Written questions
1,971 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
National Tactical Response Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the National Tactical Response Group has been called to each prison in each year since 2010.
30 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Deployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of (a) hotel and (b) other expenses for prison officers on detached duty in each month since January 2018.
28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration law legal aid providers there were in each year since 2010, by procurement area.
28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of HMPPS accredited programmes have had impact evaluations.
28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the criteria used by Her Majesty's Prisons and Probation Service expert panel to assess accredited rehabilitation programmes.
28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to include targeted programmes for offenders that are dependent on (a) drugs, (b) alcohol and (c) gambling as a commissioning requirement under the proposed new probation system.
28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's strategy entitled, Transforming Rehabilitation, what key success indicators his Department plans to include in its programmes to reduce reoffending.
28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the financial deductions levied against companies with which his Department has contracts.
28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which courts that closed since 2010 have yet to be sold; and what the costs to the public purse have been of each of those court premises since the they were closed.
28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Occupation Orders: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of domestic violence have been refused legal aid in relation to an application for an occupation order in each year since 2010.
28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Crown (b) magistrates' courts closed in each year since 2010.
28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost incurred by the Legal Aid Agency was for means-testing applications for grants of exceptional funding in relation to representation at inquests before Coroners' Courts in (a) each year since 2013 (b
28 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Trials: Video Conferencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions a video link failure led to the (a) delay and (b) postponement to another day for a (a) trial and (b) hearing in each of the last five years.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of employment conditions for prison officers on retention of prison officers.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Probation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of contracting out service delivery under the new probation system.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of prison officers.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the performance of companies with which his Department holds contracts against key performance indicators.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that prisoners can apply for universal credit before release.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of prison cells out of commission because of poor maintenance (a) on 24 October 2019, (b) in October 2018, (c) in October 2015 and (d) in October 2010.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the backlog in prison maintenance (a) on 24 October 2019, (b) in October 2018, (c) in October 2015 and (d) in October 2010.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what ratio-based calculation is used by his Department to determine the necessary number of prison officers.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: East Riding
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the new prison at Full Sutton will be operated by the public or private sector.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Officers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to recruit more probation officers.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time from the receipt of an appeal to the hearing was in first-tier tribunals in each year since 2010.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Non-molestation Orders: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of domestic violence were refused legal aid when applying for a non-molestation order in each year since 2010.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Family Courts: Legal Representation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents had no representation at a family court case relating to a child in each year since 2010.
24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers worked at each prison in (a) 2010 and (b) 2019.
23 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Witnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many witnesses have received support from the court-based witness service in each year since 2010.
23 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Serco
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) fines and (b) other financial penalties have been paid to his Department by (i) Serco and (ii) Serco subsidiaries for failures to meet contractual obligations in each year since 2010.
23 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Sodexo
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) fines and (b) other financial penalties have been paid to his Department by (i) Sodexo and (ii) Sodexo subsidiaries for failures to meet contractual obligations in each year since 2010.
Source: official written-questions record.