Written questions

1,971 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Owner Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the levels of home ownership have been 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

Social Rented Housing: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much capital has been spent on social housing in (a) Leeds East constituency, (b) Leeds, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.

16 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Tornado team members were deployed to HM Prison Birmingham on 16 December 2016; and from which prisons they were so deployed.

16 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many West Midlands police officers were deployed under authority of the incident Gold Commander (a) inside and (b) outside the perimeter of HM Prison Birmingham during the disturbance of 16 December 2016.

16 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many prisoners were removed from and (b) to which prisons those prisoners were transferred after the disturbance at HM Prison Birmingham on 16 December 2016.

16 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at what time (a) G4S transferred control of HM Prison Birmingham to HM Prison Service and (b) authority over that prison was restored to G4S during the disturbance of 16 December 2016 at HM Prison Birmingham.

16 Jan 2017 · Home Office

HMP Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what reimbursement West Midlands Police will receive for the deployment of officers to assist in containing the disturbance at HM Prison Birmingham on 16 December 2016 and (b) from what source tha

16 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoners have been removed from and (b) cells required repair as a result of incidents of indiscipline in each prison in each year since 2010.

6 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been found in possession of (a) Inspire magazine, (b) Dabiq magazine and (c) any other piece of proscribed extremist literature in each prison in each year since 2010.

6 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been convicted of smuggling (a) Inspire magazine, (b) Dabiq magazine and (c) any other piece of proscribed extremist literature into prison in each year since 2010.

12 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each prison in England and Wales have been accommodated in cells designed for (a) one person but occupied by two and (b) two people but occupied by three in each year since 2010.

12 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many weapons have been confiscated in prisons in each year since 2010; and what (a) number and (b) proportion of such weapons were firearms.

12 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many extra days imprisonment have been given to prisoners for assaults committed on (a) fellow prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of the last five years.

12 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the (a) National Tactical Response Group and (b) Tornado Team have been called out to prisons in each year since 2010.

12 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any member of the (a) National Tactical Response Group and (b) Tornado Team has been injured during a call-out in the last two years.

8 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Hostage Taking

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hostage incidents in which a (a) prison officer and (b) prisoner was taken hostage there have been in each prison establishment in each year since 2010.

8 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have taken long-term sick leave and for what reasons in each of the last five years.

8 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents involving the use of drone technology have been recorded at each type of prison facility in each of the last three years.

8 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) children under 18 years of age and (b) young people aged 18 to 24 were granted legal funding under the Exceptional Case Funding Scheme in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2015-16.

8 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many concerted indiscipline incidents of each type have occurred in each prison establishment in each month since May 2010.

7 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Vandalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of the offence of throwing any article or substance into a prison without authorisation since that offence came into force; and how many such people have received the maximum s

7 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

National Offender Management Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and (b) her Department spent on external consultancy fees relating to NOMS in each of the last five years.

7 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the problem-solving courts pilot programme announced by her Department in May 2016 will begin.

29 Nov 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 5.17 of the Autumn Statement 2016, how many of the additional prison staff paid for by the £500 million of extra funding to enable the recruitment of 2,500 extra prison officers and wi

29 Nov 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 5.17 of the Autumn Statement 2016, how much of the £500 million of extra funding to enable the recruitment of 2,500 extra prison officers and wider reforms will be spent on (a) recruit

25 Nov 2016 · HM Treasury

Money Lenders

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.13 of the Autumn Statement 2016, on the term convicted loan sharks, (a) what those offences were and (b) which agency has responsibility for prosecuting those offences.

24 Nov 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Advocacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to publish its response to its consultation, Enhancing the quality of criminal advocacy which closed on 27 November 2015.

24 Nov 2016 · Home Office

Money Lenders: Confiscation Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 4.13 of the Autumn Statement 2016 policy paper, published on 23 November 2016, what the total value of confiscation orders made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 against

24 Nov 2016 · Home Office

Money Lenders: Confiscation Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 4.13 of the Autumn Statement 2016 policy paper, published on 23 November 2016, how much has been recovered pursuant to confiscation orders made under the Proceeds of Crime

22 Nov 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her oral contribution of 15 November 2016, Official Report, column 131, what her policy is on the introduction of a programme to re-recruit prison officers who have recently left the service on

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