Written questions
1,480 written questions tabled, most recent first.
5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Grenfell Tower Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report; and if she will implement the recommendation in paragraph 113.40 of that report.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider the merits of implementing safety recommendation R/2025/055 in the report by the Health Service Safety Investigations Body entitled Mental health inpatient settings: Creating co
9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Crown Court: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of ineffective Crown Court trials which started after day one of the set trial date in 2024 reached completion.
9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Crown Court: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of ineffective trials in the Crown Court started later than day one of the set trial date in 2024.
9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Crown Court: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether trials in the Crown Court starting on day two or later are classified as ineffective.
9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Crown Court: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what metrics determine whether a Crown Court trial is classified as ineffective.
18 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahrain: Political Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take in response to (a) the case of Sayed Hassan Jawad, (b) reports that political detainees in Jaw Prison had to be transferred to hospita
11 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office
Noura al-Qahtani and Salma al-Shehab
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister made representations to the Prime Minister and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia on the prison sentences given to (a) Salma al-Shehab and (b) Noura al-Qahtani during his meeting on 9 Decemb
11 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office
Abdullah al-Derazi and Abdullah al-Huwaiti
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister discussed with the Prime Minister and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia the (a) application of (i) Juvenile Law 2018 and (ii) Royal Decree 2020 and (b) risk of (A) the re-imposition of a de
11 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office
Capital Punishment: Saudi Arabia
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister raised the use of the death penalty for offences that do not meet international standards for the most serious crimes during his meeting with the (a) Prime Minister and (b) Crown Princ
11 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of supported accommodation rather than custody for (a) women and (b) their families.
11 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is taking steps to utilise supported accommodation rather than custody to reduce the impact of prison.
4 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Arab States: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in (a) Kuwait, (b) Qatar and (c) Bahrain on their obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Politi
9 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Malnutrition: Integrated Care Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role he plans integrated care systems will play in addressing malnutrition across their localities.
9 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Malnutrition: Screening and Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an estimate of the potential savings to the public purse from increased levels of malnutrition (a) screening and (b) treatment.
9 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Malnutrition: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS patients receive appropriate (a) screening and (b) treatment for malnutrition.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Family Courts: Statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is for publishing family court data series that are paused due to the roll out of Core Case Data.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Upper Tribunal: Management
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is for (a) completing the migration of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber to new case management systems and (b) publishing complete datasets for that tribunal’s workload
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates' Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish a breakdown of the magistrates' court backlog showing the number of (a) Single Justice Procedure cases and (b) cases that have to go to a hearing.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish the Criminal Court Statistics datasets due to be published in (a) June, (b) September and (c) December 2024 by the end of 2024.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates' Courts: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department’s data cleanse of the magistrates’ court data will (a) help with listing, (b) benefit other court processes and (c) improve the accuracy of the statistics.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the issue affecting the quality of the data for the Criminal Court Statistics affects data on the number of Crown Court cases disposed of each month.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the statement on her Department’s webpage entitled Criminal court statistics, which Criminal court statistics quarterly publication was the first to require work to assure the quality of source
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the delayed publication of the criminal court statistics due to an issue affecting the accuracy of the data, what steps her Department is taking to (a) mitigate against potential inaccuracies in
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Statistics
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly for October to December 2023, published on 28 March 2024, if her Department will make an assessment of the accuracy of the estimate of the outstanding cas
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Management
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her Department's timescale is for ensuring that reforms to operational systems resulting from HMCTS's transformation programme capture more detailed management information; and whether her Department plans t
12 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Miscarriages of Justice: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications were received for compensation following a conviction being quashed in each year since 2018; what proportion of those applications were successful; and what the average compensation award wa
30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to update the guidance by his Department entitled Overseas Business Risk: Israel section, published on 16 June 2023, to include (a) reference to the pub
25 Jul 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has sought advice on whether witnesses at Part One of the Leveson Inquiry (a) lied to and (b) misled that Inquiry.
21 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Arms Trade: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser on arms exports.
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