Written questions
1,054 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Cemeteries: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints he has received in relation to the management of private cemeteries in each of the last ten years.
19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons and Young Offender Institutions: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, as of 12 February 2021, how many and which (a) prisons or (b) Youth Offender Institutions have reported staffing sicknesses levels of over 20 per cent.
19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons and Young Offender Institutions: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, as of 12 February 2021, how many and which (a) prisons or (b) Youth Offender Institutions have reported staffing sicknesses levels of over 10 per cent.
19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, as of 12 February 2021, which (a) prisons or (b) Youth Offender Institutions have more than 100 suspected or confirmed cases of covid-19 among the prisoner population.
19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, as of 12 February 2021, which (a) prisons or (b) Youth Offender Institutions have more than 50 suspected or confirmed cases of covid-19 among the prisoner population.
19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, as of 12 February 2021, which (a) prisons and (b) Youth Offender Institutions have more than 10 suspected or confirmed cases of covid-19 among the prisoner population.
18 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the Public Health England guidance on the continued operation of HMCTS during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.
18 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the scientific advice supporting the decision to keep courts open throughout the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021.
14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff by (a) court and (b) pay band are employed by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service.
14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff at Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service earn below £24,000 per annum.
14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff employed by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service have been employed in courts and tribunals in each of the last five years.
14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the attrition rate of staff at Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service has been in each of the last five years.
14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates: Retirement
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on the (a) age and (b) ethnic diversity of the magistracy of raising the compulsory age of retirement for magistrates.
14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are taken to ascertain the socio-economic background of new magistrates; and if he will publish the data on that measure.
14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of leadership magistrates are from BAME communities; and what steps have been taken to encourage magistrates from BAME communities to apply for those positions.
14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of applicants to the magistracy were from Black, Asian or minority ethnic communities in each of the last five years; and what comparative assessment he has made of the the success ra
14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of members of the working groups which have shaped the new policy on magistrate recruitment are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Judiciary: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was in 2019-20 of the (a) recruitment of and (b) induction and initial training for (i) full-time district judges, (ii) deputy district judges and (iii) lay magistrates and each
2 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Locks and Keys
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of replacing lost prison keys in each year since 2010.
2 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Locks and Keys
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on replacing lost prison keys in each year since 2010.
30 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS trusts have spent on legal representation, preparation and counsel for coroner's inquests in each year since 2013.
30 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Preventing Future Death reports have been submitted by coroners to NHS trusts since 2013.
13 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) domestic violence case applicants and (b) sexual violence case applicants have applied for exceptional case funding in the last five years; and how many of those applicants have been successful.
12 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost is of running specialist domestic violence courts.
12 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many specialist domestic violence courts have been in operation in each of the last 10 years.
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Education
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Tottenham of 2 October 2020 on school funding.
12 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter from the hon. Member for Tottenham dated 14 October 2020, whether he plans to provide a date and time for a meeting on the Tottenham Hale Village.
3 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Family Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many social service referrals were made to the family courts in each of the last 12 months.
12 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
HM Prison Service: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what targets his Department has set for recruiting Black and ethnic minority staff to the prison service; and what progress his Department has made on achieving those targets.
12 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Justice: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) composition and (b) remit is of the Scrutiny Panel set up to deal with racial disparity in the youth justice system.
Source: official written-questions record.