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<p>We set out our intentions in the prisoner Education and Employment Strategy, published
last year. In April 2019, the new prison education contracts commence. The services
these contracts deliver have been chosen by prison governors to ensure that the learning
available to prisoners is both relevant for their own development needs and linked
to labour market information, supporting employment outcomes. The new contracts, and
increased local and national management of the education providers, will provide better
and more immediate information on the quality of the service being delivered and provide
better levers for governors to manage underperformance.</p><p>In addition to these
main contracts, our prison education Dynamic Purchasing System allows prison governors
to commission specific, short-term education provision to meet niche and other learning
needs their prisoners have, or to commission training to address employers’ bespoke
training requirements. This will allow prisoners to take advantage of labour market
opportunities on release.</p>
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