Offenders: Employment
(asked on 18th May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ex-offenders have been helped into employment in each year since January 2010.
My department is committed to supporting ex-offenders into employment as a key part of individual rehabilitation and the Government’s prison reform and rehabilitation programme.
Information on the total number of ex-offenders helped into employment is not readily available.
Prison-leavers who claim Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) in advance or within 13 weeks of release are mandated onto the Government’s Work Programme. The latest available data shows that between March 2012 when mandation was introduced and the end of December 2015, 8,270 JSA prison-leavers on the Work Programme have achieved a job outcome. The latest data is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/work-programme-data-to-december-2015
Administrative data shared between the Ministry of Justice, Department for Work & Pensions and Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs is available at:
These statistics include information on the benefit and employment status of offenders prior to and after their conviction/caution or release from prison.