Written questions

1,447 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Fiscal Policy: Females

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's fiscal policies on the financial position of women.

10 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Medway Secure Training Centre: G4S

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2016 to Question 22664, when those contract breaches took place; and with what procedures G4S failed to comply.

10 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Rochester

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the National Offender Management Service's Benchmarking Policy and efficiency programme in HM Prison Rochester.

10 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Rochester

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken as a result of the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' report on HM Prison Rochester, published in September 2015; and if he will make a statement.

10 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2016 to Question 23824, whether any staff in young offender institutions are (a) qualified speech and language therapists, (b) registered with the Mental Health and Care Profe

10 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Rochester: Self-harm

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidences of self harm were reported at HM Prison Rochester in each of the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce such incidences in the prison estate.

10 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to eradicate new psychoactive substances across the prison estate; and if he will make a statement.

2 Feb 2016 · Scotland Office

Abortion: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with ministers of the Scottish Government and women's organisations on devolving competence for abortion legislation to Scotland.

2 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question 24637, how many Band 3 and above prison officers took severance or redundancy packages in each month since May 2010.

2 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January to Question 23624, how many offences were committed by prisoners who had absconded in the last year for which figures are available.

2 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January to Question 23624, how many offences were committed by prisoners who had escaped in the last year for which figures are available.

1 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales were admitted to accident and emergency departments as a consequence of the use of psychoactive substances in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.

1 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Cardiff: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners from HMP Cardiff attended A&E departments as a consequence of the use of psychoactive substances in each year from 2013 to 2015.

1 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Swansea: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) assaults and (b) serious assaults by prisoners on other prisoners were recorded at HMP Swansea during each of the last three years.

1 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) assaults and (b) serious assaults on prison officers were recorded at HMP Cardiff during each of the last three years.

1 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) assaults and (b) serious assaults on prisoners by other prisoners were recorded at HMP Cardiff during each of the last three years.

27 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents relating to safety of children in secure training centres and young offender institutions have been raised by Barnardo's advocates with (a) Youth Justice Board monitors and (b) local children's

27 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many failures there have been in contracts for the running of prisons at each institution in each of the last five years; what those failures were; and what financial penalties were attached to each such fail

22 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Miscarriage

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have had miscarriages in each prison in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

22 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Community Rehabilitation Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many community rehabilitation companies have completed his Department's risk audit; and what the results of those audits are.

22 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Probation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been transferred from community rehabilitation companies to the National Probation Service for risk escalation.

22 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question HL324 from Baroness Masham of Ilton, when the additional four weeks of training for prison officers will be introduced; and whether training on suicide and self-

19 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Injuries

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) young offenders and (b) staff the Youth Justice Board recorded as injured in each young offender institute in each of the last eight years; how many such injuries to (i) young offenders and (ii) staf

19 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Medway Secure Training Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff of Medway Secure Training College have (a) been suspended, (b) received an official warning and (c) been dismissed since 30 December 2015.

19 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Medway Secure Training Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recruitment campaigns and job vacancies there are at Medway Secure Training College.

19 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Medway Secure Training Centre: G4S

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether G4S is currently in breach of its contract for services at Medway Secure Training College.

19 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Medway Secure Training Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many beds are (a) funded for and (b) provided by the Youth Justice Board at Medway Secure Training College.

19 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Medway Secure Training Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are currently held at Medway Secure Training College.

18 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of segregation have been recorded at each youth facility in each year since 2010; how many such segregations have been for more than (a) seven, (b) 15 and (c) 28 days; and how many boys in each

18 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Secure Training Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) internal and (b) external investigations have been undertaken into self-harm, suicide and restraint in secure training centres in the last five years; which organisations undertook those investigatio

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