Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 67314

Prisons: Education

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025

Question

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether prison educators who transfer from further education colleges to the private sector as a result of new Prison Education Servic

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
I can confirm that staff transferring from further education colleges to the private sector will have access to (a) the Local Government Pension Scheme and (b) the Teachers' Pension Scheme.