Prisons: Rehabilitation - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:45 pm on 12 March 2019.

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Photo of Lord Keen of Elie Lord Keen of Elie Lords Spokesperson (Ministry of Justice), The Advocate-General for Scotland 2:45, 12 March 2019

My Lords, the Government are committed to ensuring that prisons are places of rehabilitation, which ultimately reduces reoffending. Evidence suggests that former prisoners who have undertaken learning in prison are materially less likely to reoffend. We are making ambitious reforms to the prison education system to ensure increased offender attendance, routine performance measures, and greater governor responsibility over the commissioning of education.