Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

“What steps her Department is taking to support school pupils with their education recovery.”

Tabled: 22 November 2022Answered: 28 November 2022

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

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

We took immediate action to prevent the collapse of the prison system by implementing SDS40. We are building 14,000 new prison places and have published our 10-year capacity strategy. We have launched an independent sentencing review, so that we never run out of prison places again.