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Prisons: Education

Commons · Question 59600 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 20 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether contracts agreed with the Prison Education Service will include provision for inflationary increases to budgets for each prison in each year.

Answer

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 20 Jun 2025

The overall budget for the Prisoner Education Service is subject to the Ministry of Justice’s internal annual budget allocations process to set internal budgets following the Spending Review period, so it is not possible to comment on budgets at prison le...