Nick Timothy MP: written questions
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Written questions
Terrorism: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in compensation payments to prisoners convicted of terrorism offences in the past two years, broken down by each payment and the reason for it.
Answer: While we are aware that compensation payments have been made in the past two years to more than one prisoner convicted of terrorism offences, information of this nature is not collected as a discrete dataset. Details of compensation payments and offence d...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRegistration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: IslamMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to make it a legal requirement for Muslim couples to civilly register their marriage before, or at the same time as, their Islamic ceremony.
Answer: For a marriage to be legally binding, it must comply with the relevant statutory framework, principally the Marriage Act 1949. The Act allows couples, including Muslim couples, to have a civil marriage or a religious marriage by marrying in their register...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Offences against ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether convicted child sex offenders can be housed in open prisons.
Answer: Determinate sentence prisoners, including those convicted of sex offences, are eligible to be considered for a move to open prisons when within five years of their earliest release date. Before they can transfer, however, their risk must be assessed as lo...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHMP MillsikeMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what design features of HMP Millsike are intended to support or address, a) biodiversity, b) social value, c) climate change, and d) the natural environment.
Answer: HMP Millsike opened in Spring 2025 as part of our commitment to deliver an additional 14,000 prisons places, aiming to do so by 2031.It is the UK’s first all-electric prison with over 1,800 roof-mounted solar PV panels and 130 Air Source Heat Pumps. HMP M...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLegal Systems: IslamMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on how many people used sharia courts in England and Wales in the past year.
Answer: There are no Sharia courts in the UK.
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: TelephonesMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in respect of prisoners making international calls from prisons in the past six months, a) which countries were called and b) how many times was each country called.
Answer: In the past six months, a total of 900,960 international call attempts were made from prisoners to over 150 different countries. Any telephone calls made by prisoners, including international calls, are paid for by the prisoner themselves. All calls are l...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courtrooms in Crown courts were not sitting on each day in the last year.
Answer: The Crown Court operates from 84 buildings across England and Wales, with a core estate of over 500 courtrooms. The summary table below sets out the average number of courtrooms allocated for primary use by the Crown Court that were not sitting each month...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners released under the Standard Determinate Sentence 40% Scheme were a) in settled accommodation within three months of their release, and b) in full-time employment within s
Answer: Information on accommodation and employment outcomes for offenders in the Standard Determinate Sentences 40% (SDS40) scheme is not collected as a discrete dataset and therefore cannot be provided. Data relating to type of release is recorded on the Prison...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were in settled accommodation within three months of their release in each year since 2021.
Answer: The information requested is published as part of the Offender Accommodation Outcome Statistics series. The most recent release was published on 31 July 2025 and covered the period to March 2025. The series can be accessed via the following link: https://...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: EmploymentMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were in full-time employment within six months of their release in each year since 2021.
Answer: We know that finding employment after release reduces the chance of re-offending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. Key employment roles are in place across every resettlement prison to prepare prisoners for work on release, match them to job...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet CommitteesCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10836More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times did the Domestic and Border Security, and Union and Constitution Cabinet Committees meet between 1 June 2025 and 1 June 2026.
Answer: It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Age AssuranceMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how is the age of an offender determined by the courts; and are any scientific age assessments used.
Answer: Where an offender’s age is in doubt in criminal proceedings, the court must determine age on the basis of the available evidence. In practice, this may include an adjournment so that an age assessment can be carried out.Where documentary evidence is not a...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCourts: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what process is followed if an individual claims to be a child in a court proceeding and is convicted and sentenced on that basis, but it is subsequently revealed that they are an adult.
Answer: Where a person's age is in question in criminal proceedings, it is for the court to determine their age on the basis of the evidence available. This is set out in section 405 of the Sentencing Act 2020, section 150(4) of the Magistrates Court Act 1980, an...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWomen's Justice BoardMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what dates the Women’s Justice Board has met since it was established.
Answer: We established the Women’s Justice Board (WJB) in 2024 to advise on reducing the number of women going to prison with more managed in the community. The WJB met formally in 2025 on 21 January, 29 April and 22 July – more information can be found on GOV.UK...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10285More
Question: 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.
Answer: We have interpreted your questions as asking how many magistrates’ and Crown Court trials were ineffective (did not go ahead on the scheduled trial start date and so a further listing is required) in the past three months, and the reasons those trials wer...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrison Accommodation: AutismMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10284More
Question: 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.
Answer: HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has a small number of prisons with specialist wings or units designed to cater for the needs of neurodivergent individuals, including those with autism. As of October 2025, nine sites reported that they have a neuro...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMagistrates: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10283More
Question: 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
Answer: The National Magistrates Recruitment Taskforce launched in April 2026. It is a team made up of HMCTS and Judicial Office administrative staff, set up to provide additional resource and national coordination support to the independent Recruitment Advisory ...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMagistrates: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new magistrates were appointed in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date.
Answer: The number of new magistrates appointed from 2022 to 2025 is published annually in the following links:2022: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/diversity-of-the-judiciary-2022-statistics2023: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/diversity-of-the...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPaula StantonMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prison Paula Stanton will be housed in.
Answer: We do not provide details of the specific prison that an individual is held in. HMPPS' allocation policy was correctly adhered to in this case; this individual is being held in the male prison estate.
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHMP Belmarsh: Radicalism and TerrorismMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10280More
Question: 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.
Answer: No seizures have been made from HMP Belmarsh of material that promotes or supports acts of terrorism, extremism or radicalisation within the past six months.
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: StaffMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what issues are prison staff taught about in Faith Awareness Training regarding Islam.
Answer: His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) recognises the importance of faith and belief in the lives of many people in custody and the role it can play in supporting rehabilitation, wellbeing and orderly regimes. Staff are therefore expected to d...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10278More
Question: 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.
Answer: We have interpreted your questions as asking how many magistrates’ and Crown Court trials were ineffective (did not go ahead on the scheduled trial start date and so a further listing is required) in the past three months, and the reasons those trials wer...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department uses AI models created by Alibaba.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice believes in testing, exploring and evaluating a range of AI models to ensure we understand emerging capabilities, manage potential risks, and keep pace with developments in this rapidly changing landscape. Any models used are run w...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: RoboticsMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10013More
Question: 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.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) do not hold any contracts for the provision of goods or services with either (a) Shenzhen Pudu Technology or (b) Pudu Robotics.
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Appointments: EqualityMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9856More
Question: 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.
Answer: In developing the Strategy, the Ministry of Justice considered equality issues - as it is required to do by the Equality Act’s Public Sector Equality Duty. Equality Impact Assessments are just one form of recording such work and are not required by the du...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
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