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Question follow-through · 34243

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with bidders for prison education contracts on the New Fair Deal for pensions.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
5 Mar 2025
Answer
6 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions she has had with bidders for prison education contracts on the New Fair Deal for pensions.

  2. 5 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Guidance to bidders on the application of the New Fair Deal was included in the Invitation to Tender. Further information can be found using the following links: Prisoner Education Services Panel (Inc. Core Education) - Find a Tender (find-tender.service....

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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7 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the cumulative number of years of experience held by probation officers in each year since 2021.

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Probation Officers: Sick Leave

7 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of (a) attrition, (b) sickness absence and (c) work-related stress there were for probation officers in each region in the most recent period for which data is available.

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7 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the capacity of accredited probation programmes is in each region.

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7 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the amount of time off in lieu that was accrued by probation officers in each year since 2021; and how much and what proportion of this time was (a) taken and (b) rolled over.

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Prisoners' Release: Buprenorphine

14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the availability of Buvidal for people released from prison.

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14 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of ringfencing funding for Buvidal for people released from prison.

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Ministry of Justice: Resignations

22 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prison officers, (b) probation officers, and (c) workers in her Department submitted their resignation in each of the past five years.

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Prisons: Education

14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether New Fair Deal will apply to prison educators transferring from further education colleges to the private sector as a result of

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Prisons: Education

14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether prison educators who transfer from further education colleges to the private sector as a result of new Prison Education Servic

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Prisons: Education

14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, what guidance was given to her Department by (a) HM Treasury and (b) other Departments on the application of New Fair Deal to prison e

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Prisons: Education

14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether it is her expectation that private-sector providers of prison education will apply directly to relevant public-sector pension