Justice does not keep a central record of information on commissioning of independent reviews into policy or administration. To collate this information from across the Department would incur a disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 8 March (HL5604), how many ex-prisoners have undertaken enterprise courses.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment has been made of reoffending rates for (1) ex-prisoners who have undertaken enterprise courses, and (2) those who have not.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)
Data published by my department on the impact of employment on reduced re-offending relies on data drawn together from across the Criminal Justice System, supplemented by data on the employment and benefit status of offenders from a data sharing agreement between MoJ, DWP and HMRC.
That data does not enable any comparative assessment of reoffending rates for ex-prisoners who have or have not undertaken enterprise courses.