Written questions
1,480 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Israel: Minority Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Israeli government on the provision of services to communities of different ethnicities in the Negev region.
14 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Israel: Minority Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work his Department is undertaking with partner countries to address the inequalities experienced by Bedouin Arab communities in Israel.
14 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Israel: Minority Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Israeli government about the restrictions on construction in government-planned Bedouin towns.
14 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Capital Punishment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons references to UK objections to the death penalty were omitted from his Department's policy paper, UN Human Rights Council: United Kingdom 2017-2019.
11 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people whom the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015 has encouraged and enabled to play a more active role in civil society.
11 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of whether there has been a reduction in the number of claims brought to the courts as a result of the provisions of the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015.
11 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Torture
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Department's Policy paper, UN Human Rights Council: United Kingdom 2017-2019 candidate, published on 9 December 2015, for what reason reference to the prevention of
11 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Ali Mohammed al-Nimr
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Saudi Arabian counterpart on the case of Ali al-Nimr.
11 Dec 2015 · Cabinet Office
Henry VIII Clauses
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Henry VIII powers were (a) enacted in legislation passed in the 2010 to 2015 Parliament and (b) since May 2015.
10 Dec 2015 · Department of Health
Prisons: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners received treatment for (a) alcohol addiction, (b) drug addiction and (c) any other addiction in each of the last five years.
10 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison workshops have (a) opened, (b) closed and (c) changed function in each of the last seven years.
10 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Secondment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many secondments into his Department there were in each year since 2013; from which organisations each such person was seconded; and into which areas of his Department they were seconded.
10 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons he intends to close; and what consultation is taking place or is planned to take place on those closures.
10 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Diplomatic Service: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which UK embassies have a human rights adviser on their staff.
9 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
National Tactical Response Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) has been called out in each month in 2015; and to which prison the NTRG was called out in each case.
9 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
National Offender Management Service: Just Solutions International
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the National Offender Management Service budget in (a) staffing resources, (b) allocation of civil service time and (c) funding was set aside for the operation of Just Solutions International t
9 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Just Solutions International: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2015 to Question HL2604, what the cost to the public purse is of salary, expenses and bonuses of the 3.5 full-time staff who worked under the JSi brand.
9 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the status is of each prison building and site for prisons closed since May 2010.
9 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which contracts worth more than £5 million his Department has signed since 1 September 2014; with which organisations such contracts have been signed; what the purpose was of each contract; what the (a) annual an
9 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the monthly cost is of (a) each court building which has been closed but not disposed of since May 2010 and (b) the 91 courts considered for closure in his Department's recent consultation on that subject.
9 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Re-employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who have received (a) severance and (b) redundancy packages since May 2010 have subsequently been re-employed as prison officers.
9 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates there were on 1 April (a) 1989, (b) 1994, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010, (f) 2014 and (g) 2015.
8 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Fines: Surcharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total is of (a) uncollected and (b) cancelled victims' surcharges.
8 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Fines: Surcharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of victims' surcharge (a) imposed, (b) collected, (c) cancelled and (d) outstanding for (i) adults, (ii) youths and (iii) organisations in each financial year since 2010.
8 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Fines: Surcharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of victims' surcharge (a) imposed, (b) collected, (c) cancelled and (d) outstanding in each financial year since 2010.
8 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Fines: Surcharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the victims' surcharge has been (a) imposed, (b) collected, (c) cancelled and (d) outstanding for people receiving a (i) conditional discharge, (ii) fine, (iii) suspended sentence, (iv) community s
8 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Just Solutions International: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) consultants, (b) non-executive directors and (c) associates have been employed by Just Solutions International since it was established; when each such person was appointed; and what the remuneration of
8 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Locks and Keys
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of occasions when due to the loss or theft of keys, a prison has had to be relocked between (a) May 2010 and May 2011, (b) May 2011 and May 2012, (c) May 2012 a
7 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Environment Protection: Civil Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his proposals to increase the cost cap for environmental legal challenges to £10,000 for individuals on the affordability of such challenges for such people.
7 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recorded violent incidents by type there have been in the prison system in each month since May 2010.
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