Written questions

658 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people from each (a) ethnic group and (b) religion were in the youth estate as of 30 September 2023.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to take steps to reduce the remand population in the youth secure estate in England and Wales.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Feltham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that Feltham Prison and Young Offender Institution does not exceed its operational capacity.

19 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the statutory guidance on promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children published on 17 March 2015, if she will review and update that guidance.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2023 to Question 200374 on Young Offender Institutions: Buildings, what progress his Department has made in identifying the presence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5312 on Young Offender Institutions, what his planned timetable is for completing the resource review that will assess how to improve staff outcomes in each

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6655 on Youth Custody, how many conflict resolution practitioners have worked with children and young people at (a) HMYOI Cookham Wood, (b) HMYOI Felth

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to increase prison officer (a) recruitment and (b) retention rates across the youth secure estate.

19 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Young Offenders: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans she has to improve the provision of mental health care across the youth secure estate.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Aiding and Abetting: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to (a) record and (b) publish data on conviction rates of joint enterprise.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Werrington

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Werrington by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 31 July to 11 August 2023, published on 21 November 2023, what steps he is taking to improve outcomes

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Cookham Wood

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood, 4–20 April 2023, published on 18 July 2023, what steps he is taking to improve outcomes in (a) education, (b) safety, (c) care, (d)

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Cookham Wood

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Cookham Wood, 4–20 April 2023, published on 18 July 2023 what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that Report's findin

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Werrington

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Werrington by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 31 July to 11 August 2023, published on 21 November 2023, what assessment he has made of the implicat

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Werrington

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Report on an unannounced inspection of HMYOI Werrington by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons 31 July to 11 August 2023, published on 21 November 2023, what assessment he has made of the implicat

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Lammy Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a report on the recent progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations in the Lammy Review, published on 8 September 2017.

19 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HM Prison and Probation Service's publication entitled Strategy for Care-Experienced People, if will he make it his policy to publish an update to that publication that focuses on race and ethni

18 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Wetherby

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours girls placed at the Wetherby and Keppel Young Offender Institution spent out of their cell on (a) weekdays and (b) weekends was in November 2023.

18 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to work with local authorities to reduce rates of criminalisation of black children in the care system.

18 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to develop a black foster care network to improve the experiences of Black children in care.

18 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Wetherby: Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the (a) age (b) gender and (c) ethnicity of the prison officers responsible for girls who have been placed at the Wetherby and Keppel Young Offender Institution in the last 12 mo

18 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Wetherby: Solitary Confinement

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether girls placed at the Wetherby and Keppel Young Offender Institution have been separated for more than seven days in the last 12 months.

18 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Wetherby: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to (a) classroom and (b) vocational education for girls who have been placed at Wetherby and Keppel young offender institution in the last 12 months.

18 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Wetherby: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to implement additional safeguarding practices for girls who are placed at the Wetherby and Keppel Young Offender Institution.

18 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of (a) 17 October 2023 and (b) 23 November 2023 from the hon. Member for Lewisham East, case reference JD36657.

14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Justice Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions (a) he and (b) a Minister in his Department has met a representative of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales in the past 12 months.

14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Cookham Wood: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when a (a) Minister from his Department and (b) member of the Ministry of Justice Board last visited Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution.

14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMYOI Wetherby: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when a (a) Minister from his Department and (b) member of the Ministry of Justice Board last visited Wetherby Young Offender Institution.

14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Parc: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when a (a) Minister from his Department and (b) member of the Ministry of Justice Board last visited Parc Young Offender Institution

14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Feltham: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when a (a) Minister from his Department and (b) member of the Ministry of Justice Board last visited Feltham Young Offender Institution.

Source: official written-questions record.