Offenders: Literacy
(asked on 30th November 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many literacy courses were enrolled on by offenders assessed as having a literacy need in each year since 2010.
The number of offender learners participating in English courses for all academic years where data are available is shown in Table 1. A separate breakdown identifying learners who participated on an English course after being assessed as having a literacy need is not available.
Table 1: Offender Learner Participation in English (2010/11 and 2013/14)
2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
23,980 | 25,220 | 22,620 | 26,080 |
Notes
1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.
Mandatory English and maths assessments for newly-received prisoners (except individuals who have been assessed recently, and those who already have maths and English at Level 2) were introduced from academic year 2014/15. The outcomes for the English education assessments in 2014/15 are published online at the FE Data Library (link below) and attached.