Prisons: Literacy
Commons · Question 40134 · 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, what steps her Department is taking to (a) measure and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of literacy programs in prisons.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 27 Mar 2025
We have robust evidence on the positive benefits of education to reducing reoffending, however, we don’t have specific evidence for the link between literacy levels and reoffending. We are currently improving our understanding of factors influencing parti...