Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 110000
Prisoners: Learning Disability
Tabled: 2 February 2026
Answered: 10 February 2026
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in the prison population are deemed to have a learning difficulty.
Answer
Jake RichardsThe data we hold is for public sector prisons in England only (education in Wales is a devolved responsibility) and is limited to prisoners who have undertaken an assessment of educational standard prior to enrolment on an education course, rather than th...
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