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Remove the six-year funding requirement to enable all prisoners to access higher education
Recommendation
Access to higher education should be based on rehabilitative potential, not sentence length. We repeat the recommendation of the previous Education Select Committee and encourage the Government to remove the six-year funding requirement to enable all prisoners to access higher education. (Recommendation, Paragraph 171)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 30 January 2026. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.
Source
Committee
Justice Committee
Report
7th Report – Ending the cycle of reoffending – part one: rehabilitation in prisons
14 Nov 2025
HC 469
Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Justice
Timeline
Recommendation age
0.8 yr
Report published
14 Nov 2025