Prisoners: Qualifications

(asked on 3rd February 2015) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many prisoners completed AS and A level courses or their equivalents under the Offender Learning and Skills Service contract in prison in each year since 2010.


Answered by
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Nick Boles
This question was answered on 10th February 2015

Table 1 shows the number of offenders aged 18 and over who achieved in A Level, AS Level and other Level 3 learning from 2010/11 to 2013/14.

Table 1. Adult (18+) FE & Skills – Offender Learning Achievements (2010/11 to 2013/14) – Learner Volumes

Academic Year

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Achievements

70,300

71,900

68,400

79,700

of which:

Level 3

1,200

1,200

1,400

600

A Levels

-

-

-

-

AS Levels

10

-

-

10

Notes

1) ‘-’ Indicates a base value of less than 5.

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