HC Deb 23 November 1990 vol 181 c245W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many GCSE examinations were sat by prisoners in Her Majesty's prisons in the last academic year; if the national curriculum is to be applied to education in prisons; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Rumbold

A total of 666 GCSE examinations were sat by prisoners in 1989–90. Prison service establishments will, as far as possible, apply the national curriculum.