Lord Cormack
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Lord Bellamy (Con)
My Lords, the Government currently spend about £125 million a year on the core programme and a further £30 million on special development strategies. In relation to the future, we are developing new contracts from 2025, and I am sure the question of the budget will arise in that context.
Lord Cormack (Con)
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Blower, made the point about rehabilitation being so vital. Can my noble and learned friend publish statistics to show the variable reoffending rates between those who do not get qualifications and various other things from education in prison, and those who do? I think this could be very interesting and salutary information.
Lord Bellamy (Con)
My Lords, the Government are committed to improving the statistics in this area, and I will investigate whether we can publish that further information.