Baroness Wheatcroft – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Wheatcroft on 2014-05-06.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of current women prisoners were in employment before being jailed.

Lord Faulks

The Ministry of Justice does not centrally collate or hold information on the questions above. However, a survey conducted between 2005 and 2010 (Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction) provides some information on these topics.

Copies of the reports are available via the following link:

Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) – GOV.UK

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