Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 40134

Prisons: Literacy

Tabled: 20 March 2025

Answered: 27 March 2025

Question

Paul Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to (a) measure and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of literacy programs in prisons.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin

We have robust evidence on the positive benefits of education to reducing reoffending, however, we don’t have specific evidence for the link between literacy levels and reoffending. We are currently improving our understanding of factors influencing parti...

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