Lord Falconer of Thoroton – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 2015-11-30.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many literacy courses were enrolled on by offenders assessed as having a literacy need in each year since 2010.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe
The number of offender learners participating in English courses for all academic years where data are available is shown in Table 1. A separate breakdown identifying learners who participated on an English course after being assessed as having a literacy need is not available.
Table 1: Offender Learner Participation in English (2010/11 and 2013/14)
|
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
|
23,980 |
25,220 |
22,620 |
26,080 |
Notes
1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.
Mandatory English and maths assessments for newly-received prisoners (except individuals who have been assessed recently, and those who already have maths and English at Level 2) were introduced from academic year 2014/15. The outcomes for the English education assessments in 2014/15 are published online at the FE Data Library (link below) and attached.
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