Written questions
1,971 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Medway Secure Training Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of the (a) initial contract when agreed and (b) total lifetime value of the contract with G4S relating to Medway Secure Centre up to its termination.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of using private finance for the building of new prisons.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Long Lartin
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on managing the incident at HMP Long Lartin in October 2017 the difference between (a) actual staffing levels and (b) benchmark staffing targets at that priso
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Alternatives to Prison
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to extend to other areas intensive alternatives to Custody programmes such as the scheme piloted in Greater Manchester as an alternative to short custodial sentences.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the effect on the courts system of the number of cases escalating into court disputes as a result of withdrawal of early legal advice.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
HM Prison Service: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of full-time equivalent staff at governor and managerial level at pay bands seven to 11 was in the prison estate in each year since 2010.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of restoring early legal advice on the number of cases awaiting a hearing in the courts.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
HM Prison Service: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to increase the number of prison governor and managerial level staff at pay bands seven to 11 in each of the next two years.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) number and (b) benchmark target of prison officers has been for the 10 prisons deemed to be of serious concern in the Prison Annual Performance Ratings 2016-17 in each year since 2010.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice to the Justice Committee on 7 November 2017, HC 419, if he will place in the Library the maps that show the location o
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Justice Committee on 7 November 2017, HC 419, what information his Department holds on contractual performance relating to (a) education provision, (b) levels of a
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Charities
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many not-for-profit providers completed legal aid work in (a) total and (b) in each region in each year since 2010.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Charities
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much legal aid funding has been spent on not-for-profit providers completing legal aid work in (a) total and (b) each region in each year since 2010.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the recruitment and retention of criminal law practitioners as a result of the proposed changes to the Litigators' Graduated Fee Scheme.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the economic viability of criminal defence firms of proposed changes to the Litigators' Graduated Fee Scheme.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Suicide
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government's paper, Deaths of offenders in the community, published on 26 October 2017, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the incidents of deaths classifi
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the consultation on reforming the advocates' graduated fee scheme which closed on 2 March 2017.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2017 to Question 108880, how many of the 10,000 planned new prison places will be (a) additional places that increase the total number of prison places or (b) replacement plac
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners aged (a) 60 to 69, (b) 70 to 79, (c) 80 to 89 and (d) over 90 have been sentenced to sentences of (i) six months or less, (ii) 12 months or less, (iii) two years or less and (iv) five years or
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who lost their home after being recalled to prison in each quarter of the last five years.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the Government funding for legal aid is spent on court fees.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many calls have been received by the Mandatory Civil Legal Advice Gateway in each year since 2013, for each category of advice.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the calls received by the Mandatory Civil Legal Advice Gateway in each year since 2013 have been referred for face-to-face advice, for each category of advice.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Electronic Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government has spent on the Client and Cost Management System in each of the last five years.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Electronic Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate the Government has made of the cost of the Client and Cost Management System in each of the last five years.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Representation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were litigants in person in England and Wales in each of the last five years in (a) civil and (b) criminal cases.
7 Nov 2017 · Department of Health
Alcoholism and Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in prison in England and Wales (a) requested and (b) received drug and alcohol treatment in each quarter for the last five years.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of risk assessments for cell-sharing in prisons.
7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Community Rehabilitation Companies: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2017 to Question 109713, on staff: probation, what the minimum level of staffing required by each community rehabilitation company is to meet its obligations of a sufficient l
6 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Probation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event that a community rehabilitation company terminates its contract; and if he will make a statement.
Source: official written-questions record.