Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2016 to Question 28130, on Feltham Young Offenders Institution: education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the average weekly hours of education and PE to the minimum requirement; and what assessment his Department has made of when that requirement is likely to be met.

Although youth crime is down, reoffending rates are far too high and the care and supervision of young offenders is custody is not good enough.

That is why the Justice Secretary has asked Charlie Taylor to conduct a review of youth justice. He will report back later this year with recommendations on how to improve the treatment of young people in our care.

Interim findings suggest the youth justice system would be more effective and better able to rehabilitate young people if education was at its heart. Smaller, local, secure schools would draw on educational and behavioural expertise to rehabilitate children and give them the skills they need to thrive on release. We welcome these initial findings and look forward to the final report of the review in the summer.