Written questions

2,704 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Jun 2019 · Attorney General

Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many Rape and Serious Sexual Offences prosecutors have been available to make Crown Prosecution Service charging decisions in each year since 2015.

19 Jun 2019 · Attorney General

Rape: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of alleged rape were referred to the CPS in each year since 2015-16, and in how many of those cases the CPS pressed charges in each of those years; and what the (a) average, (b) shortest and (c) longest period o

18 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Randox Testing Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264436, when (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service last met with the National Police Chiefs' Council to discuss fore

18 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Gangs and Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release of 22 February 2019 entitled £9.8 million fund to confront knife and gang crime culture, how many families in each project area have been assi

18 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Youth Endowment Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the pay scale will be of the executive director and senior team recruited by Impetus to lead the Youth Endowment Fund's work.

18 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Youth Endowment Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the Independent Chair of the Youth Endowment Fund will be; and who will sit on the (a) management committee and (b) advisory council of that fund.

18 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Youth Endowment Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials are currently working on the Youth Endowment Fund.

18 Jun 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press release of 1 April 2019 entitled Government to harness power of sport to tackle youth violence, what commitment the Government has received from (a) the Premi

18 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release of 5 June 2019 entitled New anti-knife crime lessons ahead of summer, what estimate he has made of the number of schoolchildren (a) reached by the anti knife-crime

18 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Crime prevention: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the reach of the #knifefree campaign on social media from its inception to 18 June 2019.

18 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Crime Prevention: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release of 18 June 2019 entitled Home Office allocates £35 million to Police and Crime Commissioners in 18 local areas, whether any areas requesting funding for a violence

18 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Youth Endowment Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) force area, (b) project and (c) cost of each of the rejected bids to the Youth Endowment Fund from its inception to 18 June 2019.

18 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Youth Endowment Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the (a) force area, (b) projects and (c) funding allocated by the Youth Endowment Fund from its inception to 18 June 2019.

18 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Police: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the police force prices for goods and services in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016; and whether there is a policing-specific rate of inflation.

17 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Forensic Science

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many digital forensic laboratories are accredited by UK Accreditation Services.

17 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Randox Testing Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to press release of 6 December 2018 by the National Police Chiefs Council, National operation to re-test manipulated forensic samples continues, what proportion of the 10,500 cases iden

17 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2019 to Question 216372 on Police: Finance, what the Police Transformation Fund underspend was in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18; and what estimate he has made of tha

14 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Randox Testing Services: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on whether damages have been paid to people as a result of manipulation of forensic toxicology results at Randox.

14 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Randox Testing Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal cases have been referred to the Court of Appeal for review as a result of data manipulation at Randox Testing Services; and what was the outcome of those cases.

14 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Randox Testing Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of cases of erroneous testing results at Randox laboratories that resulted in a person wrongly having their diving licence suspended.

13 Jun 2019 · Attorney General

Randox Testing Services:

To ask the Attorney General, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prosecutions dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service as a result of data manipulation of forensic toxicology at Randox.

13 Jun 2019 · Attorney General

Randox Testing Services

To ask the Attorney General, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of cases of forensic manipulation at Randox that resulted in a conviction being overturned; and in how many of those cases had a custodial sentence already been served

13 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Randox Testing Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the highest priority cases identified by the National Police Chiefs' Council to be retested as a result of forensic manipulation at Randox have now been re-tested; and what proporti

13 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Forensic Science: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of Civil and Family Court cases where decisions were taken on the basis of manipulated forensic testing provided by (a) Randox and (b) Trimega.

13 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Police: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have accredited to ISO 17020 standard for crime scene investigation purposes.

13 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Forensic Science

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to increase the capacity for complex toxicology testing.

13 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Fingerprints: Laboratories

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of laboratories of all types that are not in compliance with ISO 17025 for the purposes of fingerprint comparison; and how many specimens for the pu

13 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Forensic Science: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of forensic science providers failing to comply with ISO17025; and how many such specimens examined were in laboratories in non-compliance.

13 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Forensic Science: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of digital forensics labs operating (a) without accreditation and (b) without compliance with digital forensics standards.

13 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

CAFCASS

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made on the number of cases undertaken by Cafcass in each year from 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.