Written questions

Karl Turner

826 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what volume of criminal legal aid work remains unbilled.

12 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what volume of civil legal aid work remains unbilled.

12 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of low volumes of Crown Court completions on the viability of the criminal legal aid market.

12 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hardship payments have been claimed by legal aid providers to date; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of those payments in supporting advocates.

12 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s December 2020 update to the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017, if she will list the companies in the offshore wind farm sector that have taken

11 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s December 2020 update to the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017, how many non-EEA workers to date have been given leave to enter the UK under the

11 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she received from (a) employers and (b) employers’ organisations prior to her Department's extension to the Offshore wind workers Immigration Rules concession 2017; and if she wil

11 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of skilled workers for employment on vessels engaged in construction and maintenance projects in the offshore wind sector.

11 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many UK-owned offshore wind farm sites under construction are within the UK territorial water limit.

11 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on ratifying ILO Convention 185 on Seafarers’ Identity Documents.

6 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he has issued on the taking control of goods by enforcement agents for the duration of national covid-19 restrictions in England.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to resume face-to-face medical assessments for (a) universal credit and (b) employment support allowance claimants.

11 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis was for his decision (a) to implement mass covid-19 testing of secondary school pupils in London and the South-East and (b) not to implement that testing in (i) Yorkshire

10 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of victims of domestic abuse who have been denied legal aid as a result of trapped capital in the form of property which cannot be sold or borrowed against.

10 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms of solicitors held (a) a civil and (b) a criminal legal aid contract as of 1 December 2020.

10 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the contracts that his Department has signed with four ferry companies under the Freight Capacity Framework Agreement for additional roll-on roll-off freight capacity for a six-month period f

10 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Freight: Port of Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the routes involving the Port of Hull in his Department’s Freight Capacity Framework Agreement contract with P&O Ferries for additional roll-on roll-off freight capacity for a six-month perio

10 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Freight: Port of Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the (a) maximum and (b) minimum value of his Department’s contract with P&O Ferries under the Freight Capacity Framework Agreement for additional roll-on roll-off freight capacity through th

12 Nov 2020 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutors from the Crown Prosecution Service were furloughed between April 2020 and October 2020.

12 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the modelling in respect of the criminal courts backlog published by CREST Advisory on 30 October 2020.

12 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the statutory basis is for his request to the Chairman of The High Court Enforcement Officers Association for enforcement agents not to enter residential properties for the purpose of enforcement.

12 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any exemptions to the normal practice of enforcement action have been specified by his Department for the duration of the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

12 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to enforcement agents on taking control of goods during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown restrictions.