United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 99077
Prisoners: Loans
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10 December 2025
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17 December 2025 · Answer
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17 December 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his department will work with the Department for Education to legislate to allow prisoners to obtain a student loan more than 6 years from their earliest release date.
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10 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his department will work with the Department for Education to legislate to allow prisoners to obtain a student loan more than 6 years from their earliest release date.
Source: Commons
17 December 2025
Answer
The Ministry of Justice is committed to enabling prisoners to access higher education while in custody and, alongside HMPPS, works with partners such as the Prisoners Education Trust and the Open University to widen access to higher education for prisoner...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-10/99077
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1862836
- uk · wq-1862836 · source updated 17 December 2025