| Heading: |
Prisons: Literacy |
| Question ID: |
1787080 |
| UIN: |
40135 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5317 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Paul Davies
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Paul Davies
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is provided to prison staff to support literacy education. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-27 |
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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: |
Improving literacy education, including reading, is a priority for His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). HMPPS has established a panel of experts to provide advice on effective approaches for teaching reading in prisons. This expert panel in... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |