Written questions

621 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse and Stalking: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) domestic abusers and (b) stalkers are ineligible for release under the end of custody supervised licence scheme.

13 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which types of offences prisoners released under the end of custody supervised licence scheme were sentenced.

13 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons the end of custody supervised licence scheme (a) is operational and (b) has been since October 2023.

13 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released under the End of Custody Supervised Licence scheme.

8 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison cells have been built in each year since 2010, broken down by cell type.

8 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on providing 20,000 additional prison places by 2025.

9 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the end of custody supervised licence scheme was introduced.

9 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released early under the End of Custody Supervised Licence scheme in each prison since 16 October 2023.

9 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of prisons that have been authorised to release prisoners before the end of their sentence under the End of Custody Supervised Licence scheme.

24 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from which prisons prisoners will be released 18 days before their automatic release date; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be released from each prison in this way.

23 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the numbers of electronic GPS tags available for prisoners on early release.

23 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of (a) early release and (b) a presumption against short sentences on victims.

23 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce reoffending among people (a) released early on licence, (b) convicted and awaiting sentencing and (c) receiving community sentences.

23 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the early release scheme on the probation service.

23 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison places that will be made available as a result of the planned early release on licence scheme.

11 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Special Category Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were assessed to be in the wrong security categorisation since 2010.

11 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who have (a) escaped and (b) absconded from category B prisons were (i) being held on remand for terrorism related charges, (ii) convicted of terrorism related charges, (iii) being held on rema

11 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have absconded from (a) category A and (b) category B prisons since 2010; and which prisons did those incidents occur.

11 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have escaped from (a) category A and (b) category B prisons since 2010; and which prisons did those escapes occur from.

11 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were in (a) category A and (b) category B prisons as of 11 September 2023.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average financial award was to residential non-commercial consumers under the Non-Domestic Alternative Fuel Payment scheme.

18 Jul 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of average amount of financial payment applied to consumers under the energy bill discount scheme.

25 May 2023 · Home Office

Immigration: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process is in place for individuals asking for information on a family member’s application for entry.

25 May 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether visa application centres in countries neighbouring Sudan will be able to provide the visas dispatched to the Sudanese embassy and visa application centre in Khartoum following their closures d

25 May 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department will take to process applications for individuals waiting for a decision on entry clearance from Sudan following the closures of the visa application centres.

25 May 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process is in place for dispatching visas to people who have been successful in applying for Entry Clearance who were in Sudan but have had to flee due to the outbreak of war.

10 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether houses of multiple occupation that are housing asylum seekers will be exempt from local authority selective and additional licensing schemes following the approval of The Hou

10 May 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of further education (a) arts, (b) vocational, (c) science and (d) technical courses that have been discontinued in the last two years.

10 May 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department consulted with Further Education colleges on the discontinuation of courses.

10 May 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education and Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) further and (b) higher education courses that have been discontinued in England in the last two years.

Source: official written-questions record.