Oral Answers to Questions

Duncan Hames Excerpts

Tuesday 17th March 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order.

[Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD)]

There are 6,100 tariff-expired offenders serving indeterminate sentences, at a cost, I estimate, of £200 million annually. What are Ministers doing to ensure access to courses in prisons to facilitate offenders’ timely rehabilitation?

[Andrew Selous]

I can tell my hon. Friend that we are improving significantly the amount of work and education in prisons. As the Secretary of State said, the number of qualifications has increased, and the number of courses is increasing as well. We will keep a focus on this important area.