Written questions

2,337 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been managed by the probation service per probation region, by type of offender, in each year since 2017.

17 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of community service given as part of community sentences have offenders completed in each (a) local justice area and (b) region in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

17 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have completed community sentences in each local justice area in each of the last five years.

17 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of (a) receipts, (b) disposals and (c) cases outstanding for cases in magistrates courts in England and Wales by (i) offence group, (ii) region, (iii) local criminal j

17 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were defended and what was the average number of days from an offence being committed on a (a) mean and (b) median basis for criminal cases being brought to completion in England and Wales by (i) c

17 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases delayed by issues within the Common Platform prior to the pause in its use in summer 2021.

16 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts in England and Wales are using the Common Platform system.

16 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of prison officers of all grades was who were referred to the police on suspicion of (a) supplying and (b) using drugs in the latest period for which figures are available.

16 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the (a) mean and (b) median number of days taken from offence to completion of rape cases for (i) Crown and (ii) Magistrates Court in England and Wales, by (A) individual court and (B) region for each of

16 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) mean and (b) median time was from offence to completion for cases of (i) criminal damage and arson, (ii) drug offences and (iii) possession of weapons in each of the last five years.

16 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the (a) mean and (b) median time from charge to completion for (i) Violence against the Person, (ii) robbery and (iii) theft offences in each of the last five years.

15 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects all courts will have begun using the Common Platform system.

15 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of courts have begun using the common platform system since its roll out.

15 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new entrants to the judiciary there have been in each year since 2017.

15 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Profession: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation on the matter of law firms representing clients that are linked directly or indirectly to

15 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Profession: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of sanctioning law firms working for Russian clients with cases in the English court system.

14 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 133193, on Offenders: Alcoholic Drinks, what plans his Department has to evaluate the short- and long-term effects of the sobriety tagging scheme on (a) levels o

14 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Profession: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help increase diversity in the legal profession.

14 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase diversity among the judiciary in England and Wales.

14 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Powers of Attorney

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the delays experienced by people seeking to gain powers of attorney.

14 Mar 2022 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service: Solicitors

To ask the Attorney General, what assessment her Department has made of the potential cost to Secretary of State for Justice's Department of the Crown Prosecution Service converting a broader background of lawyers into solicitors via the Prosecutors Pathw

10 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Reparation by Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the proportion of victims who are told about the option of Restorative Justice and how to access it.

10 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of prison space to house the projected prison population of 98,500 by March 2026.

10 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Human Rights Act 1998

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy not to respond to his Department's consultation on proposals to reform the Human Rights Act 1998 until after the deadline for those responding who are assisted by an easy read or aud

10 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners on Remand

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he taking to reduce the number of people held on remand for more than six months.

10 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners on Remand

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) gender and (b) ethnicity is of people who are held (a) on remand, (b) on remand for longer than six months, (c) on remand longer than a year and (d) on remand longer than two years in each of the las

9 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the (a) economic and (b) social effects of reoffending by area in England in each of the last five years.

9 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132268, on Ministry of Justice: Accidents, if he will publish data for how much compensation his Department has paid out following accidents that have taken plac

9 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132268, on Ministry of Justice: Accidents, if he will publish data on how much compensation his Department has paid out following accidents that have taken place

9 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners were in work after six months of release in each of the last ten years.

Source: official written-questions record.