Written questions

658 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the (a) most recent inspection outcome for each institution in the secure estate and (b) the last date on which each institution in the secure estate was last classified as good.

5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to set a target date by which all institutions of the youth secure estate should be considered good by the prison inspectorate.

5 Dec 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many visits to the youth secure estate have (a) he, (b) the Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation, (c) the Chief Executive of HMPPS and (d) the Director of the Youth Custody Service undertaken in the las

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Medicine: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with (a) domestic stakeholder organisations and (b) international partners regarding the use of human-specific medical research.

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Medicine: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to help support the use of human-specific medical research.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Lithium-ion Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with local authority trading standards departments on the safety of lithium-ion batteries in (a) e-bikes and (b) e-scooters.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Lithium-ion Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of how many lithium-ion batteries used in e-bikes and e-scooters have been found to be unsafe and removed from the market in the last 12 months.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Lithium-ion Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had recent discussions with the Office for Product Safety and Standards on lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes and e-scooters.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will publish guidance on the use of personal light electric vehicles.

28 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Custody: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the attrition rate was for staff in the youth custody service in each reporting year since 2010.

23 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 22 November 2023 to Question 1712 on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Drugs, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of her Department’s processes to

21 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on access to new treatments for sickle cell disease and beta thalassaemia.

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) ensure that ethnic minority staff are recruited to work in the youth secure estate in similar proportions to the country as a whole and (b) increase retention of et

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the representation of ethnic minority personnel in senior leadership roles in the youth secure estate.

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of when the proportion of ethnic minority people in senior leadership roles in the youth secure estate will be the same as the proportion in the wider working population.

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ethnic minority personnel were employed in senior leadership roles in the youth secure estate in each reporting year since 2010.

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the attrition rate was for ethnic minority staff in the youth secure estate in each reporting year since 2010.

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ethnic minority staff were recruited to positions in the youth secure estate in each reporting year since 2010.

20 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ethnic minority staff were employed in the youth secure estate in each reporting year since 2010.

13 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of demand for medication used to treat ADHD since 2010.

13 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the volume of medication prescribed to treat ADHD in each year since 2010.

9 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Sri Lankan counterpart on water quality in the Northern Province.

8 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2023 to Question 200365 on Young Offenders: Education, what key performance indicators are in place for senior management teams on the levels of provision of education i

8 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2023 to Question 200374 on Young Offender Institutions: Buildings, what his Department's timetable is for completing the survey of confirmed or suspected reinforced aera

8 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Youth Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what deadline he has set for ensuring that data on diversionary practices in youth justice pass the data quality threshold for inclusion in the annual youth justice statistics.

8 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Alternatives to Prison

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Referral Orders by age were issued in each reporting year since 2010.

8 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Alternatives to Prison

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of Referral Orders was in each reporting year since 2010.

8 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Alternatives to Prison

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Referral Orders were issued in each reporting year since 2010.

8 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders failed to comply with the conditions of their youth conditional caution in each reporting year since 2010.

8 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth conditional cautions were issued by age in each reporting year since 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.