Written questions

Ruth Cadbury

1,625 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in prison are accommodated (a) alone in a cell intended to accommodate one person, (b) alone in a cell intended to accommodate two persons, (c) in a cell or dormitory intended to accommodate more

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison cells that are occupied by two prisoners have less than 8m² living space, excluding space dedicated to sanitary facilities, broken down by prison.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been (a) charged and (b) convicted for unlawfully bringing a mobile phone into prison in each of the last 5 years.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were charged under the (a) Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and (b) Prisons Act 1952 for smuggling drugs into prison in each year since 2018.

23 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) prison officers and (b) other prison staff who have been (i) investigated, (ii) arrested and (iii) charged in relation to the supply of drugs in prisons in (A)

23 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Bribery

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were (a) charged and (b) convicted of bribing prison staff in the last five years.

23 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how often were drug-dogs used to search prison staff in the last 48 months.

23 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of compulsory corruption prevention training are undertaken by new prison officers during their basic training.

23 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Managers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the management structure is of the counter corruption unit in HM Prison and Probation Service; and how many people there are at each (a) grade and (b) specialism in the management structure.

23 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many illicit mobile phones were found in prisons in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2019.

21 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Help to Buy Scheme: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of raising the existing cap of £450,000 for homes bought in London under the help to buy scheme.

21 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times operation tornado was used in each prison in 2023, broken down by each prison it was used in.

20 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people serving sentences of less than 12 months were recorded as having (a) substance misuse issues, (b) a mental health issue, (c) been homeless before arrest, (d) been in the car

19 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have released prisoners before the end of their sentence under the End of Custody Supervised Licence scheme.