Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood, published on 16 November 2021, what steps he is taking to help ensure that there is improvement in access to sufficient hours of education at HMYOI Cookham Wood; and if he will establish a timescale for such improvement.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Ministry of Justice is currently preparing an action plan which will be published in due course in response to the HMIP inspection report on HMYOI Cookham Wood. The plan will set out steps being taken to address the issues identified including those to reduce violence and providing children with more access to education.
Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) I am grateful to Stella Creasy in another place, who has championed the cause of young people at risk - Speech Link
2: None As the noble Lord, Lord Young, mentioned, I will focus my remarks on Amendment 51. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) Women and young people are often the target of violence, sometimes with catastrophic consequences. - Speech Link
4: Lord Paddick (LDEM - Life peer) certain circumstances, as the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, so clearly set out.Again, this needs - Speech Link
5: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend Lord Young of Cookham for setting out the case for these - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Sep. 24 2021
Inquiry: Prison EducationFound: Education Committee Oral evidence: Prison Education , HC 86 Tuesday 21 September 2021 Ordered
Oral Evidence Sep. 24 2021
Inquiry: Prison EducationFound: Education Committee Oral evidence: Prison Education , HC 86 Tuesday 21 September 2021 Ordered
Oct. 19 2021
Source Page: PSPRB Twentieth report on England and Wales 2021Found: Offender Institution xHer Majesty™s Prison and Probation Service in England and Wales and our remit
Oct. 19 2021
Source Page: PSPRB Twentieth report on England and Wales 2021Found: Offender Institution xHer Majesty™s Prison and Probation Service in England and Wales and our remit
Jul. 20 2021
Source Page: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons annual report: 2020 to 2021Found: We inspect: Ł adult men™s and women™s prisons in England and Wales Ł young offender institutions (YOIs
Sep. 16 2021
Source Page: Youth Justice Board Annual Report and Accounts, 2020 to 2021Found: and Crime Commissioners and mayoral officeschildren’s services, and their partners i.e. health, education
Sep. 16 2021
Source Page: Youth Justice Board Annual Report and Accounts, 2020 to 2021Found: and Crime Commissioners and mayoral offices Ł children™s services, and their partners i.e. health, education
Found: The government committed in December 2016 to phase out child prisons (juvenile young offender institutions