Member

That said, I assure the Committee that we are not standing still. In the last financial year, more than 50,000 prisoners participated in education courses. Although all noble Lords are aware that we are under pressure on delivering education, we have a slight increase in funding of 3%. One of my priorities is to make sure that we get our classrooms full. We also develop the work of purposeful activity and workshops. Across the prison estate, thousands of prisoners are engaged in work every day in our own prison industries, which build skills for working life.