Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck on 2015-12-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many non-remand prisoners are classified a illiterate; and how many such prisoners there were in each prison in each of the last 10 years.
Nick Boles
There is no formal definition for illiteracy but English at Level 2 is defined as the desirable level for day-to-day life. Mandatory English and maths assessments for newly-received prisoners (except individuals who have been assessed recently, and those who already have maths and English at Level 2) were introduced from academic year 2014/15. The outcomes for the English education assessments in 2014/15 are published online at the FE Data Library (link below).
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