Prisoners' Release: Literacy
Commons · Question 40133 · Tabled 20 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Paul Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department provides support for prisoners to help them continue improving their literacy skills after release.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 27 Mar 2025
A key aim of His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) prison education service is to support prisoners to develop their functional literacy skills so that they can be fully rehabilitated into society upon release. Prisoners have access to local ...