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From The Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP
  • The Department for Education has today (30 January) announced a new framework which will help ensure high quality teaching and improve pupil outcomes.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • £1.5million investment for mental health support, new guidance for schools to prevent bullying of staff and steps to ease teacher workload have been announced.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Consultation launched to shape the development of the new Advanced British Standard as part of the Prime Minister’s priority to deliver a world class education.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • 29% of children scored full marks in their Multiplication Table Check in 2023, up from 27% in 2022.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Vast new ’no-fly zones’ will be enforced over all prisons in England and Wales to crack down on gangs using drones to smuggle drugs, phones and weapons that drive criminality behind bars.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • HMP Woodhill will take urgent action to improve safety, security and living conditions including specialist psychological staff to support prisoners at risk of self-harm.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Overhaul of learning behind bars to include specialist teaching staff, apprenticeships and digital reading tools.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The Ministry of Justice has launched a major new advertising campaign to tackle recruitment and retention, by showing the reality of life as prison and probation officers.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Offenders will be put to work to pay back the communities they have harmed as part of a week-long nationwide clean-up of Britain’s coastline.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has today (25 August 2023) outlined a package of urgent reforms to improve safety, rehabilitation and performance at HMP Bristol.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The former Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre is set to reopen as a Category C men’s prison, in the latest of a string of measures to boost jail capacity, Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has announced today.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Stricter rules to govern how police use cautions will ensure they should only be used for minor, first-time offences under a new code of practice published today (2 August).

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • A record number of offenders at risk of homelessness will be temporarily housed in basic accommodation as part of a national initiative to cut crime, Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has announced.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Hundreds of prisoners are being encouraged to take jobs in the retail and logistics sector on release to plug skills gaps in entry level roles, helping reduce reoffending while supporting businesses.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Thousands of prisoners vulnerable to addiction, mental health issues or homelessness will no longer be released on Fridays as a new Bill to reduce reoffending becomes law today (29 June 2023).

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • A further 160 new modular prison cells designed to quickly boost jail capacity and keep the public safe are set to open at HMP Hollesley Bay in Suffolk next week.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • £15 million for services that work with women in the justice system.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has today (26 May 2023) outlined a package of urgent measures to improve safety and rehabilitation at HMYOI Cookham Wood, including additional staff being deployed and a major crackdown on weapo…

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Victims’ experiences to be transformed through new Victims and Prisoners Bill.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Government awards £1.8 million to prepare more offenders for work and training.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government