Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2020 to Question 119223 on Prison Officers: Coronavirus, whether prison educators are categorised as agency or sessional workers.

Staff delivering educational services under the Prison Education Framework (PEF) and Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) contracts are directly employed by 3^rd parties who are contracted to deliver these services. As such, they are not considered to be either HMPPS, agency or sessional staff.