Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners with literacy levels below that defined by the 2011 Skills for Life survey as (a) Entry Level 3 and (b) Level 1.
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The Department for Education publishes data on English & Maths assessments undertaken when someone is received into prison. This can be found via the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-education-and-training
Tables for English and maths assessments: participation 2017 to 2018, can be accessed by the following link;