Written questions

1,971 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department made prior to enactment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 of the annual number of cases that would be funded as exceptional cases.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Women's Centres: Judiciary

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what resources his Department provided to fund the production and distribution of information on women's centres for (a) magistrates and (b) judges since 2010.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Women's Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what resources his Department has allocated to fund (a) magistrates and (b) judges visiting women's centres since 2010.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Women's Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish its map of women's centres and rape crisis centres.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes have been made to his Department's capital expenditure plans as a result of Budget 2018.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which programmes the £1.3 billion of capital spending on prisons announced following the 2015 spending review has been allocated.

2 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Convictions: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of applicants to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) have met in person with CCRC caseworkers in each year since 2010.

2 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Court Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions have Crown Court Orders obtained under Section 18A of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 not been complied with in each year since 2010.

2 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Cases Review Commission

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions judicial review proceedings have been brought by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) against a public body which has refused a request of the CCRC for information under Section 17 of

2 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Cases Review Commission

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests made under section 17 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 by the Criminal Cases Review Commission were refused by each category of public body in 2017.

2 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of women who do not disclose that they have a dependant child before they receive a custodial sentence.

2 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Secretary of State launches dedicated strategy to 'break the cycle' of female offending, published on 27 June 2018, how many of the bids received by his D

2 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number places in residential women's centres that were funded by the Government in each year since 2010.

2 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total additional funding allocated to his Department for resource expenditure in Budget 2018 was.

2 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total additional funding allocated to his Department for capital expenditure in Budget 2018 was.

2 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Ministry of Justice secures extra £52 million for targeted expenditure, published on 30 October 2018, how much of the £30 million allocated to prisons thi

2 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Convictions: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of applicants to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have had legal representation to assist them with their applications in each year since 2010.

31 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the ministerial responsibilities of Edward Argar are not listed on the relevant Ministry of Justice web page.

31 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the new prisons planned to be built at (a) Glen Parva and (b) Wellingborough will be (a) operated and (b) managed by a private company.

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish (a) the change in his Department's budget in real terms in each year since 2010; and what the projected change will be in real terms in each year to 2022.

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released from prison in error in each year since 2010.

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.51 of the Budget 2018, whether his Department plans to build new prisons using private finance.

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 178349 on Prisons: Private Sector and with reference to paragraph 5.28 of the Budget 2018 setting out the allocation of Government funding for the building of

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that progress is made on implementing the recommendations made to the UK in 2017 under the Universal Periodic Review process on children's rights and the elimination

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of his Department's annual spend on legal representation for prisons and probation staff at inquests on deaths in prison in each of the last five years.

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the annual spend by state bodies for their own legal representation at article two inquests in each of the last five years.

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time between an application for legal aid for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme and a decision made was in each of the last five years.

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of applications for exceptional case funding for legal aid for inquests that have been refused and subsequently granted following an appeal.

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was for legal aid funding for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years was; and how many applications for that funding were (a) made, (b) granted

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of legal aid for bereaved families for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme in the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.