Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of hours spent in education, purposeful activity and association by inmates of HM Feltham Young Offenders Institution since 2010.

I am committed to improving the education offer and tailoring it to the individual needs of young people. This will include ensuring that there is sufficient time in the day for access to vocational activities, sports, and health and behavioural interventions as well as academic education. We are working with education providers and YOI sites to improve flexibility of provision within the 30 hour week, to drive delivery of a wide range of activities alongside traditional classroom based learning.

Across both sites at Feltham, there are more than 100 prison officers currently in training – with the first new officers beginning to arrive on the landings this month. This will help to provide better access to education and get young people engaged in meaningful activities which will help them to turn away from crime.