Question follow-through · 128317
Prisons: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of recent changes to planned core education hours in public sector prisons on its compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of recent changes to planned core education hours in public sector prisons on its compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty.
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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23 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Department complies with the ongoing Public Sector Equality Duty to have due regard to the potential equality impacts of decisions to make changes to the provision of education in prisons at both a national and local level. Changes to planned core edu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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