Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

What steps he is taking to provide a long-term solution to social care.

Tabled: 12 January 2022Answered: 18 January 2022

Asked by

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)

My hon. Friend asks a good question. In England, prison education contracts are awarded following a rigorous commercial process that awards providers on merit. I understand that PeoplePlus has been awarded education contracts for Scottish prisons, but that would be a matter for the Scottish Government.