Written questions

702 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Television Licences: Non-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have received a fine for failure to pay the initial fine for TV licence fee evasion by (a) gender and (b) region in each of the last ten years.

15 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Television Licences: Non-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were imprisoned for non-payment of a TV licence, by gender, in each of the last ten years.

13 Jul 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Paramilitary Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Colombian counterpart on the effectiveness of the dismantling of paramilitary groups in that country following the 2016 peace agre

5 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers and Probation Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications there were to the PQiP scheme for each recruitment drive since the inception of that scheme; and how many prison officer vacancies there were in each 12 month period over the last 10 years.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many equality staff work in prisons holding (a) men and (b) women by (i) their grade and (ii) the time allocated to their equalities work.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to provide support to women prisoners who have been victims of racial abuse in prison.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking in response to the survey of Black, Asian and minority ethnic women in prison published by the Independent Monitoring Boards and Criminal Justice Alliance in April 2022.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Importance of Strengthening Prisoners' Family Ties to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to publish an update on their progress against the recommendations made by Lord Farmer, in his review entitled, The Importance of Strengthening Prisoners' Family Ties, published in A

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Victim Support Schemes: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of whether the Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic Commissioning Guidance has led to any improvements in specialist victims services being commissioned for Black, Asian and m

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Victim Support Schemes: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Victims Funding Strategy published on 26 May 2022, if his Department will publish the Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic Commissioning Guidance.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Reparation by Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Delivering justice for victims: Consultation response published on 25 May 2022, if he will provide more details on the restorative justice pilot to understand gaps in provision.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Reparation by Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to issue an updated Restorative Justice Action Plan for the Criminal Justice System given the last action plan elapsed in 2018.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Bail: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to involve the voluntary sector in supporting the delivery of Bail Information Services in courts.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Bail: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to provide Bail Information Services with dedicated Bail Information Officers in all Magistrates courts; and what the timeframe is for that work.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Bail: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his Department’s evaluations of recent pilots of Bail Information Services in (a) courts and (b) prisons.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Bail: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people accessed Bail Information Services in (a) courts and (b) prisons in the most recent period for which data is available.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Bail: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) courts and (b) prisons had a dedicated Bail Information Service in the most recent period for which data is available.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the publication of disaggregated data on prisoners’ demographics and protected characteristics including (a) gender, (b) ethnic group, (c) age and (d) religion.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the collection of data on prisoners' (a) gender, (b) ethnic group, (c) age and (d) religion.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on implementing its Race Action Programme.

4 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish his Department’s plan for the HMPPS Race Action Programme.

24 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Probation: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications there were to (a) the PQiP scheme and (b) vacancies for prison officers in the last 12 months.

24 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours a prison officer is permitted to spend on training each year.

24 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any young people under the age of 15 are being considered for transfer to youth facilities reserved for young people aged 15 to 18.

24 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether males and females are detained together in the youth estate.

17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Governors

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on the policy details for the new deal for prison governors set out in the Prisons Strategy white paper.

17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Women's Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Pregnancy, Mother and Baby Liaison Officers there are across the women’s estate; and what training they have received.

17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on the policy details of the Problem Solving Court pilot.

17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to stop women being sent to prison for non-violent crimes.

17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Women's Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department is making on ensuring that each women’s prison is a trauma-informed and responsive environment.

Source: official written-questions record.