Written questions

988 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2019 to Question 211736 on Prison Service: Pay, what estimate he has made of the number of Operational Managers that have incorrectly claimed to be up to date with their Contr

6 Feb 2019 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Liquefied Petroleum Gas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the financial benefits for drivers of LPG vehicles; and whether the Government has plans to reduce tax for drivers who have converted their vehicle to run on LPG.

5 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure that Bangladesh general election irregularities are fully and independently investigated.

5 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to reports of electoral fraud during the recent General Election in Bangladesh, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of applying sanctions against Bangladesh

5 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking in response to reports of electoral fraud during the recent General Election in Bangladesh.

5 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK Government recognises the outcome of the Bangladesh General Election held on 30 December 2018; and what his policy is on that country's regime.

23 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2019 to Question 206776 on Prison Service: Pay and with reference to the National Offender Management Service's document of 13 July 2013, Required Hours Addition (RHA), refere

10 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all Required Hours Addition claimants have completed the required training; and if he will make a statement.

10 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Governors: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison governors claiming the Required Hours Addition allowance without completing the required training.

10 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Governors: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) rate of (b) average amount paid in Required Hours Addition allowance was to prison governors in the last 12 months.

9 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison governors claimed the required hours addition allowance in each year since 2010.

9 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training is required for prison service staff to be eligible for the required hours addition allowance.

4 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, , what processes are in place to enable HMPPS Controllers to report concerns over staffing levels at their establishments.

4 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reports HMPPS Controllers are required to submit regarding staffing levels at their establishments.

4 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how often HMPPS Controllers are required to submit written updates on their establishments.

4 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prison governors have requested additional staffing as a result of testing of night-time fire contingency processes at their prison.

4 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reports he has received from senior fire officers on the adequacy of testing of night-time fire contingencies at prisons as a result of their visits to those institutions.

4 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the dates on which each prison establishment last undertook full night-time fire contingencies exercises.

4 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2018 to Question 194129 on Prisons: Contracts, what steps he is taking to ensure transparency in the assessment of (a) quality and (b) value for money of potential operators’

4 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions internal bids have been evaluated as providing the best quality and value for money compared to private-sector bids for the operation of prisons since 1999.

4 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on health and safety conditions at HMP Grendon of the decision by HMPPS not to require at least two staff per work area to be issued with body-worn video cameras; and if

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target date is for each prison to have a full complement of keyworkers in place to deliver the keyworker system.

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target number of keyworkers is for each prison establishment to enable it to deliver the keyworker system.

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Open Prisons: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the set number of profiled hours for the keyworker system is in each open prison; and if he will make a statement.

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194146 on Prisons: Contracts, whether he plans to publish the public sector benchmark which against potential operators’ bids are to be assessed once the com

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194146 on Prisons: Contracts, how many staff of each grade have been tasked with the production of the public sector benchmark against which potential operat

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194146 on Prisons: Contracts, what the estimated timetable is for the production of the public sector benchmark against which potential operators’ bids will

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2018 to Question 194146 on Prisons: Contracts, what the estimated cost is of the production of the public-sector benchmark against which potential operators’ bids will be ass

5 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Sex Selection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what structures are in place for healthcare professionals in (a) primary care and (b) other settings to raise concerns on sex selective abortion occurring.

5 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sex Selection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ban the use of non-invasive prenatal testing to determine gender.

Source: official written-questions record.