Written questions

826 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Medway Secure Training Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2016 to Question 22204, what action he took in relation to Medway Secure Training Centre between 30 December 2015 and 6 January 2016.

5 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of demand for police services.

16 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Injury: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.143 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what the evidential basis is of the statement that a claimant culture exists in England and Wales in relation to whiplash claims

16 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Injury: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.143 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what steps his Department took to ensure accuracy of the £2 billion quoted as the cost to insurers of whiplash claims; and if hi

15 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Small Claims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2015 to Question 18028, with what representatives of claimants his Ministers or officials met when developing policy on the small claims limit.

15 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury

Insurance Companies

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2015 to Question 17980, if his Department will consider publishing details of meetings with insurance industry representatives before the next return.

10 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is on prison visit booking lines (a) in each prison and (b) overall.

9 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Playgrounds

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have children's play areas.

9 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons allow children to take school books in with them when visiting.

9 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the public purse has been of legislating for and implementing the criminal courts change to date.

10 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that claimant lawyers can continue to pursue low-value claims in clinical negligence cases in a fixed recoverable cost regime.

10 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the incentives for defendants in clinical negligence cases to encourage early admissions and settlements.

10 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the propriety of his Department overseeing the consultation on a fixed recoverable cost regime in clinical negligence cases when it is the defendant in most such cases.

10 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department associated with unmeritorious claims resulting from changes to a fixed cost recoverable scheme for clinical negligence.

10 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of introducing a fixed recoverable cost regime in clinical negligence cases on the number of claims brought by claims management companies and litigants in person.

10 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of claims management companies on the number of unmeritorious claims brought forward in clinical negligence cases.

29 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff assigned to work on the procurement process for crime duty provider contracts had no previous experience of working on public sector procurement.

29 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Temporary Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many temporary agency staff were recruited by the Legal Aid Agency to work on the procurement process for crime duty provider contracts; and what proportion of staff assessing the bids for such contracts were

29 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what weighting was given to the (a) disciplinary records of and (b) number of signatures of ongoing complaints against bidders in the procurement process for legal aid duty solicitor contracts.

29 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the procurement process for legal aid duty solicitor contracts; and if he will make a statement.

29 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training was provided to the people who assessed bids for legal aid duty solicitor contracts in administering and assessing such contracts.

29 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Seychelles: Navy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Government made of the risks associated with the deployment of Royal Navy personnel on active duty in the Seychelles.

4 Sep 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Solar Power: Renewables Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to her Department's consultation on a proposal to close the Renewables Obligation to rooftop and ground-mounted solar projects below 5MW from 1 April 2016, what estimate her Depar

14 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adjournments occurred because of lack of legal representation for defendants in criminal proceedings in each week between 3 June 2015 and 1 July 2015; and what the duration of each such adjournment was.

14 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adjournments occurred because of lack of legal representation for defendants in criminal proceedings in each week since 1 July 2015; and what the duration of each such adjournment was.

14 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Public Defender Service: Solicitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Public Defender Service solicitors have been used as a direct result of the work to rule action that began on 1 July 2015; and what the total cost to the public purse has been of the use of such so

14 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants in criminal proceedings in (a) police stations and (b) courts in each region of England and Wales were unable to secure legal representation in each week between 3 June 2015 and 1 July 2015.

14 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants in criminal proceedings in (a) police stations and (b) courts in each region of England and Wales have been unable to secure legal representation in each week since 1 July 2015.

22 Jun 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Climate Change Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress is being made on reaching an international climate change agreement in Paris.

8 Jun 2015 · Attorney General

Sentencing: Appeals

To ask the Attorney General, how many cases referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentences scheme in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 were successful.

Source: official written-questions record.