Andy Slaughter MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Bahrain: Political PrisonersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take in response to (a) the case of Sayed Hassan Jawad, (b) reports that political detainees in Jaw Prison had to be transferred to hospita
Answer: The UK maintains a dialogue with Bahrain on issues including detention and prison conditions at Jau. We encourage individuals alleging concerns about treatment in detention to report them to Bahrain's oversight bodies, which are established to deal with s...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNoura al-Qahtani and Salma al-ShehabCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19270More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister made representations to the Prime Minister and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia on the prison sentences given to (a) Salma al-Shehab and (b) Noura al-Qahtani during his meeting on 9 Decemb
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the read-out of the meeting.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAbdullah al-Derazi and Abdullah al-HuwaitiCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19269More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister discussed with the Prime Minister and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia the (a) application of (i) Juvenile Law 2018 and (ii) Royal Decree 2020 and (b) risk of (A) the re-imposition of a de
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the read-out of the meeting.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCapital Punishment: Saudi ArabiaCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19268More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister raised the use of the death penalty for offences that do not meet international standards for the most serious crimes during his meeting with the (a) Prime Minister and (b) Crown Princ
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the read-out of the meeting.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Supported HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of supported accommodation rather than custody for (a) women and (b) their families.
Answer: HMPPS offers a three-tier structure of temporary accommodation known as Community Accommodation Service (CAS), two tiers of which provide accommodation that can be used to support community orders, releases on Home Detention Curfew, and bail. CAS1 (also k...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Supported HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is taking steps to utilise supported accommodation rather than custody to reduce the impact of prison.
Answer: HMPPS offers a three-tier structure of temporary accommodation known as Community Accommodation Service (CAS), two tiers of which provide accommodation that can be used to support community orders, releases on Home Detention Curfew, and bail. CAS1 (also k...
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordArab States: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterparts in (a) Kuwait, (b) Qatar and (c) Bahrain on their obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Politi
Answer: His Majesty's Government continues to engage across a range of human rights priorities with Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain. We remain committed to the promotion of universal freedoms and upholding human rights globally and encourage all countries to meet their...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMalnutrition: Integrated Care SystemsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role he plans integrated care systems will play in addressing malnutrition across their localities.
Answer: Malnutrition is a clinical condition affecting all ages, across all communities, and in all health and care settings. Most cases of malnutrition will be secondary to another health condition, which may impact on nutritional needs or a person’s ability to ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMalnutrition: Screening and Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an estimate of the potential savings to the public purse from increased levels of malnutrition (a) screening and (b) treatment.
Answer: Malnutrition is a clinical condition affecting all ages, across all communities, and in all health and care settings. Most cases of malnutrition will be secondary to another health condition, which may impact on nutritional needs or a person’s ability to ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMalnutrition: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS patients receive appropriate (a) screening and (b) treatment for malnutrition.
Answer: Malnutrition is a clinical condition affecting all ages, across all communities, and in all health and care settings. Most cases of malnutrition will be secondary to another health condition, which may impact on nutritional needs or a person’s ability to ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFamily Courts: StatisticsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is for publishing family court data series that are paused due to the roll out of Core Case Data.
Answer: The work required to amalgamate data on family public law cases across the legacy system and the reform system Core Case Data before publication has now been completed. Most of the family court statistics have been reinstated. However, selected data serie...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordUpper Tribunal: ManagementMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is for (a) completing the migration of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber to new case management systems and (b) publishing complete datasets for that tribunal’s workload
Answer: A project to deploy a new case management system to multiple jurisdictions including all four chambers of the Upper Tribunal, including the Immigration and Asylum Chamber (UTIAC) was completed in May 2022.The planned timetable for publishing datasets base...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' CourtsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish a breakdown of the magistrates' court backlog showing the number of (a) Single Justice Procedure cases and (b) cases that have to go to a hearing.
Answer: In June and September 2024, the Ministry of Justice made the decision to cancel publication of the quarterly Official Accredited statistics on the criminal courts, following concerns about the quality of criminal court performance data.That initial work h...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCriminal Proceedings: StatisticsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish the Criminal Court Statistics datasets due to be published in (a) June, (b) September and (c) December 2024 by the end of 2024.
Answer: In June and September 2024, the Ministry of Justice made the decision to cancel publication of the quarterly Official Accredited statistics on the criminal courts, following concerns about the quality of criminal court performance data.That initial work h...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: DatabasesMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department’s data cleanse of the magistrates’ court data will (a) help with listing, (b) benefit other court processes and (c) improve the accuracy of the statistics.
Answer: In June and September 2024, the Ministry of Justice made the decision to cancel publication of the quarterly Official Accredited statistics on the criminal courts, following concerns about the quality of criminal court performance data.That initial work h...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCriminal Proceedings: StatisticsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the issue affecting the quality of the data for the Criminal Court Statistics affects data on the number of Crown Court cases disposed of each month.
Answer: In June and September 2024, the Ministry of Justice made the decision to cancel publication of the quarterly Official Accredited statistics on the criminal courts, following concerns about the quality of criminal court performance data.That initial work h...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCriminal Proceedings: StatisticsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the statement on her Department’s webpage entitled Criminal court statistics, which Criminal court statistics quarterly publication was the first to require work to assure the quality of source
Answer: In June and September 2024, the Ministry of Justice made the decision to cancel publication of the quarterly Official Accredited statistics on the criminal courts, following concerns about the quality of criminal court performance data.That initial work h...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCriminal Proceedings: StatisticsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the delayed publication of the criminal court statistics due to an issue affecting the accuracy of the data, what steps her Department is taking to (a) mitigate against potential inaccuracies in
Answer: In June and September 2024, the Ministry of Justice made the decision to cancel publication of the quarterly Official Accredited statistics on the criminal courts, following concerns about the quality of criminal court performance data.That initial work h...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCriminal Proceedings: StatisticsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly for October to December 2023, published on 28 March 2024, if her Department will make an assessment of the accuracy of the estimate of the outstanding cas
Answer: In June and September 2024, the Ministry of Justice made the decision to cancel publication of the quarterly Official Accredited statistics on the criminal courts, following concerns about the quality of criminal court performance data.That initial work h...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: ManagementMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 5948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her Department's timescale is for ensuring that reforms to operational systems resulting from HMCTS's transformation programme capture more detailed management information; and whether her Department plans t
Answer: As the Reform Programme concludes in March 2025 and new systems are implemented and embedded, they will - in most instances - ensure more detailed data is captured.Not only are reformed services making a difference directly to those who use them, they’re ...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMiscarriages of Justice: CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications were received for compensation following a conviction being quashed in each year since 2018; what proportion of those applications were successful; and what the average compensation award wa
Answer: The Miscarriages of Justice Application Service (MOJAS) has published management information which provides an overview of all applications received and decisions made for miscarriage of justice between April 2016 and March 2024. The statistics cover appl...
Answered 8 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIsraeli SettlementsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to update the guidance by his Department entitled Overseas Business Risk: Israel section, published on 16 June 2023, to include (a) reference to the pub
Answer: The UK has received the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on the 'Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem'. The UK is considering the Opinio...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordCulture, Practices and Ethics of the Press InquiryDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has sought advice on whether witnesses at Part One of the Leveson Inquiry (a) lied to and (b) misled that Inquiry.
Answer: Part One of the Leveson Inquiry and the subsequent police investigations were chaired by judge, Lord Leveson, and was independent of Government.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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