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Commons Chamber
Lesbian Visibility Week - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) which was very important for people like me, but we also banned discrimination in the workplace and in vocational - Speech Link
2: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) armed forces, serving to keep our country safe; in medicine, helping us to make medical advances; in education - Speech Link

Written Question
Prisons: Education and Training
Thursday 25th April 2024

Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) educational and (b) vocational training opportunities are not reduced in prisons; and whether he plans to use those training opportunities to help reduce prison overcrowding.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Education is key for reducing reoffending and research indicates that prison education reduces reoffending by 9 percentage points. In September 2023, we set out our plans to deliver an improved Prison Education Service that will support more prisoners to improve their literacy and numeracy and increase the number of prison leavers employed on release.

Over the past 12 months we have seen a sustained delivery in the number vocational courses undertaken by prisoners following increases to 95,000. To ensure the right education and vocational training opportunities are available across prisons we have:

  • Introduced new Head of Education Skills and Work roles in every prison to provide tailored education plans to meet the needs of their jail.
  • Enabled the first ever prisoner apprenticeships in catering and construction through ground-breaking partnerships with Greene King, Kier and Clipper, with talks underway to open up apprenticeships in other industries.
  • Recruited Neurodiversity Support Managers in every prison to support offenders with neurodivergent needs in accessing education, skills and work opportunities within the prison.
  • Launched a Future Skills programme to train up over 2,000 offenders over the next two years in vital industries such as scaffolding and electrics, before linking them up with employers in the local community and guaranteeing interviews on release.
  • We are investing £16 million to test new ways of increasing workshop activity to get prisoners work-ready and improve labour supply.
  • £1.8 million in the Literacy Innovation Fund which is delivering pilots in 15 prisons targeting those with low literacy levels.

I am pleased to say that we have seen positive outcomes in employment in support of our work to make best use of prison capacity. The proportion of prison leavers in employment six months after release has more than doubled in the two years to March 2023, from 14% to over 30%and between 2011/12 and 2021/22, the overall proven reoffending rate has decreased from 31.3% to 25.2%.

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Education and Skills Funding Agency

Apr. 24 2024

Source Page: ESFA Update: 24 April 2024
Document: ESFA Update: 24 April 2024 (webpage)

Found: Correspondence ESFA Update: 24 April 2024 Latest information and actions from the Education

Select Committee
Carers Trust, St George’s University of London, Alek-Zander Chullan-Hoyte, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, and Department for Work and Pensions

Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024

Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: What we would like to see is more awareness, first on the education side in further education, universities

Select Committee
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
 ECL0057 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors

Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: ECL0057 - Education and Careers in Land-based Sectors Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Written Evidence

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Education and Skills Funding Agency

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: Complaints about post 16 education and training provision funded by ESFA
Document: Complaints about post 16 education and training provision funded by ESFA (webpage)

Found: Complaints about post 16 education and training provision funded by ESFA

Select Committee
Department for Education, Department for Education, and Centre for Economic Performance

Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: Skills for the future: apprenticeships and training
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Industry and Regulators Committee

Found: Department for Education, Department for Education, and Centre for Economic Performance Oral Evidence

Select Committee
UK Government
 CRG0004 - City Region and Growth Deals

Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: City Region and Growth Deals
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: apprenticeships; 870 skills and training opportunities; 102 actions to support local businesses; 222 additional vocational

Deposited Papers

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.
Document: 023.Building_the_Claimant_Commitment_V13.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: work -related activities and skills Appointee cases Claimant skills • Essential skills • Vocational

Deposited Papers

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: I. Universal Credit guidance April 2024 [update of previous guidance, deposited Oct 2023, DEP2023-0791]. 204 docs. II. Letter dated 15/04/2023 from Jo Churchill MP to to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents for deposit in the House libraries. Incl. file list at Annex 1. 9p.
Document: 026.Care_leavers_V18.0.pdf (PDF)

Found: Support for care leavers Advanced claim preparation for a care leaver Full time non -advanced education