Written questions
207 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20393 on Prisoners’ Release: Electronic Tagging, what the longest period of time was that a person released under the standard determinate sentence (SDS40) r
24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20393 on Prisoners’ Release: Electronic Tagging, how many SDS40 releases did not have a prison tag in (a) Tranche one and (b) Tranche two.
21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is for ending the standard determinate sentence (SDS40) release scheme.
21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) sentenced for a sex offence in their absence in the last 10 years.
21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) sentenced for grooming gang-related offences in their absence in the last 10 years.
21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28962, whether his Department has conducted a value for money assessment of the proposed agreement with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands.
13 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28962, whether his Department has conducted a value for money assessment of the proposed agreement with Mauritius on th
13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Opening Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of providing an additional 4,000 court sitting days in the 2024-25 financial year.
13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Law Reporting
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is of a transcript for a (a) court and (b) tribunal hearing.
13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Crown Court: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of when the backlog in Crown Court cases will begin to fall.
13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Crown Court: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has the backlog in Crown Court cases in (a) 2024-25 and (b) each of the next three financial years.
5 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted a value for money assessment of the proposed agreement with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands.
27 Jan 2025 · Attorney General
Attorney General's Office: Matrix Chambers
To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Attorney General has provided the (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards a list of his (a) paid and (b) unpaid fees further to his past employment at Matrix Chambers.
27 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to respond to the letter from the Rt hon. Member for Newark of 18 November 2024 on the assessment of the Government on the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on the cr
27 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the reports by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on (a) HMP Long Lartin and (b) HMP Manchester, published on 14 January 2025.
27 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Lady Chief Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings she has held with the Lady Chief Justice since her appointment.
27 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has had recent discussions with security companies on the provision of technology that can jam drone signals to help tackle drones delivering weapons into prisons.
24 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of drones delivering (a) weapons and (b) drugs into prisons.
24 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Manchester: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has visited HMP Manchester since the urgent notification was issued by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons on 9 October 2024.
24 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Long Lartin and HMP Manchester: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions she has visited (a) HMP Long Lartin and (b) HMP Manchester since her appointment.
24 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Long Lartin and HMP Manchester: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timeframe is for fixing broken (a) netting, (b) windows and (c) CCTV at (i) HMP Long Lartin and (ii) HMP Manchester.
13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children: Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders convicted of a grooming gang offence were released under the SDS40.
13 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Visas: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2024 to Questions 16488 and 16489 on Visas: National Security, for what reason his Department does not publish this information.
1 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Visas: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2024 to Question 15646 on Visas: National Security, for what reason he will not publish the data.
1 Mar 2024 · Home Office
Visas: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any UK visa holders have had their visas revoked on the grounds of (a) national security and (b) being non-conducive to the public good since 6 December 2023.
26 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Visas: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK visa holders have had visas revoked on the grounds of (a) national security and (b) being non-conducive to the public good since 6 December 2023.
13 Jul 2022 · Home Office
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her US counterpart on that country’s designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organisation.
13 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Nuclear Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of Iran’s non-compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
13 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Nuclear Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure the security of (a) Israel, (b) the United Arab Emirates, (c) Saudi Arabia and (d) Bahrain if Iran achieves nuclear weapons capability
13 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Nuclear Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for international peace and security of Iran achieving nuclear breakout.
Source: official written-questions record.