Written questions

Mr David Lammy

1,054 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of requests for legal aid funding before an inquest were successful in each of the last 20 years.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the turnover of prison staff in (a) Band 2 and (b) Bands 3 to 5.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of frontline prison staffing levels in the context of current prison population projections.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release, £100 million crackdown on crime in prison, published on 13 August 2019, how much of the £100 million for improving prison security has been spent on the installat

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Distance Learning

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of cells across the (a) youth estate and (b) prison estate have access to technology capable of delivering in-cell education.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisons and (b) young offenders institutions have been served with an Urgent Notification in each year since 2000.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of women prisoners in England and Wales are in prison as a result of non-violent offences.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Non-payment: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women are held in prisons in England and Wales for the non-payment of fines.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Female Offenders Strategy, published on 27 June 2018, what his Department's timeline is for meeting the objective of reducing the women's prison population.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which women's prisons are operating (a) under capacity, (b) at capacity and (b) over capacity.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Bronzefield: Perinatal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman entitled Investigation into baby death at HMP Bronzefield HMP identifies key failings, published on 22 September 2021, what steps his Department

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pregnant women are (a) imprisoned and (b) held on remand across the prison estate.

20 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average distance is for a woman placed in the prison system to their home.

20 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Mother and Baby Units: Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mothers assessed as suitable to keep their baby with them on the prison estate were not able to due to a lack of mother and baby placements in the most recent period for which figures are available.

20 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) probation officers and (b) Probation Service officers have left the service every year since Transforming Rehabilitation was announced.