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Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of the Prison Education Service Core Education contracts between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of the Prison Education Service Core Education contracts between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Prison Education Budget has not been reduced but increased costs mean that many prisons will experience a reduction in core-contract provision.The value of the Prisoner Education Framework contracts between 01 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 was £138 mil...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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