Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of education in prisons; and if he will make a statement.

Increasing numbers of prisoners are engaged in learning but Ofsted Inspections confirm that one in five prisons has an inadequate standard of education provision and another two fifths require improvement. This is why I have asked Dame Sally Coates to chair a review of the quality of education in prisons.