Written questions

1,971 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps Sodexo has taken to address allegations of drug use and violence within HM Prison Northumberland; and if she will make a statement.

13 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings and trials involving a video link or similar technology in the last year experienced problems related to that technology; and what the estimated cost was of those disruptions.

13 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to ensure that inmates at HM Prison Northumberland are receiving educational services; and if she will make a statement.

13 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of alleged contractual breaches by (a) Sodexo Justice Services and (b) Novus at HM Prison Northumberland; and if she will make a statement.

13 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps Sodexo has taken to address the issue of unfit accommodation at HM Prison Northumberland.

6 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the average cost of employing a prison officer in bands 3 to 5 (a) this year and (b) in each year from 2018-19 to 2020-21.

22 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cumulative value of planned pay increments for Band 3 prison officers would be which are to be replaced by the £5,000 pay increase in 31 prisons announced by her on 19 February 2017.

22 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) start date, (b) cohort size and (c) Prison Service Training Centre location for prison officer entry level training is for January to July 2017.

21 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria she used to identify 31 prisons where Band 3 prison officers will receive salary increases of up to £5,000 as announced by her Department on 19 February 2017.

21 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Northumberland: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Band 2 operational support grades, (b) Band 3 to 5 prison officers and (c) other grades of staff have been employed at HM Prison Northumberland in each quarter since December 2013.

21 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many candidates (a) started and (b) did not complete prison officer entry level training in each year since 2010.

21 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will list what mental health training courses are available to prison officers who are not Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork assessors after those officers have completed prison officer entry level

21 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Band 3 Prison Officer job offers have been made by HM Prison Service and (b) prison officer entry level training starts have been recorded since 3 November 2016.

21 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork assessors are employed in each public sector prison.

21 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what dates she met the (a) Prison Service Pay Review Body, (b) Prison Governors Association and (c) Prison Officers Association to discuss pay increases for Band 3 prison officers.

21 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what dates she has held discussions with the (a) Prison Service Pay Review Body, (b) Prison Governors Association and (c) Prison Officers Association on pay increases for Band 2 operational support grades, Ban

21 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving band 3 prison officers, by prison establishment, are eligible for a (a) pay increase and (b) £5,000 pay increase as a result of the announcement of 19 February 2017.

21 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish Fair and Sustainable pay scales for all staff grades incorporating changes made as a result of her announcement of 19 February 2017 on steps to strengthen prison frontline and attract new recr

9 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the time spent in custody on recall was for each prisoner so recalled in each year since 2010.

9 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recalls to prison to each prison establishment there have been in each year since 2010.

9 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recalls to prison there have been for (a) breach of licence and (b) new offence in each year since 2010.

9 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners on Remand

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time spent by prisoners on remand was in each prison establishment in each year since 2010.

9 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners on Remand

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many remand first receptions there were in each prison establishment in each year since 2010.

8 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners on Remand: Police Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many remand prisoners have been held in police stations until a prison place became available rather than returned to prison following a court appearance in the last 12 months.

17 Jan 2017 · Home Office

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of funding changes on the effectiveness of the service provided by West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service since 2010.

17 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: GP Practice Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the GP to patient ratio was in (a) Leeds East constituency and (b) the UK in each year since 2010.

17 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs were practising in the Leeds Primary Care Trust and its successor clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in each year since 2010; and what the national average number of GPs practising in a primary care

17 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients starting consultant-led treatment have waited 18 weeks or more from GP referral in (a) Leeds, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social rented homes have been built in (a) Leeds East constituency, (b) Leeds, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Help to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have received assistance from the Government's Help to Buy scheme in (a) Leeds East constituency, (b) Leeds, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.