Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which private companies have used labour from the prison population, and for what roles, in each of the last five years.

The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

We want prisons to be places of hard work, rigorous education and high ambition, with incentives for prisoners to learn and for prison staff to prioritise education and work. We work with a significant number of private companies to provide opportunities for offenders to work and learn new skills which can help them find a job on release and support their rehabilitation. This includes supporting work in prison, providing work placements in the community on temporary licence and employment on release.