Written questions

Nick Timothy

1,131 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were physically assaulted by other prisoners in the past three years.

20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, the total amount spent on (a) compensation payments and (b) other payments to prison officers due to injury caused by assault by a prisoner in the last two financial years.

20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drones were sighted over prisons in England and Wales between July 2024 and April 2026; and how many drones were recovered by prisons between July 2024 and April 2026.

20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who were assaulted by prisoners between July 2024 and April 2026 were sent to hospital.

20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers were physically assaulted by prisoners in England and Wales in each month between July 2024 and April 2026.

20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison rules were broken in prisons in England and Wales in each month between July 2024 and April 2026; and how many individual prisoners broke (a) over 50 and (b) at least one rule in that time.

20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Governors: Flexible Working and Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison governors and deputy prison governors prison currently work (a) any proportion of their contracted hours from home and (b) on compressed hours broken down by (i) the prison and (ii) the security c

20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Governors: Flexible Working and Remote Working

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service has a formal policy permitting operational prison governors to (a) work from home and (b) on compressed hours.

19 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, the total cost of legal aid provided to prisoners bringing action against (a) other prisoners and (b) prison officers in each year since 2024.

22 Apr 2026 · Treasury

New Towns: East of England

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers, (c) special advisers and (d) officials in her Department have had with the organisers of the Forest City 1 campaign.

21 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Police: Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on whether Suffolk Police are to be given additional (a) officers, (b) funding and (c) logistical support when the expansion of HMP Highpoint is completed.

21 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

HM Inspectorate of Prisons: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to publish an advertisement for the position of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons once it becomes vacant in October 2026.

21 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department taking to help prevent prisoners from avoiding their Release on Temporary Licence.

20 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals were assessed or monitored by the Joint Extremism Unit in each calendar year from 2017 to 2025 inclusive, broken down by the extremism or risk classification category used internally by the U

17 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Life Imprisonment: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners with at least one life sentence have been granted (a) supervised, and (b) unsupervised Release on Temporary Licence in each year since 2020, broken down by offence.

15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Life Imprisonment: Open Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners with at least one life sentence have been transferred to open prison conditions in each year since 2020, broken down by offence.

15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when were prisons required to provide the option of a (a) vegan dish, (b) vegetarian dish, and (c) Halal dish for their lunch and evening meal menus.

15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2026 to Question 123531 on Prisons: Meat, what sum his Department spent on providing multi-choice, pre-select menus for (a) lunchtime and (b) evening meals in prisons in each yea

15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Meat

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2026 to Question 123531 on Prisons: Meat, what the annual cost of meat served in prisons has been in each year since 2020, broken down by individual prison.

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to encourage careers in aviation.