Seema Kennedy
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(8 years, 6 months ago)
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Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con)
11. What steps his Department is taking to improve education in prisons.
Seema Kennedy (South Ribble) (Con)
17. What steps his Department is taking to improve education in prisons.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Andrew Selous)
We want prisons to be places of rigorous education and high ambition. Dame Sally Coates’s review “Unlocking potential” was published last month, and we have accepted all its recommendations in principle. We will be giving control of education budgets to prison governors, so that they can choose their education providers and hold them to account for the service that they give.
Andrew Selous
Again, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. Giving prisoners a second chance to learn to read, become more numerate and get the skills to hold down a job is central to rehabilitation.
Seema Kennedy
What plans are there to enhance the educational programmes at Garth and Wymott prisons in my constituency?