Written questions

2,337 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have had disciplinary action taken against them relating to either the supply or use of drugs in each of the last ten years.

8 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022, to Question 121764, on Courts: Closures, if he will provide a breakdown of how the referenced £211m has been spent.

8 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132269, on Courts, if he will provide details of the courts in England that do not have separate entrances for victims and witnesses.

8 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2022 to Question 128274, on Prison Accommodation, how many prison places will be created at each of the 16 sites.

8 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Computers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds figures on the number of occasions in each of the last five years that computers on the prison estate in England and Wales have been used to access web pages containing inappropriate

8 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any courts closed since 2010 have not yet been sold by his Department.

7 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisoners over (a) 50, (b) 60 and (c) 70 years old that will be held in prisons in England and Wales by (i) 2025 and (ii) 2030.

7 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Theft: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders imprisoned for acquisitive offences and subsequently released on license went on to commit further offences in each of the last ten years.

3 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probate Service: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the average waiting time before callers speak to call handlers at the probate service in each of the last five years.

3 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places will be created by building of additional housing blocks at HMPs (a) Bullingdon, (b) Channings Wood, (c) Elmley, (d) Highpoint, (e) Hindley, (f) Wayland, (g) Guys Marsh and (h) Stocken; and if he

3 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the retention rate of experienced prison officers.

3 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has in place to reduce the number of hours inmates are locked in their cells following the easing of covid-19 restrictions.

2 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Supported Housing and Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have left custody and gone into (a) exempt accommodation and (b) temporary probation accommodation in each of the last five years.

2 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places for prisoners will be created by refurbishment of HMPs (a) Norwich, (b) Birmingham and (c) Liverpool; and if he will publish a timetable for completion of those works.

2 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have been tagged with sobriety tags in England since their launch in March 2021.

2 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support prison leavers to find work.

2 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison leavers find work within six months of release.

1 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts in England have separate entrances to allow victims of crime to avoid the accused.

1 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 126657 on Ministry of Justice: Accidents, if he will publish figures on how much compensation his Department has paid out following accidents that have taken

1 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures on the number of criminal cases delayed by a lack of (a) defence and (b) prosecution counsel; and what the average length is of those delays.

1 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures on the average length of time for probate to be granted in each of the last five years.

1 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 127419 on Courts: Digital Technology, if he will publish (a) any interim analysis of the performance of the Common Platform tool and (b) the number of cases

28 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Legal Profession: Money Laundering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of law firms potentially involved in money laundering by people or organisations linked to the Russian Government.

28 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Freezing of Assets and Travel Restrictions: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department have received from law firms with offices in London attempting to stop efforts to implement asset freezes and travel bans relating to the Russian invasion

28 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Lammy Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recommendations from The Lammy Review of the treatment of, and outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the Criminal Justice System have been (a) been accepted by his Department and

28 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Aiding and Abetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Under Parliamentary Secretary of State for Justice of 25 January 2018, Official Report column 475, whether his Department has taken steps to increase the data i

28 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courtrooms in each Crown Court building in England and Wales have been unused in each of the last three years.

28 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time between arrest and appearing in front of magistrates for people charged with knife possession has been in each of the last ten years.

28 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders released from prison in the last three years are awaiting a court hearing after being charged with a subsequent offence after their release.

28 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rape trials in England and Wales have been postponed at 24 hours' notice in each of the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.