Prisons: Education and Training

Lord Patel of Bradford Excerpts

Thursday 3rd April 2014 Lords Chamber

[Lord Faulks]

Many steps are being taken. Work is progressing on introducing a new mandatory assessment for all newly received prisoners by OLASS, the Offender Learning and Skills Service providers. This will ensure that all offenders receive a learning assessment focused on English and maths, rather than those who simply go on to learning. NOMS and its partners are working towards implementing better data about sharing arrangements. I should say that intensive maths and English courses are being piloted in prisons, based on a model adopted in the Army, particularly to address prisoners serving short sentences.

[Lord Patel of Bradford (Lab)]

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[Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab)]

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