Written questions

1,480 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unauthorised mobile telephones and sim cards were detected in prisons in each year since 2010.

7 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of confiscation of (a) knives, (b) firearms and (c) other weapons in (i) magistrates' and (ii) Crown courts there were in each year since 2010.

7 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on agency workers to cover uniformed operational support staff in each month since May 2015; how many such workers have been employed as cover for uniformed operational support s

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 proposals to revise the costs capping scheme for environmental legal challenges on the UK's ability to meet the requirement in the EU Public Participation Di

4 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Environment Protection: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of proposals to revise the costs capping scheme for environmental legal challenges on ease of access to redress through the courts.

4 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of changes to his Department's policy on the criminal courts charge.

3 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury

Personal Injury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consult on proposed changes to personal injury law referred to in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.

2 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates has resigned in each month since January 2015.

1 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury

Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.143 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, if he will publish an impact assessment on his policy to lower motor insurance costs.

27 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates have been recruited in each month since May 2015.

27 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates has resigned in each month since May 2010.

27 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Meetings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with (i) insurance companies, (ii) claimant personal injury solicitors and (iii) defendant personal injury solicitors since the 2015 Genera

26 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Insurance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he, his Ministers or officials have had since the 2015 General Election with (a) insurance companies, (b) claimant personal injury solicitors and (c) defendant personal injury solicitors; and who attend

26 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Insurance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times he has met (a) insurance companies and (b) personal injury law firms in the last five years.

25 Nov 2015 · Cabinet Office

Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2015 to Question 13072, for what reasons the Prime Minister decided to transfer responsibility for the Freedom of Information Act from the Ministry of Justice to the Cabinet

25 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults in which the victims was transgender were recorded in prisons in the last 12 months.

25 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners undergoing a transition from male to female gender have been placed in the female estate prior to receiving legal recognition of that change of gender.

25 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many homophobic assaults were recorded in (a) male and (b) female prisons in the last 12 months.

25 Nov 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

EU External Trade: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) enforce the European Commission Interpretative Notice, C2015 7834 final, on the indication of origin of goods from territories occupied by Is

23 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish information about the number of trans people in prison.

23 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 13072, on Ministry of Justice: Departmental Responsibilities, tabled by the hon. Member for Hammersmith on 22 October 2015.

23 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: Legal Costs

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Freshfields Brukhaus Deringer has received in legal fees from the public purse since 2010.

19 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to amend the Act which results from the Investigative Powers Bill in the event of repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998.

19 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Palestinians: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Israeli government on the Children in Military Custody report, funded by his Department, which was published in June 2012.

17 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Palestinians: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of the (a) core recommendations and (b) specific recommendations of his Department's report entitled Children in Military Custody, published in June 2012, the Israeli government

17 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Transport for London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department received from the Mayor of London on the Transport for London Bill.

17 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the Government plans to use its position on the UN Security Council to facilitate diplomatic negotiations on protecting civilians in Syria.

16 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport on (a) London's air quality and (b) greenhouse gas emission levels.

16 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of changes to his Department's policies on (a) the provision of secure colleges, (b) prohibiting prisoners from receiving books, (c) the sale of HM Courts

9 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2015 to Question 14487, whether revenue received from the criminal courts charge have exceeded the cost to the public purse of running such courts since that charge was introd

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