Home Department written question – answered at on 18 April 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the provision of library services on the prison estate.
The Government have developed an enhanced offender library, Learning and Information Service to realise our intention to provide offenders in custody with a range of services equivalent to those found in public libraries in the outside community. A new library specification will be available throughout England and Wales from April 2006 supported by increased funding from £3,580,194 in 2004–05 to over £6,000,000 in 2006–07.
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