Written questions

1,131 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how working hours were spent by civil servants in the Ministry of Justice undertaking agreed staff network leadership roles or carrying out agreed activity requested by the Department in the past six months, and

14 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Black History Month and LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of the events held to celebrate Black History Month and Pride Month in prisons in the past year.

13 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of the religion of the prison population by ethnicity for each of the past four years.

13 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which influencers and content creators his Department has paid to support its campaigns.

8 Jul 2026 · Home Office

RAF Barnham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum budget will be for appointing a contractor to manage the RAF Barnham site.

8 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on establishing a dedicated helpline to provide a new route for victims to request information through the Victims and Courts Act 2026, and when the helpline will open.

8 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims to date have been sent letters advising them their perpetrator may be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026, and how many victims his Department expects to contact as

7 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Isis: Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will a) provide a list of items sold at the Heritage Hub at HMP/YOI Isis, b) the cost of each item, and c) state whether there is a cost to the taxpayer in running the Heritage Hub.

7 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Isis: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to provide a list of any celebratory events that have been held to promote inclusion at HMP Isis in the past year.

7 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Semaglutide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Ozempic injections intended for use by prisoners have been found in prisons in the past year.

7 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the cost of providing foreign national prisoners with phone credit in the past year.

6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Systems: Islam

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any formal guidance is currently issued to civil servants about sharia courts, sharia councils, or sharia tribunals.

6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to provide a list of books available to prisoners in the library at HMP Highpoint, HMP Belmarsh, HMP Manchester, and HMP Wormwood Scrubs.

6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Sarah Steele

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made representations to his counterpart in the US Government on the case of Sarah Steele and the use of a military trial at RAF Lakenheath for her case.

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Sunnica Energy Farm: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the security risks of building the Sunnica Energy Farm on local communities.

6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of the religion of the prison population by ethnicity.

2 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Servants: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether civil servants are allowed to use paid working hours to participate in staff networks.

2 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: RAF Barnham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, regarding her plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Barnham, whether she intends that all asylum seekers housed there will be male.

2 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, a) what impact the 2025 cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency has had on data collection and publication, and b) what his Department is doing in response.

2 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Social Entitlement Chamber

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest recorded waiting time from lodgement to disposal in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) was in each financial year from 2021-22 to the most recent financial year for which data i

2 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Social Entitlement Chamber

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals were disposed of in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) broken down by benefit type including (a) Personal Independence Payment, (b) Employment and Support Allowance and (c) Univ

2 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: RAF Barnham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to revise her plans to house asylum seekers at RAF Barnham close to Barnham Church of England VC Primary School.

2 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

Andy Burnham

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times has the Prime Minister met with the Rt. hon Member for Makerfield since 22 June 2026.

2 Jul 2026 · Attorney General

Attorney General's Office: X Corp

To ask the Solicitor General, why the Attorney General's Office has stopped posting on the social media site X.

2 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Andy Burnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Ministers in the Ministry of Justice have met with the Honourable Member for Makerfield since 22 June 2026.

2 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Members

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Lord Justice Green has ordered that official visits to courts by hon. Members be postponed and that judges be banned from speaking to hon. Members.

2 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Radicalism: Islam

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's definition is of Islamic extremism.

2 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will reply to my letter of 23 May 2026 regarding the publication of sexual offence prosecutions and convictions by nationality and immigration status.

2 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Winchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12579 on Ministry of Justice: HMP Winchester, which prisoner groups are underrepresented in access to personal development opportunities.

2 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Location

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an (a) estimate of the cost of moving some of the functions of 10 Downing Street to a location outside of London and (b) assessment of the value for money of such a move.

Source: official written-questions record.