Written questions
1,480 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Legal Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in 2014; and to whom such payments were made.
12 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Legal Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest day rate paid for external legal advice by his Department was in each year since 2010.
9 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Legal Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on external legal advice from Queen's Counsel since 7 May 2010.
9 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Driving Offences: Fixed Penalties
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department will make public the conclusions of its review of driving offences and penalties announced in May 2014.
9 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Legal Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and to whom such payments were made.
17 Sep 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish statistics for (a) first- and (b) second-time refusals and successful tribunal appeals for (i) employment and support allowance and (ii) personal independence payment claims.
15 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to answer Question 8165 tabled by the hon. Member for Hammersmith on 21 July 2015.
15 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to answer Question 8351 on Courts: Buildings, tabled by the hon. Member for Hammersmith on 21 July 2015.
8 Sep 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Housing: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that local authorities each house 10 refugee families; and if he will make a statement.
8 Sep 2015 · Attorney General
Euthanasia
To ask the Attorney General, in how many cases of assisted suicide the Crown Prosecution Service has received files in each of the last six years.
7 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Young People: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review and reform legislation on the prosecution of teenagers engaging in consensual sexual relationships over social media and the internet.
7 Sep 2015 · Home Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter to her on the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme dated 28 July 2015 from the hon. Member for Hammersmith.
7 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Euthanasia: Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence for the offence of assisted suicide is for each year since 2009.
21 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, what criteria will be used to determine which civic and other public buildings can be used for hearings.
21 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HLWS108, what proportion of the savings made by reducing the cost of the court estate will be re-invested in that estate; and
21 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HLWS108, what costs incurred on future improvements to courts proposed for closure will now be written off.
21 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on maintenance or improvement of courts which have been scheduled to be closed in the last five years; and what costs were incurred in planning future improvements to those courts wh
21 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HLWS108, what assessment he has made of the time that would be required by citizens, under the proposed changes to the court e
21 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HLWS108, what estimate he has made of job losses arising as a result of his proposals to reduce the cost of the court estate.
21 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent each month on the (a) maintenance and (b) running costs of court buildings that have been closed in the period up to their disposal since 2010.
14 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employees of (a) his Department, (b) its executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible had an annual salary of over £100,000 in each year since 2010.
14 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed by (a) HM Courts Service and (b) the Tribunals Service in the latest period for which figures are available.
14 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Unpaid Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of outstanding fines that were written off in each of the last five years; and how many outstanding fines were written off in each such year.
14 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Unpaid Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of fines remaining uncollected on 31 December (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
14 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Fines: Surcharges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was raised from the victim surcharge in each year since 2010.
13 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Legal Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government spent on legal fees in the case of Mathieson v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
13 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Public Defender Service: Barristers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which barristers are employed by the Public Defence Service; and what day rates each such person charges.
13 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of each type were recorded on the Incident Reporting System in (a) privately and (b) publicly run prisons in each month since 1 January 2014.
13 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been (a) issued by courts and (b) collected in 2014-15 to date.
10 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Locks and Keys
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of occasions when due to the loss or theft of keys, a prison has had to be relocked since May 2010; and what the cost to the public purse was of such incidents.
Source: official written-questions record.