Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 40133

Prisoners' Release: Literacy

Tabled: 20 March 2025
Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Paul Davies

LabourColne Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department provides support for prisoners to help them continue improving their literacy skills after release.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
A key aim of His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) prison education service is to support prisoners to develop their functional literacy skills so that they can be fully rehabilitated into society upon release. Prisoners have access to local ...

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