Lord Timpson OBE
Updated: May 7, 25
Published: May 7, 25
7 May 2025
Top tech experts are meeting the Justice Secretary as part of a Government drive to use AI and technology to transform the justice system and cut crime.
Updated: May 6, 25
Published: May 6, 25
6 May 2025
Reports of bullying and harassment are “a wake-up call and an opportunity to change”, Lord Timpson said today (6 May), after a review recommended wholesale change to how HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) deals with complaints.
Updated: May 6, 25
Published: May 6, 25
6 May 2025
Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, sets out how the government is responding to Jennifer Rademaker’s Review into professional standards in HMPPS.
Updated: Apr 24, 25
Published: Mar 28, 25
28 Mar 2025
“Public safety must never be put at risk again by the failure to have enough prison places”, Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said as she opened a new nearly 1,500-place prison in Yorkshire.
Updated: Apr 25, 25
Published: Apr 22, 25
22 Apr 2025
The first prisoners have been locked up at a new jail that will create nearly 1,500 prison places, helping to cut crime and make streets safer today as part of the Government’s Plan for Change (23 April).
Updated: Apr 24, 25
Published: Apr 3, 25
3 Apr 2025
His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has today (4 April) launched the Future Prison Leaders Programme to recruit and train the next generation of prison leaders.
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Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending
Lord Timpson (OBE) was appointed Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending on 5 July 2024. Prior to his appointment he held the position of chief executive of the Timpson Group, from 2002 to July 2024, a company which is known for advocating for the employment of former prisoners. Lord Timpson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2011 for services to training and employment for disadvantaged people. He was made chair of the Employers Forum for Reducing Re-offending (EFFRR) until 2016, and became the chair of the Prison Reform Trust that same year. He also founded the Employment Advisory Board network across the prison estate, which links prisons with employers to improve the employment opportunities for former offenders upon release.
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