Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.
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Administration of Justice: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the early results of the AI rollout.
Answer: We have received positive qualitative feedback from staff who have used general purpose productivity tools rolled out to the Ministry of Justice workforce. Staff have cited that these tools have helped them draft documents and summarise information at pac...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: CrimeMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, what progress he has made in strengthening partnerships with criminal justice partners on a collecti
Answer: The Criminal Justice Action Group, chaired by the Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary and attended by core criminal justice partners (the police, Home Office, AGO, CPS, Judicial Office, HMCTS and HMPPS), is actively considering the risks to the crimin...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAdministration of Justice: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, what progress he has made in strengthening partnerships with regulators to support AI-driven legal i
Answer: The AI Action Plan for Justice commits the Ministry of Justice to working with regulators to support responsible AI adoption across the legal sector (Action 3.5). Legal Service Regulators are independent of government, but the Ministry of Justice maintain...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAdministration of Justice: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of funding for (a) talent, (b) t
Answer: The Ministry of Justice has not made a specific cost estimate for funding talent, training, or proactive workforce planning to accelerate AI adoption.In establishing the Justice AI Unit, we are focused on delivering value for money by building internal ca...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: RehabilitationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the embedding of AI in the criminal justice s
Answer: AI shows great potential to help deliver swifter, fairer, and more accessible justice for all and this includes improving rehabilitation outcomes. The Ministry of Justice’s AI Action Plan for Justice sets out our ambition to target high-value use cases, w...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of using AI to improve scheduling on prison capa
Answer: AI tools can quickly create the best schedules by analysing real-time data about staff, capacity, risks, and priorities. We are exploring how this could help with managing prison capacity and other scheduling challenges such as listing in courts and tribu...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAdministration of Justice: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, if he will list the secure AI productivity tools he will introduce in order to reduce the administra
Answer: All Ministry of Justice staff now have access to a secure version of Microsoft Copilot Chat (a secure, web-based assistant for general queries), with further rollout of Microsoft Copilot 365 (the fully integrated AI capability within Word, Outlook, Excel,...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAdministration of Justice: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy policy entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, if he will list the other government departments that will form the cross-departmental AI Steering
Answer: The AI Steering Group brings together senior leaders from across the Ministry of Justice, including policy, data, digital, security, people, legal, HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS), HMCTS, risk, and communications, to oversee AI initiatives and m...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAdministration of Justice: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2024, what the timetable is for the establishment of a dedicated Justice AI Unit.
Answer: The Justice AI Unit was established in November 2024.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAdministration of Justice: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, what steps he is taking to enhance (a) AI leadership, (b) governance, (c) ethics, (d) data, (e) digi
Answer: The Ministry of Justice’s AI Action Plan for Justice set out a series of bold, ambitious steps to promote the responsible use of AI tools across the department and the wider justice system. A Justice AI Unit headed up by a Chief AI Officer has been establ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were victims of sexual assault excluding statutory rape by other children in each year between 2015 and 2025 by (a) age and (b) gender.
Answer: The information requested on the number of children prosecuted for the offences listed (all forms of violent assault, battery, actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, murder and sexual assault offences) by age and gender, can be found at: Criminal Justi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Young OffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) prosecuted for sexual assault, including rape but excluding statutory rape, by (i) age and (ii) gender in each year since 2015.
Answer: The information requested on the number of children prosecuted for the offences listed (all forms of violent assault, battery, actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, murder and sexual assault offences) by age and gender, can be found at: Criminal Justi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHomicide: Young OffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were murdered by other children by (a) age and (b) gender in each year since 2015.
Answer: The information requested on the number of children prosecuted for the offences listed (all forms of violent assault, battery, actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, murder and sexual assault offences) by age and gender, can be found at: Criminal Justi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHomicide: Young OffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) prosecuted for murder by (i) age and (ii) gender in each year since 2015.
Answer: The information requested on the number of children prosecuted for the offences listed (all forms of violent assault, battery, actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, murder and sexual assault offences) by age and gender, can be found at: Criminal Justi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: Young OffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) prosecuted for (i) all forms of violent assault, (ii) battery, (iii) actual bodily harm and (iv) grievous bodily harm by (A) age and (B) gender in each yea
Answer: The information requested on the number of children prosecuted for the offences listed (all forms of violent assault, battery, actual bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, murder and sexual assault offences) by age and gender, can be found at: Criminal Justi...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: DeportationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much capacity within the prison estate will be created via the deportation of foreign national offenders by 31 December 2025.
Answer: The removal of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) is a priority of this Government. Deporting FNOs as quickly as possible protects the public, reduces pressures on prison capacity and lessens the associated expense to the taxpayer.From 5 July 2024 to 4 Jul...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational SecurityMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, whether he has made progress on expanding the (a) legal and (b) law enforcement toolkit.
Answer: The information requested regarding the law enforcement toolkit falls under the responsibility of the Home Office.However, my Department shares responsibility for the legal toolkit. We are strengthening the legislative framework to better combat state and...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 73845 on Prison Accommodation, how many of the 2,405 prisoners places were planned (a) prior to and (b) after the 5 July 2025; and on what date was each pris
Answer: All 2,405 prison places delivered between July 2024 and 23 August 2025 referred to in Question 73845 were planned prior to 5 July 2025. The Full Business Cases (FBC) for each project were approved by HM Treasury on the following dates:Site Places FBC Date...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanningMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, when she plans to implement the reduction in opportunities to challenge consent decisions.
Answer: The Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduces changes to the way judicial reviews are handled for National Policy Statements and development consent orders relating to nationally significant infrastructure projects. It removes the paper permission stage...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Sick LeaveMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days were lost to sickness absence by civil servants in their Department (a) in total and (b) on average per employee between 5 July 2024 and 4 July 2025.
Answer: Information on sickness absence is published annually as part of the Civil Service Sickness Absence report.Data has been published up to the end of the 2023/24 financial year and is available on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-ser...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Criminals to face football, travel, club and pub bans, published on 23 August 2025, which prisons are the 2,400 new prison places since July 2024 located
Answer: We are committed to continuing the prison build programmes, aiming to deliver 14,000 places by 2031. Between July 2024 and 23 August 2025, places were delivered at the following sites:SitePlacesHMP Millsike1,468HMP Rye Hill458HMP Stocken214HMP Sudbury120H...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress she has made on the Small Secure Houseblocks programme.
Answer: The Government’s commitment is to deliver 14,000 additional prison places, by 2031, as set out in the 2024 Prison Capacity Strategy. Since July 2024, we have already delivered c.2,500 additional prison places.The Small Secure Houseblocks (SSH) Programme i...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the 14,000 additional prison places will be delivered through the Rapid Deployment Cells project.
Answer: As outlined in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, this Government is committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places through the 20,000 prison places programmes.The Rapid Deployment Cells Programme is a key part of our strategy...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress she has made on the Rapid Deployment Cells project.
Answer: As outlined in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, this Government is committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places through the 20,000 prison places programmes.The Rapid Deployment Cells Programme is a key part of our strategy...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress she has made on the electronic monitoring expansion programme.
Answer: The Electronic Monitoring Expansion programme was set up to expand the impact, use and efficiency of electronic monitoring (EM) as a tool for managing offenders in the community. All expansion initiatives to deliver new EM-related services have been deliv...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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