Written questions

702 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department has provided for education in prisons in England and Wales in the 2022-23 financial year; and what this funding has been spent on.

25 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Justice Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the cost to the public purse of each Criminal Justice Board in 2022.

25 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Service: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the annual training budget for the Probation Service, excluding costs related to the Professional Qualification in Probation.

23 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Probation Service has spent on the (a) development and (b) use of (i) SARA, (ii) RISK Matrix 2000, (iii) ARMS and (iv) OASys.

23 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of expanding prison places in the (a) male and (b) female estates in (i) 2023, (ii) 2024 and (iii) 2025.

23 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Colombian counterpart on reports that Colombian police carried out sexual and gender-based violence during protests in that country be

23 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Community Orders: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will (a) make assessment of the effectiveness of existing funding and (b) take steps to establish a cross-Departmental fund for women’s community services.

23 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds information on (a) the reasons for and (b) subsequent employment taken up by prison officers leaving the prison service.

20 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on staffing in the Probation Service in each of the last five years.

20 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual staffing budget was for the Probation Service in each of the last five years.

17 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many specialist domestic abuse courts there are in England and Wales; where these courts are located; and how many cases were held at each court in each of the last three years.

17 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious further offence notifications resulted in a conviction by each type of offence in each year since 2010.

16 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Westminster

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of running (a) the specialist domestic abuse court and (b) all other hearings at Westminster Magistrates Court in the latest period for which data is available.

12 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost is of each place for a Professional Qualification in Probation.

11 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Remand in Custody: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have been held in prison on remand in each of the last five years; and of those women, how many were held for (a) six months or less, (b) over six months to 12 months (c) over 12 months to 18 month

9 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on installing broadband on the prison estate.

9 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Remote Hearings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the ability for vulnerable (a) prisoners and (b) witnesses to take part in remote hearings effectively.

9 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions in each of the last 12 years court hearings could not go ahead because of (a) the failure of a prisoner to be produced in court and (b) the failure of the use of virtual technology in prison

9 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of (a) the time taken by and (b) total cost of prison staff transferring prisoners to court.

9 Jan 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many prisons are virtual courts (a) operational and (b) in active use for sentencing, trials and other hearings.

9 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of refugees admitted under the Homes for Ukraine scheme who are homeless.

19 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) operational capacity and (b) population is at each women’s prison.

15 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2022 to Question 88986 on Prisons, whether a Regime Management Plan is required by health and safety policies for (a) staff and (b) prisoners.

15 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2022 to Question 88986 on Prisons, what limitations are put in place when a privately operated prison is not fully staffed.

15 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2022 to Question 88986 on Prisons, what activities must be provided under a full regime in privately operated prisons.

15 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2022 to Question 88986 on Prisons, whether privately operated prisons are required to have a Regime Management Plan.

13 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Women's Centres: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of the Women in Prison’s report on the Value of Women’s Centres which noted that investing in Women's Centres could generate a nearly tri

13 Dec 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Women's Centres: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Women In Prison's report entitled the value of Women's Centres, published on 7th October 2022, what assessment he has made of that report's findings on the impact o

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Damage

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of broken cell windows on the prisons estate.

13 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the recommendations of Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases report, published in June 2020, to be implemented.

Source: official written-questions record.