HC Deb 17 May 1999 vol 331 cc262-3W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisons in England and Wales provide education facilities for teaching reading and writing to inmates; and if he will make a statement. [84397]

Mr. George Howarth

All prisons are required to deliver the Prison Service core curriculum which includes basic educational skills (reading, writing and numbers), English for speakers of other languages, life and social skills and information technology skills.