Richard Burgon

17 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to produce a Green Paper on a presumption against shorter sentences.

16 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s press release, £100 million crackdown on crime in prison, published on 13 August 2019, what the previously announced £70 million to increase security and stability in prisons wa

2 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of (a) contractors and (b) sub-contractors operating within the prison estate in the most recent period for which information is available.

2 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) contractors and (b) sub-contractors operated within the prison estate in each of the last three years.

25 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women received a custodial sentence of (i) six months or less and (ii) more than six months in 2018.

25 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list and place in the Library all research his Department has undertaken into short sentences in the last two years.

25 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were employed in each high-security prison in each quarter since 2010.

25 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to publish the repair completion rate for each prison in each year for which figures are available.

25 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest waiting time was in weeks for a trial where the defendant entered a not guilty plea for rape in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018.

6 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2019 to Question 280425, whether funding for the additional prison officers recruited is from (a) existing funding from his Department or (b) additional funding from the public p

5 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional funding was allocated for the recruitment of additional prison officers his Department’s 2019-20 Main Estimate Memorandum.

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 31 July 2019 to Question 277788 on Prison Service: Industrial Health and Safety, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the Bodily Fluid Exposure and Sharps Injury tel

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Trials: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what were the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea for a murder charge in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Trials: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what were the (a) mean and (b) median waiting times in weeks for trials where the defendants entered a not guilty plea in each Crown Court in England and Wales in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2018.

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to custodial institutions holding children on when to make a safeguarding referral.

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safeguarding referrals to a local authority were made by each custodial institution holding children in each year since 2010.

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost is to his Department of the administration of the Judicial Pensions Scheme by Xafinity Punter Southall in each year for which information is available.

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints on the administration of the Judicial Pensions Scheme by Xafinity Punter Southall have been made under the internal disputes resolution procedure in each year for which information is availabl

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 July 2019 to Question 280394 on Ministry of Justice: Contracts, whether his Department maintains a record of financial remedies paid by each private company his Department holds contr

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Remand in Custody: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners remanded in custody were in employment in each prison in the financial year 2018-19.

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Offender Assessment System

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners in each prison have an up to date Offender Assessment System assessment.

3 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department’s press release of 9 November 2015, Prison building revolution announced by Chancellor and Justice Secretary relating to the 2015 Spending Review, how much of the Government's pla

2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Departmental Expenditure Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of his Departments capital expenditure limit has been switched to resource expenditure limit in each year since 2015; and if he will make a statement.

2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to increase the number of prison officers above the levels as outlined in HM Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly: June 2019; and what his Department's target is for t

2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison places defined as in-use certified normal accommodation there were on 30 June of each year since 2010; and how many of those places were in (a) public and (b) private prisons.

2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was on 30 June in each year since 1997; and how many of those prisoners were in (a) public and (b) private prisons.

25 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2019 to Question 277660 on Prisons: Staff, whether absence due to (a) stress, (b) post-traumatic stress disorder, (c) depression, (d) exposure to new psychoactive substances, and

24 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Older Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the physical ability of prison officers to work in front-line roles above the age of 60.

24 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) prison violence and (b) exposure to new psychoactive substances on the (i) physical and (ii) mental health of prison staff.

24 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Written Statement of 22 July 2019 on Prisons and Probation, HCWS1783, what assessment he has made of how partnering with the private sector to operate prisons offers value for money.