Prisons: Reading
Commons · Question 7295 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Paul Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to provide reading support in prisons; and what programmes her Department funds to provide such support.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 11 Oct 2024
All prisons assess prisoner literacy on entry, and deliver English Functional Skills qualifications via the main Prison Education Framework.HMPPS also fund 62 additional literacy and reading contracts across 80 prisons via the more locally commissioned Dy...