Written questions
963 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Oct 2020 · Attorney General
Exploitation: Young People
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to page 8 of the 2020 UK annual report on Modern Slavery, how many prosecutors dealing with high-volume drug crime in the Youth Courts have received face-to-face training on recognising the signs of criminal exp
19 Oct 2020 · Home Office
Exploitation: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to review the effectiveness of police forces in (a) identifying and (b) supporting victims of child criminal exploitation.
19 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Crime: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many minors were found not guilty through successful use of a Section 45 defence under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year in the last five years.
19 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Offending Teams: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to develop specific training and employment opportunities to help people in the cohort of youth offending teams to tackle the economic effect on those people of the covid-19 outbreak.
19 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Remand in Custody: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the timeliness for young people on remand being informed of trial dates.
15 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Offending Teams
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the (a) number and (b) type of concerns measured by youth offending teams using the AssetPlus assessment tool, during the covid-19 outbreak.
14 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Rehabilitation Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of interventions mandated by Youth Rehabilitation Orders that are being delivered.
14 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Justice: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to manage the delivery of youth court hearings during a second wave of covid-19.
13 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offenders: Care Leavers and Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of young people convicted for (a) drugs offences, (b) robbery and (c) violence against the person were (i) looked after children and (ii) care leavers in each of the last five years.
13 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Crime: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to strengthen legal obligations on local authorities to share information relating to children at risk of criminal exploitation.
13 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Offending Teams: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to improve digital communication between (a) youth offending teams and (b) young people and their families during the covid-19 pandemic.
13 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 21 of the report entitled Childhood in the time of Covid, published by the Children's Commissioner in September 2020, what steps he is taking to reverse the decline in advocacy referrals by
13 Oct 2020 · Treasury
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2020 to Question 97543 on Housing: Insulation, if he will make it his policy to extend the temporary reduced rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax for home buyers.
12 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Universities
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the minutes of the fifty-fifth meeting of SAGE on covid-19 on 3 September 2020, if he has developed a national strategy defining key principles for additional covid-19 testing in
12 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Events Industry: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will put in place a staged roadmap for the return of business events similar to that which he put in place for the return of the performing arts.
12 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Events Industry: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to provide additional support to the business events industry as a result of the pause in the planned 1 October 2020 reopening of those events in England.
9 Oct 2020 · Attorney General
Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2020 to Question 95701, if she will publish the number of cases pursued by the Crown Prosecution Service that resulted in unsuccessful outcomes due to victim issues by offence type in eac
9 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Construction: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October to Question 99055 on Construction: Coronavrius, what steps he is taking to tackle shortages of building products in the construction industry.
6 Oct 2020 · Home Office
Asylum: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many video conference interviews her Department has conducted with unaccompanied asylum seeking children since August 2020.
6 Oct 2020 · Home Office
Asylum: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to commence covid-secure face-to-face substantive asylum interviews.
5 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Crime: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to prevent victims of crime from becoming offenders.
5 Oct 2020 · Home Office
Crime: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of victims of crime have subsequently committed criminal offences in each of the last five years.
5 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Construction: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2020 to Question 68388 on Construction Materials, what progress the Government has made on its work with the Construction Leadership Council’s Cor
5 Oct 2020 · Home Office
Slavery: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in modern slavery referrals for children during the first three months of the covid-19 outbreak.
5 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Custody: Crimes of Violence and Self-harm
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) assaults and (b) self-harm incidents have occurred in youth custodial settings since 23 March 2020.
5 Oct 2020 · Home Office
Missing Persons: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many missing children incidents were reported at each risk level (a) in each quarter since March 2019 and (b) since 23 March 2020.
30 Sep 2020 · Home Office
Criminal Investigation: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been released under investigation in (a) Sussex police force area, and (b) England and Wales since 23 March 2020.
29 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Care: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to begin regular repeat covid-19 tests for district nurses who visit care homes.
28 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Crown Court: Hove
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the backlog of cases has been at Hove Trial Centre for (a) adult and (b) youth cases in each quarter since the first quarter of 2018.
28 Sep 2020 · Home Office
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much additional funding has been allocated to Sussex Police to support enforcement of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
Source: official written-questions record.