Written questions

1,625 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners on Remand

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were held on remand in prison for longer than (a) six months, (b) 12 months and (c) two years as of 30 September (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Junior Doctors: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help increase retention levels of junior doctors in west London.

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that medical students who study in the UK have access to NHS foundation jobs at the end of their studies.

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to increase the number of available training places on the Foundation Programme for medical students who studied in the UK.

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of available places on the Foundation Programme for medical students who studied in the UK.

5 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Cleaning Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has had recent discussions with the Migration Advisory Committee on the number of visas issued to people working as laundry (a) workers, (b) engineers and (c) production manager

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were on detached duty in 2023; and what the additional cost to the public purse was for the provision of prison officers on detached duty in 2023.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisons provide planned activity to all inmates who are neither unwell nor undergoing punishment which involves (a) morning and (b) afternoon purposeful activity between Monday and

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Networks: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of how many people living in residential properties are not eligible for the energy price cap because they receive their energy from a communal source.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the pilot scheme to test wastewater for illegal drug use in prisons launched by his Department in 2021.

5 Jan 2024 · Attorney General

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for assaults against prison officers have been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service on the grounds of not being in the (a) public interest and (b) interests of justice in each of the last five years.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on the prison education service in financial year 2023-24.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for assaults on prison officers under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adult prisoners were undertaking level (a) 2 and (b) 3 courses in each academic year since September 2015.

5 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Fireworks Regulations 2004 for mitigating the impact of fireworks on noise pollution.

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

Property Management Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department (a) holds and (b) publishes on the number of residential units controlled by management companies in England.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on the number of items thrown over the walls into prisons.

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hypotension: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) treatments and (b) advice provided by the NHS for individuals with low blood pressure.

5 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hypotension: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help improve treatment for individuals aged over 65 with low blood pressure.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Woodhill

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps have been taken to repair broken telephones for prison inmates at HMP Woodhill.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Woodhill: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what maintenance work is required at HMP Woodhill as of 19 December 2023.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Woodhill

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HMP Woodhill Urgent Notification: Initial Response Action Plan published on 1 September 2023, which actions set out in that plan have been completed as of 19 December 2023.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many urgent notifications have been issued by the prison inspectorate in each year from 2019 to 2023 inclusive.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 26 June 2023 to Question 190334, 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 (

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the target number of random mandatory drug tests to be carried out in prisons each month.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the volume of illegal drugs found in prisons between (a) 2014 and 2018 and (b) 2019 and 2023.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug-related deaths have occurred in prisons each year since 2019.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many random mandatory drug tests were carried out in prisons in each year between 2019 and 2023 inclusive.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons random mandatory drug tests were carried out in 2023.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious further offences were committed in each year between 2020 and 2023; and how many and what proportion of the perpetrators of those offences were (i) under community supervision, (ii) on a determin

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