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Prisoners: Rehabilitation

Question for Ministry of Justice

UIN HL4093, tabled on 15 January 2025

To ask His Majesty's Government what rules regulate the commissioning of training and rehabilitation activities by prison governors.

Answered on

21 January 2025

Public Contracts Regulations (PCR 2015), which are enshrined in the Laws of England and Wales, along with Central Government commercial policies and processes are applied in the commissioning of all contracted-out core training and rehabilitation services in the prisons.

The Prison Governors are also empowered, at a local level, to contract bespoke rehabilitation services through a variety of compliant contracting routes. These contracting services are provided through a central commercial directorate to the prisons within the Ministry of Justice to achieve the best value for money whilst delivering our strategic priority of reducing reoffending.