Written questions

1,625 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of probation officers with more than four years service that resigned from the probation service in 2023.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of sick days taken by probation officers in 2023.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of vacancies per region in the probation service at the end of 2023.

22 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of probation officers per grade that left the probation service in (a) 2023 and (b) 2022.

19 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the letter sent by the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth to the Minister for Immigration on 7 November 2023 regarding a visa application.

17 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2024 to Question 7583 on Prisons: Drugs, how many random mandatory drug tests carried out between 2018 and 2023 were positive.

16 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training prison officers receive on violence against women and girls.

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Abstraction: Teddington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with representatives of (a) Thames Water and (b) local authorities in west London on Thames Water's proposed planning appli

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Infrastructure: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average length of time is for a successful nationally significant infrastructure project planning application to be granted approval.

15 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisons have a drug recovery wing.

15 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug recovery programmes were delivered in prisons in (a) 2010, (b) 2018 and (c) 2023.

15 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Burglary: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate for individuals serving a custodial sentence for burglary is.

15 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications for research grant funds for studies into lobular breast cancer have been submitted to the National Institute for Health and Care Research in the last 24 months.

15 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of diagnosis rates for lobular breast cancer.

15 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of NHS trusts in (a) London and (b) England that offer MRI scans for the detection of lobular breast cancer.

9 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Fujitsu

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contracts HM Prison and Probation Service has with Fujitsu.

9 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2023 to Question 7342 on Prison and Probation Service: Staff, how much was spent on (a) flights, (b) hospitality and (c) accommodation on those visits.

8 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people of what religion from each ethnic group were in prison on 30 September 2023.

8 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people of each ethnicity are serving a determinate prison sentence of 20 years or more.

8 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts for Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) current and (b) expired contracts were agreed for the operation of each prison in the last 10 years; who the providers were for each contract; and what the (i) start and (ii) end date was for each contra

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) people and (b) foreign nationals are in prison for each offence category.

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes: Botulinum Toxin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of botulinum toxin treatments for stroke victims in west London.

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken to support NHS staff who act as whistle-blowers on patient safety concerns.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Intellectual Property: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has taken steps to support victims of intellectual property theft.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Intellectual Property: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the support for victims of intellectual property theft provided by Action Fraud.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications were (a) made, (b) granted and (c) refused for temporary release from prison under a Childcare Resettlement Licence by (i) men and (ii) women in 2023.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison leavers have been accommodated under Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 in (a) total and (b) each of the last three years.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were in prison as a place of safety as of 5 January 2024.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were participating in higher education courses as of 5 January 2024.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison cells are currently not in use due to (a) disrepair and (b) poor estate conditions in each prison in England and Wales.

Source: official written-questions record.