Corporate report

National Partnership Agreement for employment and welfare support in custody and the community 2023 to 2026

A partnership agreement between the Ministry of Justice, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service and the Department for Work and Pensions. It sets out the basis of a shared understanding of, and commitment to, the way in which the partners will work together in England and Wales.

• From: Ministry of Justice, Department for Work and Pensions and HM Prison and Probation Service
• Published: 23 February 2023

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

National Partnership Agreement for employment and welfare support in custody and the community 2023 to 2026

PDF, 277 KB, 13 pages

Details

This National Partnership Agreement sets out:

• The defined roles of each partner and their responsibilities
• An overview of the journey for an offender through prison and into the community, and identification of the touchpoints and interactions between each of the services in this agreement
• Our commitment to working together and shared objectives including those set out in the Prisons Strategy White Paper published December 2021
• Our shared priorities for 2023- 2026

The National Partnership Agreement is supported by an ongoing joint programme of work at official level with regular engagement between the Ministry of Justice (MOJ)/HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Previous report

## National Partnership Agreement for employment and welfare support in custody and the community 2019 to 2022

Published 23 February 2023