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1132591

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid from the public purse to Staffline Group Plc for the provision of education services in prisons in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	265533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>PeoplePlus, a subsidiary of Staffline Group PLC, were awarded contracts worth the following for providing prison education services over the last three years:</p><p><strong>Aug 2016 – Jul 2017:</strong> £11.246m</p><p><strong>Aug 2017 – Jul 2018:</strong> £11.246m</p><p><strong>Aug 2018 – Mar 2019:</strong> £7.498m*</p><p><em>*This period ended when new prison education contracts commenced on 1 April 2019.</em></p><p> </p><p>PeoplePlus are (with effect from 1 April 2019) delivering education services in HMP Bedford; HMP Littlehey; HMP &amp; YOI Norwich; HMP Bure; HMP Wayland; HMP Leicester; HMP Onley; HMP Lincoln; HMP North Sea Camp; HMP Whatton; HMP The Mount; HMP &amp; YOI Chelmsford; HMP Warren Hill; HMP &amp; YOI Hollesley Bay; HMP Highpoint; HMP Nottingham; HMP Ranby; HMP Stocken; HMP Sudbury; HMP &amp; YOI Foston Hall; and HMP Drake Hall.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 265534 question first answered 25/06/2019 15:38:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1132592

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons Staffline Group Plc provides education services.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	265534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>PeoplePlus, a subsidiary of Staffline Group PLC, were awarded contracts worth the following for providing prison education services over the last three years:</p><p><strong>Aug 2016 – Jul 2017:</strong> £11.246m</p><p><strong>Aug 2017 – Jul 2018:</strong> £11.246m</p><p><strong>Aug 2018 – Mar 2019:</strong> £7.498m*</p><p><em>*This period ended when new prison education contracts commenced on 1 April 2019.</em></p><p> </p><p>PeoplePlus are (with effect from 1 April 2019) delivering education services in HMP Bedford; HMP Littlehey; HMP &amp; YOI Norwich; HMP Bure; HMP Wayland; HMP Leicester; HMP Onley; HMP Lincoln; HMP North Sea Camp; HMP Whatton; HMP The Mount; HMP &amp; YOI Chelmsford; HMP Warren Hill; HMP &amp; YOI Hollesley Bay; HMP Highpoint; HMP Nottingham; HMP Ranby; HMP Stocken; HMP Sudbury; HMP &amp; YOI Foston Hall; and HMP Drake Hall.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 265533 question first answered 25/06/2019 15:38:44 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1134990

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 262421 on prisoners: education, how his Department assesses the range of courses that should be delivered without collecting information on the courses the Parole Board recommends prisoners complete.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	269805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) plans the provision of accredited programmes by obtaining a national overview of demand, and more local analyses to understand demand at sites in order to plan provision. This enables us to identify a demand above supply, for example where the Parole Board is limiting progression due to a lack of provision, we are able to identify this and make changes to the provision.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of HMPPS, not the Parole Board, to assess the suitability and eligibility of offenders for accredited programmes as part of their wider sentence plan. We have a wide range of accredited programmes for prisoners to attend where they are identified as suitable. We always try to ensure that courses are available to prisoners at a suitable time in their sentence.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 04/07/2019 15:57:22 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137181

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of one-year contracts on the (a) quality and (b) oversight of education in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>It remains our intention to undertake a full future assessment of the impact of our prison education reforms in due course. This will include the particular impact of the Prison Education Framework and prison education Dynamic Purchasing System.</p><p> </p><p>The Education and Employment Strategy, published in May 2018, set out ambitious plans to give prison governors power and control over the education arrangements in their establishments. The Prison Education Framework and prison education Dynamic Purchasing System are key elements of that reform, enabling a governor to determine what their curriculum is, how it is delivered and who delivers it.</p><p> </p><p>These arrangements will ensure a tailored and consistent approach to delivery as well as attracting and enabling smaller local suppliers and third sector organisation to participate in delivering a varied and responsive mix of provision to prisoners.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/07/2019 16:49:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140309

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 273816 on Prisons: Education, what the value by lot is of Dynamic Purchasing System contracts awarded to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	279099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The 17 Lots in the Prison Education Framework (PEF) have awarded the following cumulative values of contracts under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System (PEDPS) as at 19/07/2019.</p><p> </p><ul><li>Lot 01 - Avon &amp; South Dorset - £519,011.08</li><li>Lot 02 - Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire &amp; Norfolk - £429,911.68</li><li>Lot 03 - Cumbria &amp; Lancashire - £334,311.67</li><li>Lot 04 - Devon &amp; North Dorset – No contracts awarded currently</li><li>Lot 05 - East Midlands &amp; Morton Hall - £291,421.86</li><li>Lot 06 - Gt Manchester, Merseyside &amp; Cheshire - £786,416.84</li><li>Lot 07 - Hertfordshire, Essex &amp; Suffolk - £ 543,250.00</li><li>Lot 08 - Kent, Surrey &amp; Sussex - £1,625,170.20</li><li>Lot 09 – London - £19,100.00</li><li>Lot 10 - Long Term High Security North - £311,744.91</li><li>Lot 11 - Long Term High Security South - £242,380.99</li><li>Lot 12 - North Midlands - £6,840.00</li><li>Lot 13 - South Central - £311,959.91</li><li>Lot 14 - Tees &amp; Wear - £1,322,253.00</li><li>Lot 15 - West Midlands - £76,315.00</li><li>Lot 16 - Women’s Estate North - £203,702.00</li><li>Lot 17 – Yorkshire - £630,991.15</li></ul><p>We have overhauled the prison education system and implemented a new Prison Education Framework. Under the new system, governors control their budget, including the power to choose providers and deliver learning that will best support their prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>Our Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), an innovation that brings in bespoke and short-term provision, is already proving popular, with over 230 providers signed up and over 20 contracts already awarded by governors.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/07/2019 11:28:53 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140310

