Question
David Hanson
Labour
Delyn
Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what (a) criteria and (b) date the performance of his Department’s New Futures Network initiative supporting offenders into employment will be assessed.
Answered on
16 July 2019
We are completing the roll-out of the New Futures Network, with 13 of the 15 geographical prison groups across England and Wales now covered.
The New Futures Network is responsible for three things:
- The availability and quality of work for prisoners in commercial workshops.
- Brokering partnerships with employers that produce workplace ROTL opportunities.
- Brokering partnerships that generate employment opportunities on release.
It will be assessed against those criteria at the end of this financial year, as part of the annual HMPPS reporting cycle.
Answered by
Ministry of Justice