Written questions

1,971 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Tribunals: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March to Question 130227, on courts: video conferencing, what proportion of participants in Tax Tribunals are not represented by a lawyer.

18 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Tribunals: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March to Question 130227, on courts: video conferencing, what proportion of participants in Tax Tribunals are children.

18 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Tribunals: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March to Question 130227, on courts: video conferencing, what assessment his Department has made of how representative the Tax Tribunal is of other courts and tribunals.

18 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Tribunals: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March to Question 130227, on courts: video conferencing, how many hours of tribunal time are planned to be assessed during that evaluation.

18 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what powers the Legal Aid Agency has to grant legal aid even where the means test is not met.

18 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the legal aid means test threshold was last reviewed; and when the next review is due to take place.

18 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled people living in poverty who are not eligible for legal aid.

18 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number people living in poverty who are not eligible for legal aid.

13 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice

John Worboys

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reasons were for information on the (a) rape kit, (b) remarks made by the sentencing judge at Worboys’ trial and (c) new information that emerged as a result of the legal action against the Metropolitan

13 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Amey

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2018 to Question 132514, if he will publish the monthly scorecards for each prison in which Amey is responsible for maintenance since such scorecards were first recorded.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all procurement areas have at least two legal aid providers of debt law advice by September 2018.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all procurement areas have at least two legal aid providers of immigration law by September 2018.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all procurement areas have at least two legal aid providers of welfare and benefits law by September 2018.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Community Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all procurement areas have at least two legal aid providers of community care law by September 2018.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all procurement areas have at least two legal aid providers of discrimination law by September 2018.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that in areas where there are no immigration and asylum provider bids, unaccompanied children seeking asylum can get appropriate legal assistance.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the low level of compliant bids submitted to the Legal Aid Agency.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people live in procurement areas in which (a) one or (b) no compliant bids have been submitted to the Legal Aid Agency.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the level of unmet need for legal advice, broken down by region.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of legal aid providers attained a pass at peer review in each year since 2010.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid providers attained a pass at peer review in each year since 2010.

19 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Computers and Telephones

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2018 to Question 132158, on Prisons: Computers and Telephones, whether there were any prisons in which work was undertaken in preparation for the pilot but the full pilot was no

19 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Computers and Telephones

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2018 to Question 132158, on Prisons: Computers and Telephones, whether there were any prisons in which the pilot was started but ended before its scheduled completion.

19 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average hourly rate paid by his Department is for an agency worker in each category of role for which his Department uses agency workers.

19 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average hourly rate paid by his Department for an agency probation officer is.

19 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Temporary Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people his Department has employed as contingent labour in each year since 2010.

19 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average hourly rate paid by his Department for agency staff is by grade.

16 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, How much money has been spent on subsistence payments to prison officers on detached duty in each year since 2010.

16 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to change the level of subsistence paid to prison officers on detached duty.

16 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the standard rate of subsistence paid to prison officers on detached duty per overnight stay is.

Source: official written-questions record.