Written questions

1,687 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were referred to the Prevent programme in each year since 2015.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were on temporary release by (a) prison and (b) sentence length on 14 February 2023.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were on temporary release on 14 February 2023 by (a) prison and (b) offence.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were on temporary release on 14 February 2023; and what the (a) maximum and (b) mean number of days was that each prisoner was on temporary release.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were referred to Pathfinder for possible radicalisation in prison in each year since the scheme was introduced.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were on an escape list on 1 January in each year since 2015.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Exercises

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many international military training exercises UK personnel took part in each year since 2015.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military bases the UK maintained abroad in each year since 2015.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Military Exercises

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of RAF training exercises abandoned in each year since 2019.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Military Exercises

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of Army training exercises abandoned in each year since 2019.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Military Exercises

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of Royal Navy training exercises abandoned in each year since 2019.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Army

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) infantry, (b) artillery, (c) armoured and (d) support battalions there were in the Army on 1 January in each of the last eight years.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regiments in the (a) Army and (b) Royal Marines have been disbanded since 2010.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Deployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regiments were active in the (a) Army and (b) Royal Marines in each year since 2010.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Aircraft Carriers: Deployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the last exercise was that included a full carrier battle group.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Aircraft Carriers: Deployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a minimum number of vessels in a Royal Navy carrier battle group.

19 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

National Science and Technology Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when the National Science and Technology Council last met.

10 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to respond to the legal review by the Commission for Countering Extremism entitled Operating with impunity, published on 24 February 2021.

8 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Crime: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2023 to Question 6492 on Crime: Databases, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of amalgamating data sets into one system.

8 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Crime: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2023 to Question 6492 on Crime: Databases, whether the Government plans to increase police access to HM Passport Office data to help identify criminals.

8 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Crime: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2023 to Question 6492 on Crime: Databases, which data sets police forces have access to to help identify criminals as of 8 January 2024.

8 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Crime: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2023 to Question 6492 on Crime: Databases, if he will provide examples of organisations who have a lawful reason to access HM Passport Office data in support of t

8 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Shoplifting: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6491 on Shoplifting, whether the number of citizen's arrests related to shoplifting increased in 2023.

8 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Shoplifting: Identification of Criminals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6491 on Shoplifting, whether HM Passport Office data has been used to help identify suspects of shoplifting.

8 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times Ministers in his Department consulted the National Police Chiefs' Council on its Retail Crime Action Plan before publication.

8 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Shoplifting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6491 on Shoplifting, what percentage of reports of shoplifting were attended by police in 2023; and whether attendance levels increased after pub

8 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Shoplifting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6491 on Shoplifting, following an instance of shoplifting what evidence can be secured from non-police personnel.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the amount of physical learning time lost by pupils studying creative subjects in schools affected by RAAC in the last four months.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Ofqual on the inclusion of the impact of RAAC in schools in mitigating circumstances guidelines.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of RAAC in schools on the coursework results of those studying creative subjects at (a) GCSE, (b) A-level and (c) T-level.

Source: official written-questions record.