§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice about education and training has been given to prison governors in the past two years beyond that contained in those prison standing orders and circular instructions which appear in the Library.
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§ Mr. MellorSuch additional advice is conveyed in correspondence, during visits (including reviews and assessments) by the Department's professional education and training staff, in regional and national courses, conferences and meetings of various kinds, and by means of inspections of education and training services in individual institutions by HM Inspectorate of Schools and assessments by the prison department's regional teams in which the Department's professional education and training staff participate. The advice is largely concerned with curriculum, programme-building, staffing, equipment, accommodation, finance, organisation and management, and staff in-service training. The LEAs, local colleges of further and adult education, and local public library authorities are associated with this process.