Written questions
658 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Solitary Confinement
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5310 on Young Offender Institutions: Isolation, whether he is taking steps to reduce the number of children and young people who are separated for more
14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5310 on Young Offender Institutions: Isolation, how many and what proportion of children and young people who were separated for more than seven days w
14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Speech and Language Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5310 on Young Offender Institutions: Isolation, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of the children and young people who were s
14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5310 on Young Offender Institutions: Isolation, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of the children and young people who were s
14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Girls
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5303 on Wetherby Young Offender Institution: Females, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of girls who are accommodated in all-male young offender i
14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
HMYOI Werrington: Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5302 on Werrington Young Offender Institution: Abuse, how many substantiated findings of abuse have there been at Werrington Young Offender Institution in th
14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
HMYOI Werrington: Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5302 on Werrington Young Offender Institution: Abuse, what support the Youth Custody Service has provided to to Werrington Youth Offender Institute to help r
14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2023 to Question 5311 on Youth Custody, what steps he is taking to reduce the proportion of children in the secure estate who are on remand.
14 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report by the College of Policing Report entitled Imprisonment and other custodial sanctions, published on 30 November 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of custodial
12 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Secure Training Centres and Young Offender Institutions: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve children’s access to (a) classroom education and (b) vocational education in (i) young offender institutions and (ii) secure training centres.
12 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the minimum hours a child in youth custody should spend out of cell on a (a) weekday and (b) weekend.
12 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours children spent in education was in each (a) young offender institution and (b) secure training centre in each week of November 2023.
12 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of times that Rule 49 (segregation) was used in each young offender institution in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the average number of family visits per child in each institution in the youth secure estate in the last month.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Secure Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's Review of the Youth Justice System in England and Wales, published in December 2016, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of the recommendations on secure
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours spent out of their cell by inmates on (a) weekdays and (b) weekend days was in each young offender institution in November 2023.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of young people held in the secure estate are on remand as of 5 December 2023.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Solitary Confinement
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people were held in segregation for more than seven days in each of the young offender institutions in England and Wales during the last year.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of family visits received per child was in each institution in the youth secure estate in the last month.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Video Conferencing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of video calls per child using the Purple Visits app was in each institution in the youth secure estate in the last month.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children in custody received no family visits in the last month for which figures are available.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the number of family visits received by children in the secure estate.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many girls are in custody; and how many and what proportion of these girls are in youth offender institutions.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
HMYOI Werrington: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when was the last time Werrington Young Offender Institution was visited by a (a) Minister and (b) a member of the Ministry of Justice Board.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
HMYOI Wetherby
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many girls have been placed at the Wetherby and Keppel Young Offender Institution in the last 12 months.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
HMYOI Werrington: Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many allegations of abuse have been made at Werrington Young Offender Institution in the last 12 months.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with experts in (a) education, (b) youth work and (c) social work on helping to reduce levels of violence in the youth secure estate.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many safeguarding referrals have been made from each (a) young offender institution and (b) secure training centre in the last 12 months.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of safety of children in the youth secure estate.
5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many education settings in the youth secure estate were rated as good on 5 December 2023.
Source: official written-questions record.