Written questions

1,625 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents at height occurred in a prison in England and Wales in each year since 2018.

13 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many barricade or prevention of access incidents took place in prisons in England and Wales in each year since 2018.

13 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the positive test rate was of random mandatory drug tests in each prison in England and Wales in 2023.

12 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his oral statement of 12 March 2024 on Update on foreign national offenders, prisons and probation, in what roles the 400 additional caseworkers were previously working.

11 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 15927 on Prisons: Civil Disorder, whether there is a minimum staffing requirement for Tornado teams.

7 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all prisoners released under the end of custody supervised license are required to wear an electronic tag.

7 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Gold Command suite was opened for a prison incident in each year since 1 January 2010; and for which (a) prisons and (b) incidents it was opened.

6 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle licence plate cloning.

6 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Distance Learning

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including distance learning undertaken by prisoners as purposeful activity.

6 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people charged with an offence relating to domestic violence were released under the home detention curfew in the last 12 months.

5 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Shoplifting: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 14123 on Shoplifting: Reoffenders, what the proven re-offending rate was for an index offence of robbery for the (a) January to March 2021 cohort and (b) January

5 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Shoplifting: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 14123 on Shoplifting: Reoffenders, what the proven re-offending rate was for an index offence of shop lifting (theft from shops) for the (a) January to March 202

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received any representations from Heathrow Airport Ltd on proposals to increase the number of air transport movements at that Airport.

29 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Dartmoor: Radon Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Annual Report of the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Dartmoor, published in December 2023, what was the result of the radon inspection at HMP Dartmoor in 2020; and what steps were taken

29 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Dartmoor: Radon Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department was first aware of the suspected presence of Radon Gas in HMP Dartmoor.

29 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Dartmoor: Radon Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners imprisoned in the lower wings in HMP Dartmoor have been moved out of the prison due to the suspected presence of radon gas.

29 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Dartmoor: Radon Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department have commissioned any reports into the presence of radon gas in HMP Dartmoor.

29 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Dartmoor: Radon Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been moved out of HMP Dartmoor due to the suspected presence of radon gas.

29 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which prisons are prisoners eligible to undertake apprenticeships in England and Wales.

28 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is a requirement for the victims of domestic abuse to be informed when the perpetrator of their abuse is released early under the home detention curfew scheme.

28 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the statutory eligibility criteria in section 4.3.1 of his Department's publication on the home detention curfew (HDC), published on 6 June 2023, if he will make an assessment of the potential m

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

Social Rented Housing: Mould

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of requirements for social housing providers of houses in multiple occupation to address (a) mould and (b) damp in those properties.

27 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who volunteer as part of operation tornado there are are in each prison as of 27 February 2024.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison service HQ staff work on project (a) management and (b) delivery; and what grades those staff are.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Managers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of new senior management posts at HM Prison and Probation Service were created via the One HMPPS project.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of the One HMPPS project.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of staff available for operation tornado duty have (a) completed full training and (b) in-date control and restraint training.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Incentives

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons offer bonuses for detached duty volunteers; and how many officers have been paid bonuses in each prison in the last 12 months.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison cells housing the (a) general prison population and (b) segregation population do not allow direct access to (i) artificial lighting sufficient for reading and (ii) natural light.

26 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison cells occupied by three prisoners have less than 12m² living space, excluding space dedicated to sanitary facilities, broken down by prison.

Source: official written-questions record.