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Prisoners: Learning Disability

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 10 February 2026UIN 110000

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in the prison population are deemed to have a learning difficulty.

Answered by Jake Richards

The data we hold is for public sector prisons in England only (education in Wales is a devolved responsibility) and is limited to prisoners who have undertaken an assessment of educational standard prior to enrolment on an education course, rather than the population as a whole. It can be found via the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-education-and-accredited-programme-statistics-2024-to-2025/prison-education-and-accredited-programme-statistics-2024-2025.

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