Prisons: Education

(asked on 16th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 98913 on Prisons: Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of changes made to staffing complements by Prison Education Framework providers.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 24th November 2020

Since the introduction of restrictions due to Covid-19 we have been working with all Prison Education Framework (PEF) and Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) providers to support prisons. This has allowed us to enable learning to continue via in cell activity, distraction material and learning packs. PEF providers are submitting revised curriculum plans, in consultation with each establishment, to ensure delivery of their services during this difficult time and to meet the needs of their learners.

As previously stated, all PEF providers are contracted to provide a service and, so long as they provide this, the staffing of the service and the PEF providers’ management of their staff is a matter for them and not the MoJ.

All PEF provider delivery and performance is regularly monitored via monthly and quarterly management meetings. Any variation of service delivery, for whatever reason, will be challenged at all levels via these meetings.

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