Written questions
207 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released under SDS40 since July 2024; and how many of those prisoners have subsequently committed another offence.
1 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Human Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for human trafficking under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each month since July 2024.
1 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice
People Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for knowingly assisting asylum seekers to enter the UK under s25A Immigration Act 1971 in each month since July 2024.
1 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice
People Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for assisting unlawful immigration under s25 Immigration Act 1971 in each month since July 2024.
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates' Courts: Interpreters and Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) staffing shortages and (b) interpreter availability on delays in magistrates’ courts.
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates' Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the proportion of magistrates’ court trials listed that did not go ahead on the scheduled day since July 2024; and what the primary recorded reasons were for such delays.
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates' Courts: Interpreters
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times an interpreter was requested in criminal cases in magistrates’ courts since July 2024; and in how many of those cases the interpreter did not attend.
23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates' Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal trials in magistrates’ courts were delayed or adjourned due to (a) the late arrival of prison vans, (b) administrative errors and (c) the absence of an interpreter since July 2024.
9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Transfers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving sentences in closed prisons will become eligible for transfer to open prisons under the early transfer rules that came into force on 9 June 2025; and how many prisoners are eligible by (a)
9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating the use of (a) scanners and (b) enhanced security screening upon entry to secure prisons for all prison officers.
5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice
European Convention on Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution in response to a question from the Rt hon. Member for Newark on 3 June 2025, Official Report, col 161, if she will write to the Council of Europe in support of the open let
19 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Press Conferences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the interim Permanent Secretary spoke at the televised Ministerial press conference on prisons of 14 May 2025.
14 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders released on licence were not tagged in accordance with their licence conditions in the last 12 months for which data is available; and what proportion of that total were due to (a) equipment sh
13 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Frankland: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to appoint a chair to conduct the independent review of the attack on prison officers at HMP Frankland on 12 April 2025; and when the review will conclude.
13 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Dispute Resolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has received reports on the operation of informal (a) adjudication mechanisms and (b) dispute resolution systems within prisons based on (i) Sharia and (ii) other (A) religious and (B) ideo
13 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Gangs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has received (a) intelligence and (b) operational reports referencing a group known as the Brotherhood; and whether such reports describe that group as exercising (i) influence and (ii) con
13 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has received reports of (a) instances where inmates have been physically punished for failing to comply with informal interpretations of Sharia law and (b) other forms of (i) coercive viol
13 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to publish the outcome of her Department's review into whether protective body armour should be made available to frontline prison staff.
12 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has issued to prison governors a consolidated list of extremist material banned in prisons.
12 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has recently assessed the (a) scale and (b) nature of the threat from (i) Islamist and (ii) far-right prisoners radicalising other inmates.
12 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact for her policies of the judgement in R (De Silva) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 128 (Admin) on the ability of prison governors to isolate (a
12 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many a) Separation Centres and b) segregation wings in the prison estate are currently in use; and what is their total available capacity.
12 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Accommodation: Facilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to suspend the use of kitchen facilities in Separation Centres within prisons.
17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Sentencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Sentencing Council's guidance entitled Imposition of community and custodial sentences - Effective from 1 April 2025, whether her Department has made an (a) estimate of the (i) additional nu
17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Judiciary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to set a target date to achieve a representative (a) judiciary and (b) magistracy.
5 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Long Lartin: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has visited HMP Long Lartin since 4 July 2024.
25 Feb 2025 · Attorney General
Solicitors: Misrepresentation
To ask the Solicitor General, how many people are prosecuted under s21 of the Solicitors Act 1974 each year.
25 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Prisoners: Repatriation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what meetings (a) he and (b) his Ministers have had with the (i) Albanian, (ii) Polish, (iii) Romanian, (iv) Irish and (v) Jamaican Government to discuss increasing the numbe
25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Repatriation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings (a) she and (b) her Ministers have had with the (i) Albanian, (ii) Polish, (iii) Romanian, (iv) Irish and (v) Jamaican Government to discuss increasing the number of foreign national offenders retur
25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any people released under the standard determinate sentence (SDS40) release scheme have reported faults with their tags since September 2024.
Source: official written-questions record.