Written questions
658 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time limit imposed for completing conditional elements of youth conditional cautions was 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 (a) an authorised person and (b) a relevant prosecutor 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 in each reporting year since 2010.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Bullying
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations (a) have received funding from her Department to tackle bullying in schools and colleges since 2021 and (b) will receive such funding in the next 12 months.
7 Nov 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Broadband: Lewisham East
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps she has taken to improve access to (a) ultrafast full fibre and (b) superfast fibre to the cabinet broadband in Lewisham East constituency.
19 Oct 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Peace Negotiations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in the context of the UK's position as the penholder for Colombia’s 2016 peace agreement at the UN Security Council, what steps his Department is taking to support recently o
19 Oct 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 Department's timetable is for completing the survey of confirmed or suspected reinforced aerated autocl
19 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offenders: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant 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 in Secu
13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made a post-legislative assessment of the potential impact of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 on the number of prisoners within the prison population.
13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 on the (a) number and (b) length of prison sentences.
13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on legal aid for appeals to (a) sentences and (b) convictions from the magistrates' court to the Crown Court in each of the last five years.
13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who appealed the (a) sentence and (b) conviction they received from a magistrates’ court to the Crown Court were (i) unrepresented, (ii) funded through legal aid and (iii) p
13 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of defendants had their sentence increased after appealing the (a) sentence and (b) conviction they received from the magistrates’ court to the Crown Court in each of the last five ye
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to help ensure that all Prison Officers in the youth estate receive training to support young people with clinical neurodiversity conditions; and what steps he is taking to monitor the effective
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to provide additional support to young people in custody in the youth estate with clinical neurodiversity conditions.
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offenders: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support young people in the youth estate with clinical neurodiversity conditions.
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will conduct an audit of the quality of physical infrastructure in the youth secure estate.
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the level of presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in the youth estate.
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress HM Prisons and Probation Service has made on reviewing its screening processes for learning difficulties and disabilities in the youth secure estate.
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many special educational needs coordinators have left employment in the youth secure estate in each reporting year since 2010.
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Special Educational Needs Coordinators were employed in the youth secure estate in each reporting year since 2010.
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Heads of Education, Skills and Work employed within the youth secure estate have completed training on (a) engaging with the commercial sector, (b) the Dynamic Purchasing System and (c) in-contract manag
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress he has made on recruiting for Heads of Education, Skills and Work roles within the youth secure estate; and whether these roles are graded as equivalent to governors.
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offenders: Personal Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of young offenders that have had their educational records lost when being transferred within the youth secure estate since 2010.
19 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offenders: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has key performance indicators for senior management teams on levels of provision of prison education for young offenders.
19 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Energy Bills Rebate: Travellers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 198571 on Energy Bills Rebate: Travellers, if his Department will provide local authorities with assistance to enable Gypsy, Roma and Travellers w
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants have an advance attached to their claim during the five-week wait for their first payment in (a) Lewisham East constituency, (b) England and (c
12 Sep 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Public Telephones
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to Question 196183 on Public Telephones, what recent discussions she has had with (a) BT and (b) Ofcom on repairs to dilapidated public telep
11 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been assessed as needing to be moved into a higher security prison in the last six months; and what estimate he has made of how long it will take to move them.
1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has held recent discussions with the Home Secretary on the potential impact of increases in the number of police officers on the adequacy of criminal legal aid provision.
Source: official written-questions record.