Written questions

1,113 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Houses: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to begin a review of the Pubs Code.

13 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service spent on consultancies (a) in total, (b) per consultancy in each of the financial years (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18.

13 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Houses: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many pubs closed in the 12 months (a) before the business rates revaluation came into force in 2017 and (b) after that revaluation.

11 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Crown Court Digital Case System is operated by HM Courts and Tribunals Service or contracted to a third-party supplier.

11 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which courts were affected by the temporary failure of the Crown Court Digital Case System during the week commencing 4 March 2019.

11 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has commissioned any research into changes to journey times to courts for (a) witnesses, (b) victims of crime and (c) court staff in areas where courts have closed as a result of the Estate

11 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2019 to Question 214022 on Courts: Closures, for how many years do staff who move their work location to an alternative court as part of the Estates Rationalisation Programme

6 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the revised completion date of the courts reform programme on (a) the cost of the programme and (b) the predicted date when the cumulative benefits of the

21 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Courts and Tribunals Service report, Evaluating our reforms: Response to PAC recommendation 4, published in January 2019, what areas of that service have achieved savings of £158 million.

20 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 18 of the January 2019 HM Courts and Tribunals Service document entitled Putting people at the heart of reform: Response to PAC recommendation 2 which states that There will be clear p

20 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the responses received during the Judicial Ways of Working exercise will be (a) shared with the judges consulted and (b) published.

20 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Modernisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to (a) hold and (b) publish the outcome of a future public consultation on the courts reform programme.

20 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Modernisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the reduction in staff as a result of the courts modernisation programme in (a) London, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) Bolton and (d) England.

20 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Modernisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support employees who are due to lose their jobs as a result of the courts modernisation programme.

20 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the planned completion date is for the common platform programme.

20 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service plans to spend on consultancies in total; and how much and on which consultancies that service plans to spend (a) more and (b) less than £50,000 in the 2018-19 f

19 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report of the Alzheimer's Society entitled Dementia – the true cost: Fixing the care crisis, published in May 2018, whether the Government plans to (a) cover the extra health

29 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the courts closures programme on the financial cost of travelling to court for (a) witnesses, (b) victims of crime and (c) court staff.

23 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of reported recent prolonged IT failures at HM Courts and Tribunals Service on (a) jurors, (b) witnesses and (c) victims of crime.

23 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts were affected by the reported recent failure of digital infrastructure at HM Courts and Tribunals Service in (a) London, (b) the Midlands (c) North West England, (d) North East England and (e) Wal

23 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle reported ongoing issues of poor connectivity and online disruption at HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

8 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the merits in the conclusions of the 2018 report by Professor Carl Heneghan on oral hormones pregnancy tests and the risks of congenital malformations; and if he wi

12 Dec 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the findings of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination's report of 30 August 2018 relating to the mistreatment of the Uighur community in China, wh

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service is expecting to spend from the public purse on that service's change management consultancy contracts.

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) court fines and (b) surcharges remain uncollected; and what steps he is taking to increase the rate of collection for those penalties.

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Opening Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of minimum staffing levels required for the flexible operating hours pilots to be undertaken at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many FTE staff are employed at each grade at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Opening Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which trade unions have been included on the Evaluation Advisory Group for the flexible operating hours pilots at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Opening Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the effect on HM Courts and Tribunals Service staff will be included in the evaluation of the flexible operating hours pilots at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.

20 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Act 1983 Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to the recommendations of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act.

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