Oral Question·Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
“Whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the availability of music lessons in state schools.”
Tabled: 13 October 2022Answered: 20 October 2022
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
One of the very first actions of the Government was to accept the Prison Service pay review body’s independent recommendations in full, delivering a pay increase of 5% for prison officers. In addition, we monitor exit interview data and use it to help design interventions to improve retention.