Written questions

1,113 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Feb 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

European Arrest Warrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of leaving the European Arrest Warrant system on the effectiveness of the criminal justice system as part of his Department's negotiations fo

24 Feb 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of leaving the Common Commercial Policy and the Common External Tariff as part of his Department's negotiations on the UK leaving the E

24 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HM Inspectorate of Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings she and Ministers of her Department have had with the Chief Inspector of Prisons in the last six months; what the dates of those meetings were; and what was discussed at each such meeting.

24 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Locks and Keys

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys have required the re-locking of prisons since May 2012; and what the cost of those incidents have been to the public purse.

24 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional places her Department plans to create in public sector prisons in each of the next five years.

24 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many activity spaces per prisoner there were in (a) adult male, (b) adult female and (c) youth female prisons on 1 March (i) 2013, (ii) 2014, (iii) 2015 and (iv) 2016 in (A) the prison estate and (B) each pri

24 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) self-inflicted, (b) non self-inflicted, (c) other non-natural causes, (d) restraint, (e) homicide and (f) awaiting classification deaths there were in (i) adult male, (ii) adult female, (iii) youth m

24 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Open Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving custodial sentences for serious violent and sexual assaults were held in open prisons on 1 January (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015, (d) 2016 and (e) 2017.

24 Feb 2017 · Home Office

Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing people over 65 with advice on the prevention of fires in domestic homes.

24 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to community pharmacy budgets on the NHS in winter 2016-17.

24 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the 62-day cancer waiting time target is met.

24 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with GPs on charging patients for weekend or evening appointments.

24 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve child protection for families where there are allegations of domestic abuse.

23 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reported incidents of violence in prisons resulted in (a) arrest and (b) charge, by type of offence in each of the last four years.

23 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of the confiscation of legal highs there were in prisons in England and Wales in each year since 2012.

23 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of the confiscation of (a) mephedrone, (b) benzylpiperazine, (c) ketamine and (d) spice there were in prisons in England and Wales in each year since 2010.

23 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Taxis

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the prison service spent on transporting prisoners by taxi in 2015-16.

22 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mandatory drug tests have taken place in prisons in each month since May 2015.

12 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

National Offender Management Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost has been of capped public interest transfers to HM Prison Berwyn; and how many staff of each grade have been involved in such moves.

12 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

National Offender Management Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many public interest transfers for each grade of staff have been approved within NOMS since January 2012; and what the cost was of those transfers.

28 Nov 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers are predicted to leave the service in 2017 for reasons of (a) retirement, (b) reassignment, (c) dismissal and (d) redundancy.

24 Nov 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the alleged incident of rape of Rohingya women by security forces in Rakhine State, Burma, and if he will make a statement.

15 Sep 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans that the new funding system planned for 2019/20 will apply to existing supported housing tenants.

15 Sep 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many respondents to the first consultation on reforming housing benefit for supported housing in 2011 responded that a localised pot would support the right of disabled people to live independently.

15 Sep 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to implement annual uprating to ensure that funding matches demand for supported housing.

15 Sep 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy that people with a learning disability will continue to be entitled to independent living after the introduction of the new funding system for supported housing.

15 Sep 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Supported Housing: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to monitor the effect of a new funding system for supported housing on people with a learning disability.

15 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to written statement WS154 of 15 September 2016, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the 1 per cent reduction for supported housing on providers of that

15 Sep 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to written statement WS154 of 15 September 2016, how he plans that the localised pots will meet demand on supported housing.

14 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Mental Health: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on whether the Government plans to implement the recommendations of the Education Committee's Fourth report, Session 2015-16, HC 481, on the me

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