Written questions
1,054 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice
UK Relations with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the rule of law and negotiations on the UK's future relationship with the EU.
14 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been released from custody without a confirmed permanent address in the last 12 months.
14 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have been released from prison without a confirmed permanent address in the last 12 months.
14 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Social Entitlement Chamber
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of proceedings before the First-Tier Social Entitlement Chamber were attended by parties litigant in each of the last 10 years.
14 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of proceedings before the (a) First-Tier Immigration and Asylum Tribunal and (b) Upper-Tier Immigration and Asylum Tribunal were attended by parties litigant in each of the last 10 ye
14 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Employment Tribunals Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of employment tribunals have been attended by parties litigant in each of the last 10 years.
14 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Family Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) private and (b) public proceedings in family courts have been attended in person by parties litigant in each of the last ten years.
16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish the pay award for prison officers following the recommendations made by the Prison Service Pay Review Body.
22 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Legal Profession
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date he plans to enable legal practitioners to (a) attend Her Majesty’s Prisons and (b) take effective instructions from their clients.
22 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure effective communication between prisoners and their lawyers during the covid-19 outbreak.
22 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the covid-19 risk assessments for each building used by HMCTS.
22 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Remand in Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prioritise cases in which a person on remand has a Custody Time Limit that (a) has expired and (b) is about to expire.
22 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to convert empty public buildings into temporary courts to tackle the backlog of cases as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
22 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle the backlog of cases in Magistrates’ Courts and Crown Courts as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
22 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Remote Hearings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it remains his Department's policy to maintain virtual court hearings as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were reported of violence committed by prisoners against prison staff in each month of (a) 2019 and (b) 2020 to date.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Resignations
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of new prison officers have left the profession within (a) one year, (b) two years and (c) three years of joining that profession.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what access prisoners have to educational resources during the lockdown due to the covid-19 outbreak.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the Legal Aid Agency has assessed that legal aid has been overpaid to a provider in each month in 2020.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid have been made to the Legal Aid Agency in each month in 2020; and how many of those applications have been successful.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Offensive Weapons: Alternatives to Prosecution
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many weapons offences England and Wales have been disposed of by way of a community resolution order in (a) 2020 to date and (b) each of the last five years.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Sexual Offences: Alternatives to Prosecution
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sexual crimes in England and Wales have been disposed of by way of a community resolution order in (a) 2020 to date and (b) each of the last five years.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Crimes of Violence: Alternatives to Prosecution
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many violent crimes in England and Wales have been disposed of by way of a community resolution order in (a) 2020 to date and (b) each of the last five years.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Convictions: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions have been secured in England and Wales for new offences under the Coronavirus Act 2020; and how many of those offences have been successfully appealed.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been incarcerated across the prison estate in each year since 2000.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners and Prison Officers: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tests for covid-19 his Department has supplied to (a) prisoners and (b) prison officers who have presented as being asymptomatic.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates there are in England and Wales, and what proportion of magistrates are from a Black, Asian or Ethnic Minority background.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the 2,000 electronic tags cost for the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme.
1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many covid-19 (a) infections and (b) deaths have taken place in each prison in England and Wales.
11 May 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) directly and (b) non-directly employed staff in his Department are currently (i) working from home, (ii) furloughed or (iii) attending the workplace, by grade; and if he will m
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