Support for ex-offenders Contents

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

Education and employment in prison

Transition into the community

Changing employer attitudes

Background

1 Education and employment in prison

Responsibility for employment

Planning for the future

The employment offer in prison

2 Transition into the community

The challenge of transition

Through the Gate services

The nature of resettlement support

Financial security

Jobcentre Plus and the Work Programme

Measuring successful transitions

3 Changing employer attitudes

The benefits to employers

Supporting and incentivising employers

Banning the Box

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament





16 December 2016