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.