Written questions

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children aged between (a) 10 and 12, (b) 13 and 14 and (c) 15 and 17 years were held in each secure training centre and secure children's home in each year since May 2010.

25 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Colleges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the success criteria against which the secure college pathfinder will be evaluated.

25 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Colleges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what criteria a decision will be made to place a child into a secure college.

25 Jun 2014 · Department for International Development

Uganda

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking in response to the Ugandan anti-homosexuality act; and what steps she plans to take to encourage its repeal.

25 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many remote sites for giving evidence in court are open in each region of England and Wales.

24 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Witnesses: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to record the number of children summoned to give evidence in court.

24 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims bereaved by homicide have (a) applied for and (b) been successful in applications for legal aid since May 2010.

24 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken since May 2010 to improve the provision of (a) legal advice and legal representation, (b) trauma and emotional support services and (c) services for children for victims bereav

24 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Witnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of active registered intermediaries that would be required to allow all vulnerable witnesses to have access to such support in court.

23 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria were used to determine the winning bidder for the Grant for Coordination and Delivery of Support to those Bereaved by Homicide advertised by his Department on Contact Finder on 12 February 2014.

23 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what bids were submitted for the Grant for Coordination and Delivery of Support to those Bereaved by Homicide advertised by his Department on Contact Finder on 12 February 2014.

23 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Grant for Coordination and Delivery of Support to those Bereaved by Homicide advertised by his Department on Contract Finder on 12 February 2014 was a grant or a public contract.

23 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims bereaved by homicide have received support from the National Homicide Service in England and Wales since May 2010.

23 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of peer support groups supporting victims bereaved by homicide in each year since May 2010.

20 Jun 2014 · Home Office

Civil Disorder: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of lessons to be learned from the police offer of immunity to witnesses in the case involving the deaths of Haroon Jahan, Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir in Birmingham during

19 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 813-4W, on social security benefits, what estimate he has made of the annual savings from the fewer days on benefits for participants

19 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 813-4W, on social security benefits, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the community work placement and mandatory

19 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department takes to help servicemen and women and veterans with psychological injuries.

19 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what budget is available to help (a) active service personnel and (b) veterans with psychological injuries.

19 Jun 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Public Participation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the budget to encourage people in to non-professional sport in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England.

18 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Parole

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of offenders present at parole board hearings when a victim personal statement is read.

18 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Parole

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what circumstances offenders can choose not to attend a parole board meeting when a victim reads a victim personal statement.

18 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Colleges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 469W, on Secure Colleges: Leicestershire, what steps have been taken to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the cohort.

18 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Army Reserve

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 364W, on Reserve Forces, what the current national recruitment rate to the Army Reserve is.

17 Jun 2014 · Home Office

Hate Crime: LGBT People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce homophobic and transphobic hate crimes against LGBT people.

17 Jun 2014 · Department for Education

Magna Carta

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost of sending a copy of the Magna Carta to every school.

17 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Combined Cadet Force

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual cost in each school of setting up a new Combined Cadet Force detachment.

17 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Combined Cadet Force

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of establishing new Combined Cadet Force detachments in state schools on recruitment to existing community-based cadet forces.

17 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Combined Cadet Force

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria he will use in deciding in which schools to establish a new Combined Cadet Force detachment.

16 Jun 2014 · Attorney General

Rape

To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the number of rape convictions.

Source: official written-questions record.