Written questions

2,337 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time spent on bail has been in each year since 2010.

6 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions in absence have there been in each of the last 12 years.

6 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of rapists failed to attend court for their sentencing in the latest period for which data is available.

6 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of murderers failed to attend court for their sentencing in the latest period for which data is available.

6 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of rape victims who withdrew from their cases in each of the last 12 years.

6 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was for rape cases to be completed in court in each year since 2010.

6 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was for rape cases to be completed in court in the latest period for which data is available.

6 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made on the impact of court backlogs on length of bail times.

6 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many operational prison cells were there in each year since 2010.

16 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Victims' Commissioner

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings he held with Dame Vera Baird during her tenure as Victims Commissioner.

16 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of subsequent offences committed by defendants on bail in each of the last 12 years by type of offence.

16 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2022 to Question 96614 on Bail, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of offences committed by individuals on bail in 2021 by offence.

14 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Bail: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of offences committed by defendants on bail while awaiting trial in each of the last three years.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Women's Centres: Swansea

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the Residential Women’s Centre in Swansea.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of compensation to prison staff for assault injuries sustained in prison in each year since 2010.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Christmas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December to Question 101737 on Prisoners' Release: Christmas, whether each of the prisoners released on temporary release on 25 December 2021 returned on schedule.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Christmas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December to Question 101736 on Prisoners' Release: Christmas, what the offences were of the prisoners temporarily released from prison on 25 December 2021.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Firearms

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of firearms found in prisons in each year since 2010.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisons in which alcohol was distilled in each of the last three years.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Drugs: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of drones intercepted that were involved in drug dealing in each of the last three years.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners charged with attempted murder as a result of attacks on staff in each year since 2010.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison staff who required hospital treatment following a prisoner assault in each of the last three years.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of incidents in prisons in which weapons were involved in each year since 2012.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisons where drugs have been found to be manufactured in each of the last three years.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of drug overdoses at prisons in each of the last three years.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of drone sightings at prisons in each of the last three years.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison officers caught smuggling drugs into prisons in each of the last three years.

13 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners sent to hospital for drug-related issues in each of the last three years.

13 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of phone calls made from prisons to hospitals requesting ambulance assistance for drug related issues in each of the last three years.

13 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of ambulance callouts to prisons to treat drug-related instances in each of the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.