Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HM Prison and Probation Service's publication entitled Strategy for Care-Experienced People, if will he make it his policy to publish an update to that publication that focuses on race and ethnicity.

We are updating our strategy for people with care experience in the criminal justice system, to ensure we are using care-experienced people’s time in the criminal justice system to support them to lead crime-free lives.

This will include a focus on race and its role in shaping the experiences and outcomes of those with care experience in the criminal justice system, and will link to wider departmental efforts to address racial disproportionality in the criminal justice system.

We are aiming to publish this strategy in 2024.