Written questions

1,014 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Oct 2015 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service: Staff

To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) prosecutors, (b) associate prosecutors, (c) caseworkers and (d) administrators were employed by the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of each such category were engaged in f

14 Oct 2015 · Attorney General

Trials

To ask the Attorney General, how many early guilty pleas there were in the Crown Court in each year from 2010-11; and what proportion of total pleas they represented in each such year.

14 Oct 2015 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service

To ask the Attorney General, how many wasted cost orders were made (a) in favour and (b) against the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 2010-11; and for what reasons such wasted cost orders were made against the Crown Prosecution Service.

14 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the court system of delays caused by (a) ineffective criminal trials and (b) cracked trials was in each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15.

14 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the vacated trial rate in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown Court was in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of those vacated trials were for reasons related to the prosecution.

14 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of trials were (a) ineffective, (b) cracked and (c) vacated for reasons related to the prosecution in each year since 2010-11.

14 Oct 2015 · Attorney General

Trials

To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) prosecution cost per defendant, (b) overall spend per completed case and (c) overall spend per full-time equivalent staff member in (i) the Crown Court and (ii) magistrates' courts was in each year since 2010-11.

14 Oct 2015 · Attorney General

Trials

To ask the Attorney General, what the Crown Prosecution Service's success rate was in cases which have gone to trial in (a) Magistrates' Courts and (b) Crown Courts in each year between 2010-11 and 2014-15.

14 Oct 2015 · Attorney General

Trials

To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse from early guilty pleas in the Crown Court in each year since 2010-11.

12 Oct 2015 · Attorney General

Serious Fraud Office: Finance

To ask the Attorney General, how many requests for blockbuster funding were made by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16 to date; how much funding was requested on each such occa

12 Oct 2015 · Attorney General

Proceeds of Crime

To ask the Attorney General, what the total value was of the proceeds of crime retained by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) under the ARIS incentive scheme in each financial year since 2012-13; and what proportion of the annual SFO budget this formed in eac

12 Oct 2015 · Attorney General

Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many Deferred Prosecution Agreements the Serious Fraud Office is currently negotiating; and what recent progress has been made in each of those negotiations.

9 Oct 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside Stewardship Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many expressions of interest have been received for the (a) Mid Tier and (b) Higher Tier of the new Countryside Stewardship scheme.

9 Oct 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside Stewardship Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) Entry Level and (b) Higher Level Stewardship agreements in the Countryside Stewardship scheme (i) have expired and (ii) will expire in 2015.

9 Oct 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Countryside Stewardship Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers are in (a) Entry Level and (b) Higher Level Stewardship agreements in the Countryside Stewardship scheme.

15 Jul 2015 · Cabinet Office

Public Service: Corruption

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's article in the Huffington Post, published on 6 June 2015, what the source is for the Prime Minister's statement that the OECD has judged the UK to be one of only four count

14 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury

Child Tax Credit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on changing the income threshold for child tax credit (a) in 2016-17 and (b) by 2020.

10 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people with multiple sclerosis who have moved from disability living allowance to personal independence payment; and what proportion of those people have received a red

10 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people with multiple sclerosis who have claimed personal independence payment to date and have received an award of (a) up to six months, (b) between six and 12 months,

10 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of people with multiple sclerosis who have claimed personal independence payment to date; and what proportion of those people have had (a) a repeat assessment and (b) more

3 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Start-up aid for airports: applications received, published by his Department on 27 March 2015, for what reason he has not yet published a short-list of routes that have successfully met the c

30 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page two of the Impact Assessment for the Childcare Payments Act 2014, if he will make an updated estimate of the number of families who will be better off under the new scheme once free childcare f

29 Jun 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Bribery Act 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to make changes to his Department's guidance on the Bribery Act 2010 and facilitation payments and hospitality.

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Renewables Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 3452, if she will estimate the potential additional cost of the Renewables Obligation to the (a) Levy Control Framework and (b) average domesti

29 Jun 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Renewable Energy: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 3414, what estimate her Department has made of projected expenditure on (a) Contracts for Difference and (b) Renewables Obligation since (i) pu

26 Jun 2015 · Prime Minister

Bribery Act 2010

To ask the Prime Minister, when (a) his Department and (b) the Cabinet Office has held meetings with business organisations to discuss the operation of the Bribery Act 2010 and that Government guidance on the Act since January 2015.

26 Jun 2015 · Prime Minister

Bribery Act 2010

To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings the Government's Anti-Corruption Champion has had with business organisations to discuss the operation of the Bribery Act 2010 and Government guidance on that Act since he took up his post.

24 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury

International Conference on Financing for Development

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will attend the Financing for Development Summit in July 2015 in Addis Ababa.

22 Jun 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the UK's electricity demand that will be met each type of renewables technology by 2020.

22 Jun 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the UK's (a) electricity, (b) heat and (c) transport demand that will be met by renewables by 2020.

Source: official written-questions record.