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Youth Custody: Education and Training

Volume 469: debated on Tuesday 11 December 2007

19. To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to improve the access of young people in custody to education and training; and if he will make a statement. (172677)

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families announced that we will consult in the new year on whether and how local authorities should lead on education and training in custody. This would mean that for the first time young people in custody would have access to education services that are consistent with what happens in schools, colleges and wider providers across the country.