Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government to what extent remand prisoners are denied access to educational courses offered by the Prisoners' Educational Trust and similar bodies; and what assessment they have made of the causes of such services being denied.

Prisoners on remand are entitled to access education should they wish to, however external partners such as charitable organisations will have their own eligibility criteria for those wishing to take advantage of their provision.

It is the policy of the Prisoners’ Education Trust to only permit sentenced prisoners to apply for their courses, this is not something within the control of the Ministry.