Written questions
314 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Custodial Treatment: Unpaid Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an estimate of the value added by unpaid work projects on the secure estate.
23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Custodial Treatment: Unpaid Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of assault on unpaid work staff have been reported in each of the last 10 financial years.
23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Custodial Treatment: Unpaid Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unpaid work (a) staff and (b) supervisors have been employed in each of the last 10 financial years.
23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Education and Unpaid Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders on the secure estate undertook (a) unpaid work, (b) education and (c) vocational training in each of the last 10 financial years.
23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: English Language and Mathematics
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders entering the secure estate had an (a) English and (b) mathematics functional skills level (a) below and (b) above entry-level 3 in each of the last 10 financial years.
23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a target for the number of offenders on the secure estate who have employment roles.
23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Offenders: Crimes against the Person
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) offender-on-offender and (b) offender-on-staff assaults have taken place on the secure estate in each of the last 10 financial years.
23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Transfers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders on the secure estate were held in unsuitable conditions while awaiting transfer in each of the last 10 financial years.
2 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce delays in prisoners accessing emergency hospital care.
2 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Custody: Self-harm
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce incidence of self harm on the secure estate.
26 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sugar Beet
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure British Sugar agrees the (a) price and (b) terms of future sugar beet contracts with NFU Sugar.
26 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sugar Beet
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of confirming NFU Sugar as the UK sugar beet growers’ representative in contract negotiations with British Sugar.
26 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sugar Beet
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the sole processor negotiates with the growers’ collective representative in the sugar beet sector.
12 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Dangerous Driving: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce speeding on rural lanes and highways.
12 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Shoplifting: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce shoplifting in rural convenience stores.
12 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Crime: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce crime in rural villages.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Oxford-cambridge Arc
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential economic impact of trains operating on the proposed Oxford to Cambridge rail line continuing their journey to Norwich via the Breckland line.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Norwich and Cambridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the frequency of rail services for commuters between Norwich and Cambridge.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that disabled travellers are not discriminated against when using taxi services.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help improve highway safety on rural lanes.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to electric vehicle charging points in rural communities.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the rural road network.
12 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: South Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of former armed forces personnel living in South Norfolk constituency.
12 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Dormant Assets Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much money released by the Dormant Assets scheme has been allocated to (a) England, (b) East Anglia and (c) Norfolk in each year since the scheme began.
12 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Vocational Guidance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure prisoners on the secure estate have access to a careers mentor.
12 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Exercise
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure prisoners on the secure estate undertake the minimum time for physical exercise.
12 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Overcrowding: Secure Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce overcrowding on the secure estate.
12 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all prisoners receive an initial health screening when arriving on the secure estate.
12 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the amount of time prisoners spend in their cells.
12 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide safety and health screenings for new arrivals to the secure estate.
Source: official written-questions record.