Written questions

702 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 May 2023 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, how many Domestic Violence Protection (a) Orders and (b) Notices were issued in each year since 2014.

24 May 2023 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Domestic Violence Protection (a) Orders and (b) Notices were issued by each Magistrates Court in England and Wales in the last 21 months for which data is available.

24 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mother and Baby Units

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the operational guidance on Pregnancy, MBUs and maternal separation in women’s prisons published on 17 May 2023 was unpublished on 19 May 2023.

24 May 2023 · Attorney General

Homicide: Convictions

To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of defendants who were (a) arrested and (b) charged with the murder of a (i) male and (ii) female victim were eventually convicted of manslaughter in the latest period for which data is available.

19 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many murder trials have been delayed since 2010.

18 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average time for a criminal case to be heard in court without a Section 28 video recording.

18 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Proceedings: Video Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average time for a criminal case to be heard in court via a Section 28 video recording.

18 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of victims of rape who are offered the support of an independent sexual violence adviser at (a) reporting stage, (b) trial and (c) in-between the reporting of a

18 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of rape have dropped their case within (a) one month, (b) three months, (c) six months, (d) nine months, (e) 12 months, (f) 18 months and (g) two years of reporting it to the police.

18 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May to Question 184465 on Parole: Standards, what information his Department holds on the total financial cost of compensation paid in cases where parole board decisions have been suc

18 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the amount of compensation paid out in relation to parole hearings.

17 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were serving (a) sentences for manslaughter and (b) life sentences for manslaughter as of 17 May 2023.

16 May 2023 · Cabinet Office

Domestic Abuse: Homicide

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many domestic homicides there have been in each year since 2010 where the offender has maintained parental control of children shared with the victim.

16 May 2023 · Cabinet Office

Domestic Abuse: Homicide

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many domestic homicides there have been in each year since 2010.

16 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sniffer dogs work across the prison estate; and what the annual cost to the public purse of the use of those dogs is.

11 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Witnesses: Video Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish the terms and conditions for the contract for the recording of video evidence (section 28) in sexual assault cases.

11 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the prisons that are employing the use of dogs for drug detection purposes.

10 May 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Parole: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) in how many cases have parole board decisions been successfully challenged and (b) what the total financial cost was of paying compensation in those cases, in each of the last 10 years for which figures are a

17 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have (a) applied to be volunteer magistrates (b) been accepted as magistrates and (c) become magistrates in each of the last 10 years.

17 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average time taken to appoint a volunteer magistrate from the point of application to the applicant sitting in Court.

29 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Miscarriage

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have experienced miscarriages whilst in prison in each of the last 10 years.

29 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Childbirth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many babies have been born on the prison estate in each of the last 10 years.

15 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Transfers: Open Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were transferred to open conditions in each of the last 10 years.

14 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary: Conduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had recent discussions with the Lord Chief Justice on his commission of qualitative research to determine the level of any inappropriate behaviour within the judiciary.

14 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released on Fridays in the last quarter of 2022; and what steps his department is taking to prepare to implement the Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill.

14 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prisoners with drug dependence can access community drug treatment services in their community as soon as possible after release.

14 Mar 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners who die within two weeks of release do so because of drug-related causes.

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of asylum applications received in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 have had a decisions.

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were submitted in each of the last five years; and how many decisions have been reached in each of those years.

14 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of asylum applications were (a) granted, (b) refused, (c) withdrawn and (d) pending a decision in each year since 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.