Question follow-through · 31008
Prisons: Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve use of prison libraries to increase prisoners' literacy.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve use of prison libraries to increase prisoners' literacy.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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24 Feb 2025
Answer published
All prisons are legally required to offer a library service, and all prisoners are regularly able to access appropriately stocked libraries that support them in their learning and personal development.HMPPS has recently issued best practice guidance to al...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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