HC Deb 11 January 1993 vol 216 cc597-8W
Mr. Tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many potential contractors have bid to provide prison education services in 1993–94; how many bids are from local education authorities; and how many are from colleges of further education.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

A total of 155 bids have been received to provide future education services in one or a number of prison establishments. Of these, 121 are from colleges and institutions of further education, 30 from private sector organisations and four from local education authorities.

Mr. Tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of the consultancy study undertaken into the prison education service by staff from Coombe Lodge and others, earlier in the current year.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to a question from the hon. Member for Wallsend (Mr. Byers) on 23 November 1992,Official Report, column 476.

Mr. Tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by individual prison establishment which contractor has been successful in winning the bid to provide education services in 1993–94.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The contracts for the provision of educational services in prisons and young offender institutions from 1 April 1993 have not yet been let.

Mr. Tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the budgets on a constant price basis for the prison education service for the financial years 1991–92, 1992–93 and the proposed budget for 1993–94.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Expenditure on prison education services in England and Wales is shown in the table, at 1991–92 prices.

1991–92 £ million 1992–93 £ million 1993–94 £ million
29.5 Outturn 30.4 Budget 30.9 Provisional budget