Written questions

440 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates her Department met with Wealden District Council to discuss the Crowborough Training Camp and asylum seeker accommodation.

13 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of current prisoners would be included in the earned progression model and eligible for release after completing (a) half of their sentence instead of two thirds and (b) one third of

13 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87889 on Prisoners' Release, how many of the current prisoner population would be (a) excluded from the earned progression model earlier release points, (b) inc

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the additional number of offenders will be entitled to release from prison on each day of the 28 days and then each month of the subsequent 11 months following the day of enactment of

4 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Wealden District Council and (b) Wealden District Council's (i) leadership and (ii) councillors have made legal challenges to (i) prevent or (ii) delay the use of Crowborough Training Camp

28 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide the prison population figures by (a) offence type and (b) sentence length in the most recent period for which data is available.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) people and (b) full-time equivalent staff are employed in the Murder and Manslaughter Team in the latest period for which data is available.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Nationals Abroad: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many in-person meetings the Murder and Manslaughter Team have had with clients in each of the last three years.

22 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any Ministers in her Department met with Sir Brian Leveson in relation to the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts.

18 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Electronic Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with Serco on electronic tagging.

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of legal aid was spent on foreign nationals appealing deportation decisions in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 so far.

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason she has increased legal aid for immigration cases.

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals received legal aid in (a) 2024-2025 and (b) 2025-2026; and what the cost to the public purse was of the legal aid provided.

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Probation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been on probation without an electronic tag since 4 July 2024, broken down by the length of time.

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escorts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what negotiations she has had with prisoner escort contractors on reducing the number of court trials that are cancelled as a result of contractors not bring the defendant to court on time.

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to utilise all court sitting days made available by the Lady Chief Justice in the (a) 2026–27, (b) 2027–28 and (c) 2028–29 financial years.

1 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Renters' Rights Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the (a) justice impact test and (b) new burdens assessment her Department has undertaken on the Renters’ Rights Bill.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to inform legal aid providers of the potential impact of the cyber attack on the Legal Aid Agency; and what assessment she has made of the cyber attack on the provision of lega

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to inform members of the public affected by the cyber attack on the Legal Aid Agency.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Trials: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of trials overran in 2024.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Trials: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for which the number of cases that have been declared ineffective as a result of poor case preparation has increased since 2021; and what steps she is taking to help

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Trials: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the frequency of ineffective trials that occur as a result of (a) witness and (b) defendant unavailability.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Trials: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials were deemed ineffective because of (a) witness and (b) defendant unavailability in 2024.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escorts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support prisoner transport services in ensuring prisoners are able to get to court in time for their trial.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Children: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the impartiality of its review into the impact of smartphones on teenagers.

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Psychologists: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the shortfall in clinical psychologists; and whether he plans to provide additional funding for clinical psychology training places in the next fi

19 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of when the NHS will be able to meet the target of 92% of people waiting for elective mental health treatment waiting no longer than 18 weeks from referral to their firs

18 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2025 to Question 28573 on Brain: Tumours, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including grading in the national cancer plan to help improv

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on allocations for the Bus Service Improvement Plan.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding measures of grading in brain tumour diagnosis on his targets for cancer diagnosis set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.

Source: official written-questions record.