Written questions

702 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average training period was for a recruit to qualify as a probation officer in each year since 2010.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost was to train a new probation officer in each year since 2010.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential for a Serious Further Offence as a result of staff shortages and caseloads within the Probation Service.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases on average a probation officer is currently handling.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases on average a probation officer should be handling.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current workloads within the Probation Service.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of new probation officers left the service within two years of joining in each year since 2010.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many resignations of probation officers there were in each month of 2010 and each subsequent year to 2021; and what the annual leaving rate was as a proportion of the workforce in those time periods.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many posts are unfilled within the Probation Service.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in the (a) regional and (b) national probation service teams.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release of 19 January 2021 on prison leavers, what the evidential basis was for his conclusion that offenders were around 50 per cent more likely to break the law again if

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the £70 million announced for prison leaver accommodation on 19 January 2021, how (a) much of this funding has been spent and (b) many prison leavers have been housed.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been released from prison in each of the last three years for which records are available; how many of those prisoners were released to (a) a fixed address, (b) HMPPS bridging accommodation a

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in each of the last three years.

21 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to decommission prison places in the women's prison estate over the next five years.

21 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Improving Outcomes for Women in the Criminal Justice System, what the projected costs and timeframe are for delivering the 500 new prison places for women.

21 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Improving Outcomes for Women in the Criminal Justice System, what assessment his Department has made of the Female Offenders Strategy's aim of having fewer wome

21 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Improving Outcomes for Women in the Criminal Justice System, what steps his Department is taking to achieve the aim set out in the Female Offenders Strategy to

20 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how findings on the police and CPS response to prosecuting rape offences from the first phase of Project Soteria, which was announced in the cross-Government end-to-end rape review published in June 2021, will in

20 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Rape: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when findings on the police and CPS response to prosecuting rape offences from the first phase of Project Soteria, which was announced in the cross-Government end-to-end rape review published in June

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the ability of Independent Domestic Violence Advocates and other specialist staff to be with victims in court during periods of the covid-19 outbreak when restrictions were in place

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of specialist staff and judges who can deal with domestic violence cases in courts.

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Crime: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of safe spaces at courts for victims of crime to be with their advisor, legal team and family.

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding was made available for specialist domestic violence courts in each year from 2015 to 2021.

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability of specialist domestic violence courts as part of tackling the backlog of cases in courts.

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days specialist domestic violence courts sat in each year from 2015 to 2021.

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made on the current availability of specialist domestic violence courts.

18 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the base salary and salary progression of a prison officer and its impact on officer retention.

18 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of the starting salary of a prison officer and (b) the impact of that salary on recruitment.

18 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of the five new build prisons will be public sector prisons.

Source: official written-questions record.