Written questions

4,857 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison officer vacancy rate was for each of the Prison Service Establishment regions in each year since 2010.

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) full-time equivalent staff were employed in each of the Prison Service Establishment regions in each year since 2010.

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Length of Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median length of time in employment of prison officers was in each of the Prison Service Establishment Regions in each year since 2010.

22 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) full-time equivalent prison officers were employed in (i) HMPPS HQ or NOMS HQ and (ii) area services, in each year since 2010.

21 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Criminal Behaviour Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of individuals breaching a criminal behaviour order were recorded in each of the last five years.

21 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of individuals contravening a direction by constable regarding dispersal of persons aged under 16 to their place of residence were recorded in each of the last five years.

21 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Licensed Premises: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of individuals remaining on or entering premises in contravention of a closure notice or similar direction were recorded in each of the last five years.

21 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Saudi Arabia: Honours

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Prime Minister on his willingness to accept the Order of Abdulaziz Al Saud from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

21 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Saudi Arabia: Honours

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions officials from her Department have had with their counterparts in Saudi Arabia on the Prime Minister being presented with the Order of Abdulaziz Al Saud.

21 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Drinking Water Inspectorate: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s contract reference 298893/1045616, which research organisation has been awarded the contract; what the contract’s agreed value is; a

18 Mar 2022 · Attorney General

War Crimes: Russia

To ask the Attorney General, if she will publish the joint statement she signed with Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova on UK support in holding Russia accountable for the crimes that it is committing on Ukrainian soil.

18 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Fraud: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) effective trials for fraud offences there were in each year since 2017.

17 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 17 March to Question 139315, whether the prescription charge waiver for covid-19 antivirals and therapeutic clinical trials announced by his Department on 10 December 2021

17 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 17 March to Question 139314, (a) whether the GDP deflator published by the OBR in October 2021 has been used to determine the increase in prescription charges due to take

16 Mar 2022 · Attorney General

Public Sector Debt

To ask the Attorney General, on what occasions officials in her Department met with Treasury ministers or officials between 1 January 2017 and 16 March 2022 to discuss (a) cy- près schemes or (b) charitable contributions to reduce the national debt.

16 Mar 2022 · Attorney General

Public Sector Debt

To ask the Attorney General, on what occasions the Solicitor General or his predecessors met with Treasury ministers or officials between 1 January 2017 and 16 March 2022 to discuss (a) cy- près schemes or (b) charitable contributions to reduce the nation

16 Mar 2022 · Attorney General

Public Sector Debt

To ask the Attorney General, on what occasions she or her predecessors met with Treasury ministers or officials between 1 January 2017 and 16 March 2022 to discuss (a) cy-près schemes or (b) charitable contributions to reduce the national debt.

14 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Home Office: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 133144 tabled by the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury on 2 March 2022.

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in England and Wales receiving therapeutic treatments on prescription for the long-term effects of covid-19; and how many of those people ar

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measure of inflation over what period of time was used by his Department to determine the increase in NHS prescription charges implemented on (a) 1 April 2019, (b) 1 April 2020 and (c) 1 April

10 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade

UK Export Finance: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the (a) legal and (b) financial implications if an individual or company in the Russian Federation with outstanding debts guaranteed under UK Export Finance's buyer cre

10 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason she had not applied sanctions to the 14 Russian businesspeople and family associates placed on the European Union's sanctions list on 9 March 2022, including

9 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many companies with an annual turnover of £36 million or more failed to produce a (a) modern slavery statement and (b) modern slavery statement that met minimum requirements under Section 54 of th

7 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) effective trials for (i) rape and (ii) sexual offences excluding rape there were, in each of the last five years.

7 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) effective trials there were for the (i) rape of, (ii) sexual assault of and (iii) sexual activity with a child under the age of 13 in each of the last five years.

7 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) effective trials for murder there were in each of the last five years.

7 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) effective trials there were for the production, supply and possessions with intent to supply of class A drugs in each of the last five years.

7 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade

UK Export Finance: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 131131, what latest assessment she has made of the ability of UK exporters to complete the delivery of contracts to buyers in the Russian Federation

7 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days it took in each of the last five years on a (a) mean and (b) median basis for an initially ineffective crown court trial to be assigned a successful new court date.

4 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade

UK Export Finance: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2022 to Question 131130, on UK Export Finance: Russia, how much of the remaining exposure relates to the underwriting of credit for (a) VEB Leasing, (b) JSC Lebedinsk

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