Prison Education

Inquiry by the Education Committee, 19 November 2020 to 20 October 2022. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• First report - Not just another brick in the wall: why prisoners need an education to climb the ladder of opportunity (18 May 2022)
• Second Special Report - Not just another brick in the wall: why prisoners need an education to climb the ladder of opportunity: Government response to the Committee’s First Report (27 September 2022)

Evidence sessions

• : Rod Clark, Coates Review; Peter Stanford, Coates Review; Dame Sally Coates DBE
• 25 May 2021: Simon Ashworth, Association of Employment and Learning Providers; David Hughes, Association of Colleges
• 25 May 2021: Lisa Capper MBE, NACRO; Shereen Lawrence, St Giles Trust; Julian Smith, Bounce Back
• 8 June 2021: Michala Robertson, Open University; Stephen Johnson, Prison Governors Association; Francesca Cooney, Prisoner Learning Alliance; Peter Dawson, Prison Reform Trust
• 21 September 2021: Peter Cox, Novus; Sally Alexander, Milton Keynes College; Andrea Greer, Weston College; Sophie Sterling, People Plus
• 21 September 2021: Matthew Coffey, Ofsted; Paul Joyce, Ofsted
• 2 November 2021: Jonathan Gilbert; Kiri Jolliffe; Femi Laryea-Adekimi; David Breakspear; Ben Leapman
• 14 December 2021: Darren Burns, Timpson; Ted Rosner, Redemption Roasters; Sasha Simmonds, O’Neill & Brennan; Tony Hughes, Williams Homes
• 18 January 2022: Ministry of Justice; Department for Education; HMPPS; Department for Education