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Prisons: Education

Question for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UIN 223043, tabled on 3 February 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what types of learning beyond level 1 and 2 courses are available to prisoners.

Answered on

10 February 2015

Under the Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) arrangements, vocational and other courses at Level 3 are available to adults in prisons across England.

In addition to OLASS provision, higher education is also available. Most prisoners who study at that level do so via the Open University.

Answered by

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills