Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 47488

Custodial Treatment: Reading

Tabled: 23 April 2025

Answered: 1 May 2025

Question

Ben Goldsborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was allocated to reading programmes on the secure estate in each of the last 10 financial years.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

All prisons screen prisoners on arrival for reading ability and offer a curriculum with reading as part of the Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2 English courses.Courses delivered under the Prison Education Framework (PEF) include both accredited and non-ac...

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