United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 40134
Prisons: Literacy
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20 March 2025
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27 March 2025 · Answer
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27 March 2025
Summary
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.
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20 March 2025
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
27 March 2025
Answer
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-20/40134
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1787079
- uk · wq-1787079 · source updated 27 March 2025