Written questions

1,131 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many crown court hearings were delayed in the past three months, and what were the most common reasons for delays.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons have specially-adapted wings for prisoners with autism; and how many prisoners reside in them.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled "Faster and fairer justice for victims thanks to major magistrate recruitment drive", published on 16 April 2026, (a) how many times the national taskforc

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new magistrates were appointed in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Paula Stanton

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prison Paula Stanton will be housed in.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Belmarsh: Radicalism and Terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many seizures have been made from HMP Belmarsh of material that promotes or supports acts of terrorism, extremism or radicalisation within the past six months.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what issues are prison staff taught about in Faith Awareness Training regarding Islam.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrate court hearings were delayed in the past three months, and what were the most common reasons for this.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department uses AI models created by Alibaba.

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Robotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the his Department currently uses the services of (a) Shenzhen Pudu Technology and (b) Pudu Robotics.

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Public Appointments: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Ministry of Justice carried out an Equality Impact Assessment prior to publishing the Public Appointments Diversity and Outreach Strategy 2026.

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Anti-Muslim Hostility

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Crown Prosecution Service, HM Courts and Tribunals Service and HM Prison and Probation Service, will be adopting the Government's definition of anti-Muslim hostility.

12 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much he has budgeted to spend on executive search firms as part of the Ministry of Justice Public Appointments Diversity and Outreach Strategy 2026.

12 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Ministry of Justice Public Appointments Diversity and Outreach Strategy 2026 cost to produce.

11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Ministry of Justice has provided any funding to any of its staff networks in the past year.

11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Stonewall

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department paid to Stonewall in 2024/25 and 2025/26.

11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice:: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members does each of the Ministry of Justice's staff networks have.

11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Civil National Business Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding claims in the County Court Business Centre (Northampton) (a) for which the latest data is available and (b) were there on 1 June 2025.

11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled AI tech ambition to deliver smarter justice for victims, published on 9 June 2026, what safeguards will be put in place to ensure AI legal assistants will

11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled AI tech ambition to deliver smarter justice for victims, published on 9 June 2026, if he will list the companies involved in developing the AI legal assis

11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the trialling of artificial intelligence in Immigration and Asylum Tribunals that will allow judges to transcribe case notes and alleviate admin pressures, to confirm whether it will be used in

11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the trialling of artificial intelligence in Immigration and Asylum Tribunals that will allow judges to transcribe case notes and alleviate admin pressures, what specific safeguards are in place

11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the trialling of artificial intelligence in Immigration and Asylum Tribunals that will allow judges to transcribe case notes and alleviate admin pressures, what specific admin pressures is it be

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have sued the Ministry of Justice or HMPPS over alleged breaches of the Public Sector Equality Duty in the past two years.

9 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Judicial and Legal Diversity Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who advises the standing members of the Judicial and Legal Diversity Board.

9 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Judicial and Legal Diversity Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, beyond the standing members, who else (a) was invited to attend the first Judicial and Legal Diversity Board meeting and (b) will be invited to attend future meetings.

9 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escapes: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many escaped prisoners are currently at large; and what is the immigration status of each of them.

9 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Downview: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any prison officers or staff have been assaulted by inmates held in the E-Wing at HMP Downview in the past two years.

9 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Downview: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners held in E-Wing at HMP Downview have contact with female prisoners in the general estate, including in activities, education, faith services and social visits.

9 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoner Escapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have absconded from Category D prisons in the last year; and how many remain at large.

Source: official written-questions record.