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 273816 on Prisons: Education, which providers have been awarded Dynamic Purchasing System contracts to date.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	279100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>A total of 92 contracts have been awarded to 46 Suppliers under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System as at 19/07/2019.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts have been awarded to the following organisations:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>5 Step Startup School Ltd</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acorn Training Ltd</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Advanced Personnel Management Group (UK) Limited</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adviza Partnership</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age UK Nottingham &amp; Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Astara Trianing Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beating Time (also known as &quot;Choirs Beating Time&quot;)</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire and Luton Education Business Partnership (Trading as Develop)</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Career Connect - Duplicate registration</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cathedral Training Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Changing Lives</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester College Group</p></td><td><p>x5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Arts Projects UK</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cronin Music Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CXK Limited</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First Point Training</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fusion21 Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geese Theatre Company</p></td><td><p>x3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLA Group</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Good Vibrations</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillsbridge Services limited</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>InHouse Records</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Karen Mackey Consultants</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Life Cycle UK</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln College Group</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LTE Group (Trading as Novus)</p></td><td><p>x12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Magistra Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mainstream Training</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes College</p></td><td><p>x8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>mybe awards Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>n-ergy Group Limited</p></td><td><p>x4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N-Gaged Training &amp; Recruitment Ltd</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prospects Services</p></td><td><p>x5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RiseUp CiC</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RMF Construction Training Academy Ltd.</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seetec Business Technology Cente Limited</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SevenThreeOne</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sharon Hardy IAG and Employment Services Adviser</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Giles Trust</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Standguide Ltd</p></td><td><p>x3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Forward Trust</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Growth Company Ltd</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Junction 42 Foundation</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TKO &quot;Training, Knowledge &amp; Opportunities&quot; Limited</p></td><td><p>x2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>User Voice</p></td><td><p>x1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston College</p></td><td><p>x3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We have overhauled the prison education system and implemented a new Prison Education Framework. Under the new system, governors control their budget, including the power to choose providers and deliver learning that will best support their prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>Our Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), an innovation that brings in bespoke and short-term provision, is already proving popular, with over 230 providers signed up and over 20 contracts already awarded by governors.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/07/2019 11:34:03 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137039

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison education is provided under the dynamic purchasing system in each prison.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Under the new model for education delivery for prisons in England, which went live on 1 April 2019, prison managers are responsible for decision-making about their curriculum, how it is organised and who delivers it. The information requested is held by each prison individually and could only therefore be provided at disproportionate cost</p><p> </p><p>The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) enables Governors to commission innovative, specialist or one-off education provision for their establishment. The DPS is an electronic system used to purchase commonly used goods and services. Unlike traditional frameworks which are closed to new entrants for their duration the DPS allows suppliers to apply to join or decide to leave at any time during its term.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:53:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140311

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 273816, how enabling a governor to determine (a) what the curriculum is, (b) how it is delivered, and (c) who delivers it will ensure a consistent approach to delivery.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	279101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Governor autonomy over curriculum and budget was a key recommendation of Dame Sally Coates’ review of prison education in 2016, alongside other recommendations to ensure high standards across the estate. The Government has taken these recommendations on board and taken steps to further improve the consistency of education and training across the prison estate, whilst at the same time providing more autonomy for governors.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 April 2019, we introduced a new Prison Education and Library Services Policy Framework in England that outlines the elements of service delivery that governors are duty bound to follow to ensure consistency. This includes, but is not limited to; mandatory assessments in maths and English for all prisoners, screening for Learning Difficulties and Disabilities (LDD) and ensuring that staff delivering learning receive effective Continuing Professional Development.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have introduced a new core common curriculum of English, maths, ICT and English for speakers of other languages. We have also appointed four Common Awarding Organisations (City &amp; Guilds; OCR; WAMITAB and Gateway Qualifications) in seven subjects. This means that a prisoner who starts a qualification in one prison will be able to complete it at another, rather than starting again as they move across the prison estate. This will also enable prisoners to follow their personal learning plan throughout the prison estate.</p><p> </p><p>Standards and consistency will ultimately be ensured through robust, regular inspections by Ofsted, which holds prisons to the same standards as mainstream further education provision and an accountability measure, which is under development.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:45:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1144477

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to improve education in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	286218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Since the publication of the Education and Employment Strategy last year, we have overhauled the prison education system, giving governors control over their education budgets and have implemented a new approach to education provision</p><p>These fundamentally change how prison education is delivered. Governors now have the tools, and budget, to commission the education provision that best meets the needs of their prisoners and the local labour market.</p><p>To complement the Prison Education Framework which provides core education, we have developed a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). This enables governors to commission bespoke education often from smaller suppliers, local and third sector organisations. This will enhance governors’ ability to find the training most responsive to employers’ requirements and most appropriate for prisoners’ learning needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/09/2019 16:07:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1148892

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many dynamic purchasing system contracts for education have been entered into by each prison since 1 April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) contracts entered into since 1st April 2019 and the total value of DPS contracts entered into since 1st April 2019, by prison, is provided in the attached table.</p><p>As set out in the Education and Employment Strategy in May last year, significant changes to the delivery arrangements for prison education took full effect from April 2019. From that point, governors took control of their establishment’s education budget, determined the curriculum on offer and how it is structured and organised, and decided who their education providers will be.</p><p>Prison governors commission core and bespoke education provision through two new routes: the Prison Education Framework (PEF) and the prison education DPS. The DPS enables governors to commission innovative, specialist or one-off education provision for their establishment.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 212 question first answered 22/10/2019 16:46:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Copy of PQs 211 212 - Contract information by Prison April 2019 (002).xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain