11 Edward Timpson debates involving the Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Edward Timpson Excerpts
Tuesday 31st January 2012

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jonathan Djanogly Portrait Mr Djanogly
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We have seen the King’s college figures, and we do not agree with them. The fact of the matter is that we have published full impact assessments, and we stand by them.

Edward Timpson Portrait Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich) (Con)
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More than half of male prisoners and almost three quarters of female prisoners have no qualifications at all. What efforts are being made, through the training of prison officers, to raise awareness of the importance and availability of prison education in our prisons?

Crispin Blunt Portrait Mr Blunt
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We have recently re-let the offender learning and skills contracts, which are funded through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. That is about £157 million worth of education which is being put into skilling-up offenders, not least so that they can then take part in our work in prisons strategy and we can get much more effective and economic use of prisoner time in prison—with enormous benefits for them on release.