Written questions

1,971 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison education is provided under the dynamic purchasing system in each prison.

4 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of procuring services for prisons in the private sector.

4 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he made of the value of each court that his Department intended to sell prior to each sale.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total additional capital spend was on physical security in each of the prisons in the 10 Prisons Project in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average level of prison population above Certified Normal Accommodation capacity was in each of the prisons in the 10 Prisons Project in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 201

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of prison officers in post was in each of the prisons in the 10 Prisons Project in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for employment tribunal fee refunds have been refused by reason for refusal.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest waiting time was between an application for an employment tribunal and the date of first hearing in (a) 2012, (b) 2015 and (c) 2018 by employment tribunal office.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent from the public purse on notifying people that paid employment tribunal fees of their right to a refund.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) value and (b) proportion of employment tribunal fees have been refunded since those fees were abolished.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of exposure to prison violence on re-offending rates.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2019 to Question 263187 on Prisons: Contracts, what estimate he has made of the cost of the (a) staffing and (b) external advice required to (i) develop and (ii) run the prison o

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of children in custody have special education needs.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was to the public purse on legal aid for education law in each year since 2010.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on children of the removal of parts of education law from the scope of legal aid under Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to reduce the level of the use of restraint on children in custody.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of an increase in the level of self-representation in courts.

2 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Judges: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the working hours of judges in each year since 2010.

2 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of healthcare services to prisoners in private prisons.

1 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of assaults on (a) prison officers, (b) prison educators, (c) prison instructors, (d) prison health-care staff and (e) other prison staff was across the prison estate in (i) 2012 (ii) 2018.

1 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264474 on Prisons: Private Sector, how many of the funded posts for Prison Custody Officers at each privately managed prison were filled as of the dates those fi

1 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2019 to Question 253599 on Glen Pava Prison and Wellingborough Prison: Contracts, on what date his Department plans to announce the result of the mini-competition for the operatio

1 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2019 to Question 253599 on Glen Pava Prison and Wellingborough Prison: Contracts, on what date his Department plans to award the Prison Operator Framework; and if he will make a s

26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what increase in staffing levels was required as part of the contractual improvement notice issued in March 2015 at HMP Doncaster.

26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what the staffing levels were at HMP Doncaster at the time the contractual improvement notice of March 2015 was issued.

26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what increases were made to staffing levels at HMP Doncaster to enable the closure of the Rectification Notice in July 2017.

26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2019 to Question 251425 on Prisons: Contracts, what the shortfall in staffing levels was at HMP Rye Hill that required the issuing of a Rectification Notice in March 2010.

26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have died in custody while under an imprisonment for public protection sentence with an initial tariff of less than five years.

26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2019 to Question 256426 on Prisons: Crimes of Violence, how many (a) assailants, (b) suspected assailants and (c) victims there have been in respect of such incidents in each year

26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were recorded as being of no fixed abode on arrival in custody in each custodial institution that holds women in each year since 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.