Written questions

702 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Resignations

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

18 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Training

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

18 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many resignations of prison 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.

14 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94513 on Prison Officers: Coronavirus, whether private prisons are covered by the national framework to provide support from outside of region.

14 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94513, on Prison Officers: Coronavirus, whether private prisons have regime contingency plans in place to respond to significant staff shortages; and whether t

14 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94513 on Prison Officers: Coronavirus, whether private prisons participate in a twice weekly covid-19 call with their relevant PDG office to provide updates an

14 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94513 on Prison Officers: Coronavirus, whether private prisons can seek staffing support via the Prison Group Director’s Office.

13 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Chess

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of promoting and supporting chess clubs throughout the prison estate.

13 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safety metrics are used in (a) private and (b) public prison key performance indicators; and what definition of serious assault is used for key performance indicators in (i) private and (ii) public prisons.

13 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Profits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish information on the profits made by private prisons for the years 2010 - 2021.

13 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offender courses are taking place in private prisons; and what proportion of prisoners are enrolled on those courses, in the latest period for which data is available.

13 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are guidelines on minimum staffing levels for private prisons.

13 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether contingency plans for staffing in private prisons includes moving staff across different prisons to fill any gaps; and if he will publish his Department's contingency plans for staffing in private prisons

13 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Incentives

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish information on bonuses received by prison officer staff in the (a) private and (b) public sector in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2021.

13 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether private sector prison staff will receive bonuses equivalent to the bonuses public sector prison staff have received throughout the covid-19 outbreak.

7 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in women’s prisons have tested positive for covid-19 each month from March 2020 to December 2021.

7 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in women’s prisons have tested positive for covid-19 each month from March 2020 to December 2021.

5 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2021 to Question 90879, of those convicted offenders released in error from (a) courts and (b) prisons since 2010, how many have (i) not returned to prison and (ii) returned

16 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Rape

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of collecting data on protected characteristics within the Criminal Justice System recorded adult rape offences scorecards; and whether he has plans to collect

26 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) total and (b) per application cost to the public purse of processing exceptional case funding applications for immigration matters has been in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in England and Wales in eac

26 Nov 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) total and (b) per application cost to the public purse of processing exceptional case funding applications across all areas of law that are out of scope for legal aid has been in (i) cash and (ii) re

15 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what further steps he will take to ensure long covid clinics can deal effectively with caseloads.

15 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability of long covid clinics to offer a full range of treatments and advice for patients in a timely manner.

15 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels at long covid clinics.

15 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are currently awaiting a first assessment at a long covid clinic.

15 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is for a first assessment at a long covid clinic.

29 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the data she holds on the number of people reporting offences under the Offences against The Person Act 1861, section 23, and section 24 in each year since 2010.

29 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for offences under the Offences against The Person Act 1861, section 23, and section 24 in each year since 2010.

25 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: UK Delegations

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK delegation to the Ninth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control will include a gender balance in line with the WHO's reques

22 Oct 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the suitability of the 26-week period of employment required for expectant mothers to qualify for statutory maternity leave; and whether she has made an assessment of the

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