Robert Jenrick MP: written questions
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British Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28962, whether his Department has conducted a value for money assessment of the proposed agreement with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands.
Answer: The treaty is not finalised yet, when the deal is finalised, the Government will put it before the House.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28962, whether his Department has conducted a value for money assessment of the proposed agreement with Mauritius on th
Answer: On 3 October 2024, the UK and Mauritius reached a political agreement to secure the UK-US military base on Diego Garcia, which is an essential part of our global defence network.HMT has been working with the FCDO and the MOD on the agreement who, as the l...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: Opening HoursMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of providing an additional 4,000 court sitting days in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: I am assuming the Rt. Honourable Gentleman is referring to the Crown Court with his question. The current Lord Chancellor increased the allocation of Crown Court sitting days for the current financial year by 2,500 additional days. This takes the total al...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLaw ReportingMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost is of a transcript for a (a) court and (b) tribunal hearing.
Answer: HMCTS contracts with external suppliers to provide court transcripts. Management information from these suppliers for the period January to December 2024 was extracted as follows:Total number of court and tribunal transcripts produced: 45,178The average c...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of when the backlog in Crown Court cases will begin to fall.
Answer: This Government inherited a record and rising Crown Court backlog. The outstanding caseload remains one of the biggest challenges facing the criminal justice system and stood at 73,105 as of 30 September 2024. Even if we were to sit at maximum capacity in...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has the backlog in Crown Court cases in (a) 2024-25 and (b) each of the next three financial years.
Answer: This Government inherited a record and rising Crown Court backlog. The outstanding caseload remains one of the biggest challenges facing the criminal justice system and stood at 73,105 as of 30 September 2024. Even if we were to sit at maximum capacity in...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28962More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted a value for money assessment of the proposed agreement with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands.
Answer: HMT has been working with the FCDO and the MOD on the agreement who, as the lead departments, are responsible for assessing its value for money under the Managing Public Money framework.
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: Matrix ChambersAttorney GeneralTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26565More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Attorney General has provided the (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards a list of his (a) paid and (b) unpaid fees further to his past employment at Matrix Chambers.
Answer: As I set out to the House on Thursday 23 January, and the Attorney General repeated in the House of Lords on Monday 27 January, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has an established and rigorous process for identifying and dealing with conflicts, and pot...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to respond to the letter from the Rt hon. Member for Newark of 18 November 2024 on the assessment of the Government on the potential impact of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on the cr
Answer: Minister Davies-Jones responded to the letter from the Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP on 27 November 2024. The Government remains neutral on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill but, as the public would expect, the Government has a responsibility to mak...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: InspectionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the reports by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on (a) HMP Long Lartin and (b) HMP Manchester, published on 14 January 2025.
Answer: HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) and HM Inspectorate of Probation for England and Wales are independent inspectorates which provide scrutiny of the conditions for, and treatment of prisoners and offenders. They report their findings for prisons, Young Of...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLady Chief JusticeMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings she has held with the Lady Chief Justice since her appointment.
Answer: The Lord Chancellor meets the Lady Chief Justice regularly in the course of her duties, as part of her constitutional obligation to engage the judiciary on relevant matters.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has had recent discussions with security companies on the provision of technology that can jam drone signals to help tackle drones delivering weapons into prisons.
Answer: We are working hard to deter, detect and disrupt the use of drones to deliver contraband into prisons. We conduct vulnerability assessments across the prison estate to identify risks, and to develop and implement plans to manage and mitigate them.We work ...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the use of drones delivering (a) weapons and (b) drugs into prisons.
Answer: We are working hard to deter, detect and disrupt the use of illegal drones that deliver contraband, including weapons and drugs, so that prisoners have access to a safe and stable rehabilitative environment. Our approach is multi-faceted and includes phys...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP Manchester: Domestic VisitsMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has visited HMP Manchester since the urgent notification was issued by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons on 9 October 2024.
Answer: Since her appointment, the Secretary of State has made a range of Ministerial Visits across the UK. She is due to visit HMP Manchester in the coming months but will not be giving a running commentary on her diary. Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Proba...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP Long Lartin and HMP Manchester: Domestic VisitsMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions she has visited (a) HMP Long Lartin and (b) HMP Manchester since her appointment.
Answer: Since her appointment, the Secretary of State for Justice has made a range of Ministerial Visits across the UK. She is due to visit HMP Manchester in the coming months but will not be giving a running commentary on her diary.The Minister for Prisons, Prob...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHMP Long Lartin and HMP Manchester: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timeframe is for fixing broken (a) netting, (b) windows and (c) CCTV at (i) HMP Long Lartin and (ii) HMP Manchester.
Answer: At HMP Manchester, a project to install grills and restrictors on all windows, and to install netting around all buildings, is in the design and development phase. As the prison is a listed building, full planning permission is required. The project is ex...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Prisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any offenders convicted of a grooming gang offence were released under the SDS40.
Answer: There is no single ‘grooming gang’ offence defined in legislation.All sex offences are automatically excluded from SDS40.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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