Written questions

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to implement Schedule 1, paragraph 35 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 on reviewing youth rehablitation orders in each court since May 2010.

9 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases involving adults and children jointly charged, the child co-defendants were tried together with the adults in (a) an adult magistrates' court and (b) a Crown Court.

9 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department's review of veterans in the criminal justice system will be published.

8 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 78W, on homicide: victim support schemes, which of the peer support groups within the original victim support bid cater specifically for those bereav

8 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2014, Official Report, column 78W, on homicide, if he will require the Legal Aid Agency to record an offence type of homicide in future.

8 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 305W, on homicide: victim support schemes, what evaluation mechanisms are included in the Grant for Coordination and Delivery of Support to those Be

8 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Witnesses: Video Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many court proceedings in England and Wales in each year since May 2010 video recording was taken to be (a) an available and (b) a not available special measure for eligible witnesses as defined in section

8 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims bereaved by homicide received support from Victim Support under the National Homicide Service in each region of England and in Wales in each year since 2011.

7 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will introduce mandatory training for lawyers dealing with children.

7 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners committed suicide in each of the last 10 years.

7 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Colleges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether secure colleges will contain segregation units.

7 Jul 2014 · Department of Health

Aphasia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve support for people with aphasia.

7 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Cadets

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2014, Official Report, column 221W, on Combined Cadet Force, if he will make an assessment of the effect of recruitment to existing community-based cadet forces.

3 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2014, Official Report, column 671W, on courts: video conference, if he will publish a list of the remote sites for giving evidence in England and Wales.

3 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the proportion of (a) judges, (b) magistrates and (c) prosecutors currently working in courts who have undergone specialist training on working with children in a court environment.

3 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of child witnesses who had given evidence in court by video recording rather than by live video link in each of the last 10 years.

2 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid were made in cases relating to homicide in each of the last three years; and how many of those applications were successful.

2 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Witnesses: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 580W, on evidence in court, for what reason HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) does not hold data on the number of child witnesses summoned to gi

2 Jul 2014 · Department for International Development

Uganda

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, column 416W, on Uganda, to which human rights organisations her Department is stepping up to support; and what form that support will tak

2 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Combined Cadet Force

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change funding for existing Combined Cadet Force detachments and to communicate those changes to schools.

1 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of child abuse have been reported in youth custody environments in each of the last 10 years.

1 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which peer support groups were included in the successful bid by Victim Support to deliver the National Homicide Service from 1 October 2014; and what value of grant has been awarded to each such organisation.

1 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 305W, on Homicide: victim support schemes, how many victims bereaved by homicide received support from the National Homicide Service in England and

1 Jul 2014 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the accuracy of the forecast of an increase of 350,000 additional applications in 2014 in the Identity and Passport Service Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13.

1 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to centrally record all instances of verbal or physical abuse made towards members of the Armed Forces.

1 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what time will be set in his lights out policy for young offenders; and what evidence was used to select that time.

1 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he will enforce his lights out policy for young offenders currently accommodated in adult prisons.

30 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2014, Official Report, column 305W, on homicide: victim support schemes, what the names are of the 13 peer support groups; and in which (a) town and (b) region each such group is

30 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Colleges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the time set for an early bed time for offenders in the youth estate will be the same for all age groups.

30 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Colleges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his policy of an early bed time for young offenders will apply in secure colleges.

Source: official written-questions record.