Written questions

1,971 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions he has been required to revoke a Prison Custody Officer’s certificate under Schedule 2 (5) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each of the last five years.

13 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prison Custody Officer Certificates were suspended under (a) Schedule 2 (3) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and (b) Schedule 2 (4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.

13 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2018 to Question 190557 on Prisons: Private Sector, what the process is for the issue of a certificate in respect of Schedule 10 (2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 or Sched

13 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2018 to Question 190557 on Prisons: Private Sector, how many prisoner custody officer certificates are in force at each contract held by his Department with private-sector pr

13 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2018 to Question 190557 on Prisons: Private Sector, how many prisoner custody officer certificates are in force.

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Birmingham: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times HMP Birmingham has been placed in special measures in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement.

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners categorised as suitable for Category C accommodation are housed in Category B training prisons.

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2012 to Question 124033 on Prison Service: Staff, if he will provide updated figures for each year since 2013.

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the contractual expiry date is for each private sector contracted prison.

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence of 26 June 2018 by the Minister of State of his Department to the Justice Committee on Prison Population 2022: planning for the future, Question 81, whether key worker contact

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence of 26 June 2018 by the Minister of State of his Department to the Justice Committee on Prison Population 2022: planning for the future, Question 81, when HM Prison and Probatio

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence of 26 June 2018 by the Minister of State of his Department to the Justice Committee on Prison Population 2022: planning for the future, Question 81, what the target number of k

10 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2018 to Question 185683 on Coroners: Legal Representation, how many cases his Department provided funding for legal representation for prisons and probation staff at inquests

5 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement entitled, Minister announces 10 Prisons Project to develop new model of excellence, whether his Department has established an office to oversee that project.

5 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional prison officers have been recruited since October 2016; and how many of those officers have served for (a) six months, (b) 12 months and (c) 18 months.

5 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement entitled, Minister announces 10 Prisons Project to develop new model of excellence, what criteria his Department plans to use to assess the effect on prisons of that project.

5 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement entitled, Minister announces 10 Prisons Project to develop new model of excellence, published on 17 August 2017, how much funding his Department has allocated to that project in

5 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Police Custody: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaths in custody were labelled as non-natural deaths in (a) each year since 2010 and (b) each month since January 2016.

5 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were certified to conduct control & restraint procedures at each of the contracted-out prisons in each year since 2010.

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 196269, what estimate he has made of the cost of producing an in-house bid for the operation of new-build prisons.

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons received the lowest rating in the annual prison performance ratings in each year since 2010.

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have received custodial sentences in 2018; how many (a) men and (b) women among those people received a sentence of (i) less than (A) two weeks, (B) one month, (C) three months, (D) six months and

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received custodial sentences in 2017; how many (a) men and (b) women among those people received a sentence of (i) less than (A) two weeks, (B) one month, (C) three months, (D) six months and (E)

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the £10 million in funding announced by the Government in August 2018 for the 10 Prisons Project, how much of that £10 million is additional funding provided by HM Treasury.

4 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were certified to conduct control and restraint at each contracted-out prison in each year since 2010.

4 Dec 2018 · Home Office

Coroners: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's annual spending was on legal representation for police forces and police staff at inquests relating to people who have died during or following police contact in the last five ye

30 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Locks and Keys

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2017 to Question 117497 on Prisons: Locks and Keys, if he will publish the latest available figures.

30 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of victims of domestic violence that were cross-examined by their abuser in the family courts in 2017.

30 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released in December 2017; and how many of those prisoners were released without having a confirmed fixed address.

28 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the real terms change was in his Departmental Resource Budget, excluding income received in each year since 2010; and what estimate he has made of the real terms change in that budget in each year until 2022

Source: official written-questions record.