Written questions
702 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the terms of reference are for the National Stakeholder Advisory Forum to improve support for pregnant women and young mothers.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his plans to reduce Friday release will be implemented.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will take steps to ensure that new temporary accommodation to support prison leavers at risk of homelessness will be situated in places that are not likely to increase the risk of further reoffe
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the fast-track adjudications process does not have disproportionate impacts on protected groups.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons will be installed with (a) high-specification drugs trace detection, (b) mobile phone blocking technology and (c) an intelligence management system.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the daily regime of prison in reducing reoffending.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to deliver drug treatment to prisoners.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the £25 million for disrupting the supply of drugs to prison will be allocated; and what the evidential basis is for that policy.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the viability of prisons that are over 100 years old to (a) provide a safe place for staff and prisoners, (b) adapt for digital services and (c) house appropriate educational opport
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve conditions for those living and working in prisons.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Video Conferencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will increase the current entitlement of prisoners to make video calls.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's timeline is for the work to improve digital access across the prison estate.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for prisoners from ethnic minority backgrounds.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to provide a safer and more secure custodial environment, as described in the Prisons Strategy White Paper – Response to Consultation.
17 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Prisons Strategy White Paper–Response to Consultation Questions, published in June 2022, what funding his Department plans to allocate for the staff retention package, including on professio
6 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Probation Service: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of the grading for the Victim Liaison Officer role in the Probation Service being at National Probation Service pay band 3.
1 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a system for sealing criminal records as employed in many US states.
1 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has commissioned a study on the costs of unemployment among ex-offenders.
1 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress Her Majesty's Prisons and Probation Service has made on developing performance indicators for prisons on equality of (a) treatment and (b) outcomes for BAME and white prisoners.
1 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide details of the ethnicity of prison staff, broken down by each (a) prison and (b) ethnic group.
1 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of prisons that have adopted a problem-solving approach to tackling complaints; and whether complainants are able to state what action they want taken as a resu
1 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Restraint Techniques
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prison use of force committees have a member whose remit is to consider the interests of prisoners.
1 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Restraint Techniques
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide details of the members of use of force committees in each prison, broken down by ethnicity.
1 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have established a forum for officers and prisoners to review the fairness and effectiveness of their incentives and earned privileges regime.
1 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prisoners who are released from prison reoffend, broken down by (a) offence and (b) ethnicity, including the proportion of offenders of each ethnicity.
1 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Examinations: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made on adopting a similar model to the Comprehensive Health Assessment Tool for (a) male and (b) female prisoners with built-in evaluation.
1 Jun 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost per cell is of each new or planned prison place in 2022-23.
19 May 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Reoffenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rates were in those (a) that have re-offended after 2 years of release, (b) that have re-offended after 5 years of release, and (c) who have re-offended after 9 years of release the most rec
19 May 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Family Proceedings: Expert Evidence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) qualifications and (b) verification a witness must demonstrate to present as an expert witness in the family court.
19 May 2022 · Women and Equalities
Employment Tribunals Service: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the equity of the three months’ time limit in accessing justice where a claimant is pregnant and filing a case in an employment tribunal.
Source: official written-questions record.