Official Statistics

Prison Education Statistics 2019 - 2020

Overview of education in prison, covering assessment, participation, achievement and offenders� demographics in England.

Applies to England

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Details

Prison Education Statistics 2019 - 20 is based on data collected through the new Curious database which covers prisoner initial assessments, participation and achievement in courses. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappse are analysed by course level and prisoner characteristics, including learning difficulty / disability.

Prisoner Education statistical tables for 2018 - 19 contain data based on the old Offender Learning Skills Service (OLASS) system. This is the final year data were collected through OLASS before switching to Curious.

Pre-release list

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Prison Education Statistics report is produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff.

Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons at Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS):

Assistant Private Secretary x 2; Chief Press Officer; Deputy Director and Chief Statistician; Deputy Director, Reducing Reoffending - HMPPS; Deputy Private Secretary; Digital learning and data officer; Head of Custodial Contracts; Head of Digital Learning; Head of Education; Head of Education contracts; Head of Future Prison Policy; Head of People Performance; HMPPS Reducing Reoffending Strategic and Delivery Programme Lead; Operational Researcher x 2; Policy Advisor; Policy Lead; Press officer x 2; Prison Education Senior Contract Manager; Prison Performance analyst; Private Secretary; Senior Policy Advisor; Senior Press Officer x 2; Senior statisticial officer x 2; Service Users Equalities Performance Lead;

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Published 5 August 2021

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