Written questions

1,625 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2023 to Question 5069 on Prison and Probation Service: Staff, whether senior grade staff in HM Prisons and Probation Service have visited Estonia on official duties in the las

14 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2023 to Question 3472 on Cystic Fibrosis: Drugs, when she expects the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to publish their final guidance on the

14 Dec 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Shared Ownership Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the number of shared ownership properties there are in (a) London and (b) England.

14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department (a) collects and (b) publishes on levels of drug use by prisoners in the prison estate.

14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what maintenance work is required at HMP Wandsworth as of 14 December 2023.

14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5546 what the (a) original projected cost and (b) final cost of the new medical centre at HMP Wandsworth was.

12 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community work supervisors his Department has recruited since 2021.

12 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults were reported on officers working on operation tornado deployments in each year since 2020.

11 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes against the Person

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) charges and (b) successful prosecutions were brought against prisoners for assaults against staff in HM Prison and Probation Service in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022 and (d) 2023.

11 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes against the Person

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) charges and (b) successful prosecutions brought against prisoners for assaults against staff in private prisons in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022 and (d) 2

11 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes against the Person

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of assaults against prison staff in private prisons in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022 and (d) 2023.

8 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Veterans Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Oral Statement by the former Secretary of State for Defence on Wednesday 19 July 2023 on Veterans update, Official Report, column 921, what discussions he has had with the Leader of the Hous

7 Dec 2023 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 11 September 2023 to Question 196013, whether his Department plans to announce the successful applications for the Access for All funding by the end of 2023.

7 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the total caseload for the probation service in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023.

7 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 32 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, what his planned timetable is for when random mandatory drug testing will return to the levels required to estimate national drug

7 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 32 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, for what reason the mandatory drug testing panel wasn't updated in 2022-23.

7 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 66 of the Ministry of Justice Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, published on 28 November 2023, for what reason was there a Disclosure of a spreadsheet containing offender data, by email,

7 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious further offence reviews were carried out by the Probation Service in each year since 2018.

7 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious further offences were committed in each year since 2020-21.

6 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Wandsworth: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for the completion of the new medical centre at HMP Wandsworth.

6 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison estate surveys were completed in (a) 2022 and (b) 2023.

4 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the value for money of Operation Safeguard in 2023.

4 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether staff below senior grade in HM Prisons and Probation Service have visited Estonia on official duties in the last 12 months.

4 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons do not have a completed local security strategy as of 4 December 2023.

4 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Service: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department have carried out surveys to identify buildings constructed with RAAC on the probation estate.

4 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Service: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many stress-related sick day absences were recorded for probation staff in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.

4 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many stress-related sick day absences were recorded for probation staff in Greater London in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.

4 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether officials in his Department plan to review the value for money of triggering Operation Safeguard in 2023.

4 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was provided to Blue Blight Commercial as part of Operation Safeguard.

4 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a police cell was used as part of Operation Safeguard in 2023 by (a) region and (b) police force.

Source: official written-questions record.