§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on education in prison in each of the last five years. [124035]
§ Paul Goggins[holding answer 7 July 2003]: Budgets for education in prisons have been ring-fenced from 2001 and managed by the Offenders' Learning and Skills Unit (OLSU) based in the Department for Education and Skills. Against OLSU's main programme budget, which funds teaching and induction hours, libraries and the cost of education materials, spend was £56.7 million in 2001–02 and £65.7 in 2002–03. These figures includes £5 million each year to the youth Justice Board.