United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 100715
Prisons: Higher Education
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16 December 2025
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23 December 2025 · Answer
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Education
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23 December 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are participating in higher education courses.
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16 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are participating in higher education courses.
Source: Commons
23 December 2025
Answer
According to the Open University, as of 18 December 2025, there are 1,486 students who are currently in custody enrolled on Open University higher education programmes for the 2025/26 academic year, and a further 413 on licence in the community, totalling...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-16/100715
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1864929
- uk · wq-1864929 · source updated 23 December 2025