Written questions

1,113 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases cracked on the day of the trial in (a) Crown courts and (b) Magistrates' courts in each month of 2019.

15 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service and Ministry of Justice: Public Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on communications and public relations by (a) his Department and (b) HM Courts & Tribunals Service in 2019.

15 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were cracked in (a) Crown courts and (b) Magistrates' courts in each month of 2019.

15 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service and Ministry of Justice: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on consultancies by (a) HM Courts & Tribunals Service and (b) his Department in each month of 2019.

15 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adjournments took place in (a) Crown courts and (b) Magistrates' courts in each month of 2019.

14 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Public Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban smoking at the entrances of public buildings.

14 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2019 to Question 7113 on Prosecutions, what proportion of trials were cracked on the first day of the trial in each month in (a) 2019, (b) 2018 and (c) 2010.

8 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fireworks: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has made on developing a fact-based evidence base relating to firework safety; and if the OPSS will make that evid

7 Jan 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to provide British National Overseas passport holders in Hong Kong with (a) full UK citizenship and (b) a pathway to full citizenship.

7 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the Castleford Corridor enhancement project in central Manchester.

7 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the classification of drugs following the June 2019 recommendations of the Global Commission on Drug Policy.

7 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway (a) lines and (b) stations closed under Beeching the Government plans to bring back into service.

7 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Divorce: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the transparency, clarity and regulation of litigation loans for divorces to ensure that customers are fully aware of the implications of those loans before taking them out.

7 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how frequently she plans to raise the National Living Wage to meet the Government target of two-thirds of median earnings by 2024.

31 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Judges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days (a) courts and (b) judges sat in England in (i) 2010, (ii) 2018 and (iii) are estimated to sit in 2019.

30 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on third-party contractors in (a) 2010, (b) 2014, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019.

30 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) magistrates, (b) crown and (c) family courts which are scheduled to be sold are (i) still hearing cases and (ii) shut but yet to be sold.

30 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of adjournments was per case in (a) cases relating to murder and (b) cases relating to rape in each year since 2010.

30 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of adjournments is per case in all cases heard in the criminal courts in each year since 2010.

29 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff HM Courts and Tribunals Service employed (a) centrally and (b) through agencies in (i) 2010, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2018; and how many they estimate will be employed in each of those categories in 202

29 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases that collapsed on the day of the trial there were (a) in each month in 2019 and (b) in 2018 and (c) in 2010.

29 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) failure to appear warrants have been issued and (b) times the police have had to collect defendants to ensure that they attended trial in each of the last 24 months.

29 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adjournments have taken place in each month in 2019 in the (a) criminal, (b) civil and (c) family courts.

29 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of courts in England and Wales that were inaccessible to people with disabilities in each day of 2019.

28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding repairs across HM Courts and Tribunals estate there were in (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2018.

28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Interpreters

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases in the (a) family, (b) criminal and (c) civil courts have required a translator or interpreter in each of the last ten years; and what the average length of time for cases in the (i) family, (ii) c

28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been listed as outstanding in the (a) criminal, (b) civil and (c) family courts in each week of 2019.

28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days (a) recorders and (b) judges have sat in total in England in each of the last 10 years.

28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of HM Courts and Tribunals Service (a) court maintenance and repairs, (b) staff costs and (c) public communications strategies in each of the last three years.

25 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sitting court days there have been in each year since 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.