| Heading: |
Prisons: Literacy |
| Question ID: |
1787081 |
| UIN: |
40136 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5317 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Paul Davies
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Paul Davies
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of literacy programs in prisons. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-27 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4056 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sir Nicholas Dakin
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| Answer text: |
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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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |