Written questions

1,971 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 252665 on Prison Officers, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of prison violence of the loss of over 80,000 years of prison officers' cumulative

24 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Tackling Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System: October 2018 Update, how many full-time equivalent employees worked within the dedicated team in the Department co-ordinating work o

24 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Tackling Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System: October 2018 Update report, what the total spend has been on the dedicated team in his Department coordinating work on ethnic and ra

24 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Tackling Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System: October 2018 Update, how many FTE employees work within the dedicated team in his Department coordinating work on ethnic and racial

22 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional prison officers have been recruited since 31 March 2017; and how many of those posts were funded by the additional funding allocated by the Treasury at that time; and what additional funding t

22 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement, Pay rise for prison officers 2019, published by his Department on 22 July 2019, how much additional funding the Treasury has allocated to his Department for the pay award.

22 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Overtime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of overtime were worked by Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service staff in each year since 2010.

22 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Overtime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of overtime were worked by HM Courts & Tribunals Service staff in each year since 2010.

22 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid by each private company with a contract with the Department in financial remedies and what the reason was for those financial remedies in each year since 2010.

19 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was in England and Wales in (a) 12 months to June 1997 and (b) 12 months to June 2010.

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Inspectorate of Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that recommendations for improvements made by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons are addressed.

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 273816, how enabling a governor to determine (a) what the curriculum is, (b) how it is delivered, and (c) who delivers it will ensure a consistent approach to de

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 273816 on Prisons: Education, which providers have been awarded Dynamic Purchasing System contracts to date.

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 273816 on Prisons: Education, what the value by lot is of Dynamic Purchasing System contracts awarded to date.

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Inspectorate of Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve its procedures for implementing the recommendations made by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons.

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours of purposeful activity per prisoner were recorded on average in (a) each prison rated in the 2017-18 performance rating as performance is of serious concern and (b) each prisons that was rated as e

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Segregation of Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average length of time and (b) longest number of days was that a prisoner spent in segregation in each prison in 2018.

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Segregation of Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have spent time in segregation by prison in each year since 2010.

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Childbirth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in prison gave birth in 2018.

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Recorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Recorders have sat to hear cases in each year since 2010.

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have paid Employment Tribunal Fees during the operation of that policy.

18 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cumulative years experience of teachers working in prisons in (a) 2010 (b) 2015 and (c) 2018.

17 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Shoplifting: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women sentenced to prison for theft from shops received sentences of (a) less than one month, (b) less than three months, (c) less than six months, (d) less than 12 months and (e) 12 months or more.

17 Jul 2019 · Attorney General

Slavery: Victims

To ask the Attorney General, what estimate his Department made of the number of victims of modern slavery who have been charged with a criminal offence committed in connection to their being a victim of slavery.

17 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Slavery: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of child victims of modern slavery in custody.

17 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Slavery: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of victims of modern slavery in prison.

17 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what total Government expenditure on legal aid has been since 1989 in (a) nominal and (b) real terms.

17 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a diversity monitoring form was included for completion for people applying to be a Leadership Magistrate.

17 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the advertisement seeking to recruit Leadership Magistrates; and in what locations that advert was made publicly available.

17 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Leadership Magistrates there were by (a) gender, (b) age, (c) ethnicity, (d) socio-economic background and (e) who have declared a disability in the latest period for which figures are available.

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