Written questions

2,337 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Rape: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of victims of rape who withdrew their complaint after reporting it to the police in each of the last five years.

19 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people released under investigation in criminal cases have subsequently committed criminal offences in every year since 2017.

19 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the average length of time people released under criminal investigation have remained under investigation in each year since 2017.

19 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspects in criminal cases have been released under investigation in every year since 2017.

17 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Judges: Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges in England and Wales have retired in each of the last five years.

17 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been imprisoned in every year since 2016 for non-payment of court-imposed fines.

17 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many warrants have been issued in every year since 2016 instructing approved enforcement agents to seize and sell goods belonging to offenders for unpaid court-imposed fines and (a) what was the outcome o

17 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of pursuing offenders for unpaid court-imposed fines since 2016.

17 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the value of court-imposed fines for those (a) imposed in magistrates and crown courts, (b) compensation orders, (c) costs orders, (d) criminal courts charges and (e) victim surcharge orders and unpaid (

12 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 98968 on Courts: Repairs and Maintenance, what data HMCTS holds on the effect of (a) planned and (b) unplanned maintenance of the courts estate on the loss of

11 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Catalytic Converters: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the number of convictions for theft of catalytic converters from motor vehicles.

11 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Catalytic Converters: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of arrests on suspicion of theft of catalytic converters from motor vehicles in each of the last three years.

11 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts with secure docks for holding defendants have been closed in England and Wales since 2012.

11 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal cases were heard in each (a) magistrates' court and (b) crown court in England and Wales in each year between 2016 and 2021.

10 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 98316, how many risk assessments of inmates were carried out under the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme.

10 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 98316, if he will publish the eligibility criteria for early release under the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme.

10 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average number of cases (a) crown courts and (b) magistrates courts have heard in each of the last three years.

10 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2021 to Question 90879, on Prisoners' Release, how many prisoners released in error had been convicted of rape; and for how long those prisoners remained at large before bein

6 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of court sitting days lost as a result of broken heating systems, lifts and disrepair in courts in each of the last three years.

6 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2021 to Question 94398 on Prisons: Drugs, whether he will publish data on the weights of drug finds by individual type of (a) Class A, (b) Class B and (c) Class C drug.

5 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Pets: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of pet theft were reported to the police in each year since 2015.

5 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Pets: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of convictions for pet theft in each year since 2015.

5 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released with electronic monitoring tags under a scheme introduced as part of measures to limit the spread and impact of covid-19 in the prison estate.

5 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many electronic tags were leased by his Department to limit the spread and impact of covid-19 in the prison estate in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.

5 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners that would be released under the electronic tags scheme to limit the spread and impact of covid-19 in the prison estate.

16 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a breakdown of drug incidents in prison since 2010 by (a) drug type and (b) overall weight substances.

16 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Dogs: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many dog thefts have resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) conviction in each of the last three years.

15 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Recorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Recorders have been sitting each year from 2015 to 2021; and for how many days each Recorder sat.

15 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Motor Vehicles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions have been recorded for motor vehicle theft in each year since 2015.

10 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted offenders were released in error from (a) courts and (b) prisons since 2010; what the reasons were for those releases; and what the convictions were for which a custodial sentence had been rece

Source: official written-questions record.