Written questions
1,480 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons the 595 serious assaults on staff took place, set out in the Safety in Custody Summary Statistics, England and Wales, deaths to 12 months ending December 2015, assaults and self-harm to 12 months
28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons the 4,568 assaults on staff took place, set out in the Safety in Custody Summary Statistics, England and Wales, deaths to 12 months ending December 2015, assaults and self-harm to 12 months endin
28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many weapons have been confiscated in prisons in each year since 2010; and what the (a) number and (b) proportion of such weapons were firearms.
28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review his Department's priorities in the next six months.
28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Homicide
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons the eight apparent homicides referred to in the Safety in Custody Statistics, England and Wales: Deaths in prison custody to December 2015; Assaults and Self-harm to September 2015, published on
28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what costs in each category of expenditure his Department incurred in relation to the proposed tender of criminal legal aid contracts.
27 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints on what subjects the Independent Monitoring Board of each prison received from prisoners in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
27 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Re-employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoner officers who have received severance or redundancy packages since May 2010 have been re-employed as prison officers.
27 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Knives
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many knives have been confiscated in prisons in each year since 2010.
27 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have taken up the voluntary early departure scheme in each month since May 2010; how much has been paid in severance in each month to those prison officers; what average amount is paid in
27 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers taking voluntary early departure since May 2010 have had (a) up to six, (b) six to 12, (c) 12 to 18, (d) 18 to 24 and (e) over 24 months' continuous service.
27 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have taken severance and redundancy packages in each month since May 2015.
26 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Judiciary: Harassment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges or magistrates have reported receiving threatening correspondence related to hearings they have presided over in the last five years.
26 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support he is providing to the Inside Out programme run by Durham University.
26 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated value is of each prison in England and Wales.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Probation: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what monitoring his Department conducts of staffing levels at all probation services and community rehabilitation companies.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners diagnosed with a mental health illness are being held with another prisoner in a cell designed for one person.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
G4S: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many G4S employees in contracted-out facilities have been charged with a work-related criminal offence since 2010; and in which facility was each such person employed.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has received from (a) G4S, (b) MTCnovo and (c) Serco for all contracts since 2010.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Parc
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investigation his Department is making into the concerns recently raised by assistant coroner Christopher Wooley with regards to failures at HM Prison Parc.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2016 to Question 23060, what proportion of staff employed in each young offender institution are qualified social workers.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff employed in each young offender institution is registered with the Mental Health and Care Professions Council.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Secure Training Centres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff employed in each secure training centre are qualified social workers.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Secure Training Centres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff employed in each secure training centre is registered with the Mental Health and Care Professions Council.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff employed in each young offender institution are qualified speech and language therapists.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Secure Training Centres: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff employed in each secure training centre are qualified speech and language therapists.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff employed in each young offender institution is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Secure Accommodation: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff employed in each secure children's home are qualified speech and language therapists.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were wrongly released in each of the last five years.
22 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offenders: Fractures
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which custodial institutions and on what dates a child has sustained a fracture or broken bone in an incident involving (a) physical restraint by staff and (b) an assault by other children in the last five yea
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