Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the proportions of eligible prison population that have (a) completed a course below level 2, (b) completed a course at level 2 or higher, (c) completed an initial (i) Maths and (ii) English assessment, (d) achieved a grade in a functional skills course and (e) completed an accredited programme as of July 2023.

Because of the complex relationship between data on education outcomes and prison population statistics, it is not possible to provide this information in the form requested.

We do, however, publish data on the number of courses and programmes completed and the number of assessments undertaken. The most recent publication is at: Prison Education and Accredited Programme Statistics 2021 - 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). We plan to publish the data for 2022-23 in September.