Question follow-through · 99076

Remand in Custody: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration his department has given to making remand prisoners eligible for a) educational programmes and b) offender behaviour programmes.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
17 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration his department has given to making remand prisoners eligible for a) educational programmes and b) offender behaviour programmes.

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring that individuals held on custody, including those on remand, have access to appropriate rehabilitative and educational support while in prison.Remand prisoners are eligible to access core education provisio...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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