Written questions
2,337 written questions tabled, most recent first.
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 (a) once, (b) twice and (c) three times in each of the last three years.
24 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Leicestershire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the name for the new prison in Glen Parva will be announced; and how many entries were submitted to suggest the new name.
24 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his Department's estimated projections of reductions in courts backlog by year, over the next five years.
24 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many custodial sentences of six months or less have been handed down by courts in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
24 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Family Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the backlog is in the number of family court cases; and what that number was on average in each of the last five years.
24 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of courts in England are equipped with secure docks for holding defendants.
23 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a breakdown of the location of the 4000 prison places he will create across 16 prisons through the building of new wings and refurbishing jails, as announced by his Department on 18 February 20
23 Feb 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 in each year since 2018.
23 Feb 2022 · Attorney General
Fraud: Criminal Investigation
To ask the Attorney General, how many fraud cases have been discontinued in each of the last five years.
23 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Probate
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many estates granted probate after waiting more than (a) 6, (b) 9 and (c) 12 months.
23 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Employment Tribunals Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding single claims are currently awaiting an employment tribunal.
22 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Parole: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on the root and branch review of the parole system.
22 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to assist prison leavers to make applications to universal credit.
22 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department provides to courts in England and Wales for the maintenance of their premises.
22 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the introduction of the Common Platform tool on the number of cases processed per day in courts using the tool.
22 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish all feedback received by his Department from early adopter courts on the experiences of those courts with the Common Platform tool.
21 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Aiding and Abetting
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to collect data on the number of cases brought under joint enterprise since the Supreme Court judgment in the case of Jogee, which was handed down in February 2016.
21 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much compensation has been paid out by his Department following accidents that have taken place on premises controlled by his Department.
21 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Judiciary: Retirement
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 119600, on Courts, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of plans to increase the statutory mandatory retirement age to 75 fo
21 Feb 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 publish (a) figures for the sale proceeds for each of those 164 sales and (b) details of to whom each property was s
21 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Costs and Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures for (a) unpaid court fines, (b) debt from compensation orders and (c) unpaid court costs for each court in England and Wales.
18 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 26 January 2022 to Question 105550 on Court: Fines, if he will provide a breakdown of the value of court-imposed fines for those (a) imposed in magistrates and crown courts, (b) compensa
18 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) trends in the level of prisoners released through early release on compassionate grounds in each of the last five years.
18 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) mean and (b) median number of days taken from offence to completion of criminal cases for (i) Crown and (ii) Magistrates Court in England and Wales, broken down by individual
18 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his estimated projections for the number of prisoners expected to be housed by Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service in each of the next five years.
18 Feb 2022 · Attorney General
Prosecutions
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of prosecutions have been suspended once charges have been made as a result of a victim (a) not providing evidence or (b) withdrawing in each of the last five years.
18 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences were held in a category D open prison as of 18 February 2022.
9 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts buildings closed have subsequently been sold since 2010.
9 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) functionality and (b) software is included on laptops available to prisoners.
9 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department plans to provide for the purpose of giving prisoners access to laptops.
Source: official written-questions record.