Question follow-through · 1840
Prisons: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled New Prison Education Service to cut crime, published on 29 September 2023, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of giving prison governo
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 25 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 30 Jul 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled New Prison Education Service to cut crime, published on 29 September 2023, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of giving prison governo
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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30 Jul 2024
Answer published
Under the current Prison Education Framework, prison governors have the freedom to design and organise delivery of education, skills and work in their prisons. This is further enabled through the Dynamic Purchasing System, which allows for the commissioni...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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