Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what commercial companies were involved in working with HM Prison Service to train prisoners for employment as of 18 July 2023.

As of 18 July, 87 organisations were actively involved in working with HM Prison & Probation Service in training prisoners.

The New Futures Network is the team in HM Prison & Probation Service responsible for working with businesses to secure jobs for prison leavers. Information about the commercial relationships it has developed is available at this link: New-End-of-year-sales-21-22.pdf (newfuturesnetwork.gov.uk).