Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jeremy Wright and Pauline Latham

Tuesday 19th March 2013 Commons Chamber

[Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con)]

T5. What progress has been made on the Secretary of State’s plans to introduce a greater emphasis on education into the youth custodial estate?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Jeremy Wright)]

My hon. Friend will know that we are consulting on the idea that we should provide more education for those in youth custody than is currently provided. We are looking for good ideas—from wherever they may come—on how that might be done better, but she is entirely right: education needs to form more of a part of what we do. We have a responsibility to educate these young people, and doing so more effectively will assist in reducing reoffending.