| Heading: |
Prisoners: Unpaid Work |
| Question ID: |
1816717 |
| UIN: |
HL8884 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
547 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Wigley
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Wigley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that prisoners who do unpaid work do not undertake work for profit-making businesses that would otherwise be remunerated. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5364 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Timpson
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Timpson
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| Answer text: |
While there is not anything called ‘unpaid work’ in prisons, convicted prisoners are expected to work and there are various jobs across prison workshops, kitchens, laundries and other services like wing cleaning for which prisoners are paid. Prisoners are... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |