Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 May 2024 · Home Office
Homicide: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time is between (a) arrest and charge and (b) charge and trial for murder cases in (i) London, (ii) the rest of England and (iii) Slough.
17 May 2024 · Home Office
Fraud: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time is between (a) arrest and charge and (b) charge and trial for fraud cases in (i) London, (ii) Slough and (iii) the rest of England.
17 May 2024 · Home Office
Rape: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time is between (a) arrest and charge and (b) charge and trial for rape cases in (i) London, (ii) the rest of England and (iii) Slough.
16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the number of criminal legal aid firms that have ceased operations in each of the last 15 years.
16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Duty Solicitors: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for criminal defence solicitors.
16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been investigated for drug smuggling in the last five years.
16 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of legal aid provision for immigration cases.
16 May 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Social Rented Housing: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department has provided to Slough Borough Council for social housing projects in each of the last five years.
15 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Export Controls: Sanctions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to monitor compliance with voluntary pauses on exports to sanctioned countries by UK companies.
15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Overcrowding
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of court appearances that have been delayed as a result of Operation Early Dawn; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Operation Early Dawn on cour
15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Chief Inspector of Prisons' report entitled, Report on an announced inspection of HMP Lewes, 5–16 February 2024, published on 14 May, what assessment he has made of the impact of the early r
15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department provides (a) prison governors and (b) the probation service on identifying suitable prisons for release via the early release scheme.
15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department takes to ensure that prisoners released under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme (a) are adequately supervised and (b) do not pose a risk to public safety.
15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released early under the overcrowding alleviation scheme have subsequently been recalled to custody in each of the last five years; and what the reasons for recall were.
15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are used to determine the eligibility of prisoners for early release under the overcrowding alleviation scheme.
15 May 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme in each of the last five years, by category of offence they were originally convicted for.
15 May 2024 · Department for Education
Religion: GCSE
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average Attainment 8 score was for (a) disadvantaged and (b) non-disadvantaged pupils who (i) were and (ii) were not entered for GCSE Religious Studies in the latest period for which data is available.
15 May 2024 · Department for Education
Religion: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that pupils have equal access to religious education.
15 May 2024 · Department for Education
Religion: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to update statutory guidance for schools on religious education following publication of Ofsted's report entitled Subject report series: religious education on 17 April 2024.
14 May 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Ukraine: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department are taking to ensure there are sufficient translators available to assist operation Interflex.
14 May 2024 · Home Office
Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) cases of extradition related to fraud and (b) convictions related to fraud have been successfully completed in each of the last five years.
14 May 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Casualties
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) women and (b) children killed in Gaza since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war.
14 May 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plastics: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) improve recycling infrastructure and (b) reduce plastic waste exports.
14 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Exports: Trade Competitiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to take steps to support manufacturers with energy costs for the purpose of increasing export competitiveness.
14 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Food: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data her Department holds on trends in the volume of British food exports to Asia over the last five years; and what steps her Department is taking to help support growth in that sector.
14 May 2024 · Home Office
Police: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his planned timetable is for the commencement of a 24/7 mental health crisis support line for police forces staff.
14 May 2024 · Home Office
Police: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure the adequacy of wellbeing support for (a) officers and (b) other staff in police forces.
14 May 2024 · Home Office
Police: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure the adequacy of mental health support for staff in police forces.
14 May 2024 · Home Office
Police: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) collecting and (b) publishing data on the number and proportion of police officers taking sick leave who have been diagnosed with a men
14 May 2024 · Home Office
Police: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mental health support is available to police officers; and how that support is promoted to officers.
Source: official written-questions record.