Written questions

Karl Turner

826 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Solicitors: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many solicitors are undertaking legal aid work in criminal law as of 1 October 2020.

6 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Solicitors: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms of solicitors held a criminal legal aid contract on October 2020.

6 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Solicitors: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms of solicitors hold a civil legal aid contract as of 1 October 2020.

10 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction of standard monthly payments to criminal legal aid firms on those firms.

4 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Barristers: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Bar Council's July 2020 survey which found that 38 per cent of criminal barristers are uncertain whether they will still be practising law i

4 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of hearings in the criminal courts have taken place (a) virtually and (b) physically since April 2020.

4 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Solicitors: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms of solicitors hold a civil legal aid contract as of 1 September 2020.

4 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Solicitors: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms of solicitors hold a criminal legal aid contract as at 1 September 2020.

16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of criminal court rooms have been in use in each criminal court on each day in the last 12 months.

16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the extra capacity required to reduce the backlog of outstanding cases in the criminal courts.

16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to include a sunset clause in legislative reform to jury trials during the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the additional criminal court capacity created by reducing the number of jurors from 12 to seven due to the social distancing guidance of one metre plus in those courts.

15 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much it costs on average to process each defendant in the magistrates court.

15 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much it costs on average to process each defendant in the Crown Court.

15 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Opening Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has consulted (a) legal practitioners and (b) other stakeholders on plans to reintroduce Flexible Operating Hours in the courts.

15 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the length of time it will take to clear the backlog in the criminal courts of England and Wales.

15 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were formerly Released Under Investigation were (a) NFA, (b) charged and (c) convicted in the most recent period for which figures are available.

9 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shipping: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that vessels contracted to work on offshore wind farm developments in UK waters are based in UK ports for the duration of such contracts.

9 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of employment conditions for seafarers working on the Cypriot registered Seaways Strashnov transporting steel monopile (a) foundations and (b) transition pieces for

1 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Solicitors: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms of solicitors hold a criminal legal aid contract as at 1 July 2020.

29 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in enforcing payments for resident parents during the covid-19 outbreak.