Written questions

1,625 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential risk to public safety of Operation Early Dawn.

16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appearances in magistrates courts were delayed on (a) 15 and (b) 16 May 2024 as part of Operation Early Dawn.

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice on 14 May 2024, Official Report, column 119, whether a decision by a Governor to block the early release of a prisoner under

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an equality impact assessment of the proposal to extend the End of Custody Supervised License scheme to a maximum of 70 days within the women's prison estate.

15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of prisoners that were released under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme who were homeless upon their release from prison.

13 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the financial impact on people whose PIP payments have been paused as a result of them being in hospital for more than 28 days.

13 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of times PIP payments have been paused for individuals who are in hospital for more than 28 days.

9 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled First Rapid Deployment Cells unveiled to boost prison places, published on 3 March 2023, how many such cells have been built as of 9 May 2024.

8 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Parc: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison (a) officers and (b) staff have been investigated for (i) drug smuggling and (ii) corruption at HMP Parc in each of the last four years.

8 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Nitazenes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether mandatory random drug testing in prisons includes testing for nitrazenes.

8 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Nitazenes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the level of availability of nitazenes in prisons.

3 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Long Lartin and HMP Whitemoor: Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were deployed on detached duty to (a) HMP Long Lartin and (b) HMP Whitemoor in each of the last four years.

3 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Long Lartin and HMP Whitemoor: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidences of (a) assault and (b) serious assault were committed against prison staff at (i) HMP Long Lartin and (ii) HMP Whitemoor in each of the last four years.

1 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department have made a risk assessment of prison officer vacancies in the Long Term High Security Estate.

26 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations she has made to NICE on the availability of Enhertu.

24 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies there were for band 3 prison officers in the Long Term High Security Estate - South at the start of each year from 2017 to 2023.

23 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released under the Release following Risk Assessed Recall review process between 7 September and 31 December 2023.

23 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were released under the executive release scheme in each year between 2017 and 2023.

22 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Corruption

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many police detectives are employed by the counter corruption unit in HM Prison and Probation Service.

18 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2024 to Question 21066 on Prisons: Civil Disorder, how may Tornado trained officers each prison should aim to have trained.

18 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Lewes: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what investigation HM Prison and Probation Service has carried out into the causes of the hospitalisation of (a) prison staff and (b) prisoners at HMP Lewes on 28 March 2024.

16 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies for band (a) three, (b) four and (c) five prison officers there are as of 16 April 2024, by (i) prison and (ii) region.

16 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacancies in the probation service there are as of 16 April 2024, by region.

16 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trainee probation officers have resigned from the service within (a) one week, (b) one month and (c) three months of starting their role as a trainee probation officer.

15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Berwyn: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison (a) officers and (b) other staff have been (i) investigated, (ii) arrested and (iii) charged in relation to (A) drug smuggling and (B) corruption at HMP Berwyn in the last two years.

15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Five Wells: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison (a) officers and (b) other staff have been (i) investigated, (ii) arrested and (iii) charged in relation to (A) drug smuggling and (B) corruption at HMP Five Wells in the last 18 months.

15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people on community sentences were assessed under the offender assessment system as lacking stable accommodation in the last year for which figures are available.

15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how many and what proportion of people on community sentences with a supervision element was a breach recorded in the last year for which figures are available.

15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who were released from remand had no fixed address in each of the last three years.

15 Apr 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people that had served sentences of 12 months or less were released from custody without a permanent address in the latest period for which data is available.

Source: official written-questions record.