Jess Brown-Fuller MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his department will publish the family justice strategy.
Answer: The National Audit Office report Improving family court services for children, published in May 2025, recommended the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, HMCTS and Cafcass should develop and publish a strategy setting out their shared plans for...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Office (Accountability) BillMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide the date of his last formal communication with the Hillsborough Law Now and Pete Weatherby KC campaign regarding the Public Office (Accountability) Bill.
Answer: The Government engages regularly with Hillsborough Law Now at both an official and political level. There has been a recent change in Ministers with responsibility for this portfolio. As part of my introductory meetings, I recently met with representative...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordConvictions: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of hearings of appeals against conviction from the magistrates' court involve A) complainants in general and B) vulnerable complainants.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data on appeals of magistrates’ court decisions heard at the Crown Court. This can be accessed through the Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly publications (Criminal court statistics quarterly: October to Dece...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordConvictions and Prosecutions: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people who appeal against sentence and conviction from the magistrates court are unrepresented.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold, and does not have access to, centrally collated data identifying whether people who appeal against conviction or sentence from the magistrates’ courts are legally represented. As a result, we are unable to provide fi...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrivate Prosecutions: RegulationMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a date as to when his Department will respond to the consultation into regulation and oversight of private prosecutions in the Criminal Justice System which closed in May 2025.
Answer: Private prosecutions brought by individuals or companies play an important role in the justice system. However, in recent years, some private prosecutors have been found to have acted unlawfully, improperly and well below the standards the public expects,...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: WomenMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 130122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the specific impact of extending fixed-term recall periods from 28 to 56 days on (a) pregnant women, (b) mothers of young children, and (c) women recalled for minor administrative licence breaches; and whether a gender-specific impact assessment of this provision has been published.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPrison Officers: Industrial DisputesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the prohibition on prison officers taking industrial action.
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPrison Officers: European Social CharterMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the findings of the European Committee of Social Rights on the UK’s compliance with the European Social Charter in relation to prison
Answer: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDivorceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will undertake a review of the legal management of divorce proceedings; and if he will make it his policy to reform interim financial arrangements to ensure neither party is financially disadvantaged or pla
Answer: The Government has no plans to undertake a further review of divorce law in respect of the way in which marriages are dissolved. This is because significant reforms were introduced by the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act (“DDSA”) 2020, which came i...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in the provision of prison education on future reoffending rates.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice remains firmly committed to reducing reoffending by ensuring that prisoners can access high‑quality education, skills training and work opportunities. Rising delivery costs have impacted the level of provision that can be commissio...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHillsborough Law NowMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the dates of all meetings with the campaign group Hillsborough Law Now, or Pete Weatherby KC, since Sunday 18 January 2026.
Answer: Ministers value a close and collaborative working relationship with Hillsborough Law Now and Pete Weatherby KC and have engaged continuously since 18 January through phone calls, messages and official meetings including on 19 January and 6 March.
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: ChichesterMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he will consider reopening the Magistrates Court in Chichester.
Answer: There are currently no plans to reopen the former Chichester Magistrates’ Court. The building has been closed since 2017 and is now in very poor condition. With the neighbouring Chichester Combined Court having transitioned from a Nightingale court to the...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: ChichesterMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the Magistrates Court building in Chichester.
Answer: There are currently no plans to reopen the former Chichester Magistrates’ Court. The building has been closed since 2017 and is now in very poor condition. With the neighbouring Chichester Combined Court having transitioned from a Nightingale court to the...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: TrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the cases awaiting a Crown Court trial that have a potential sentence of up to three years imprisonment and that would go before a Judge-only court under his propose
Answer: As is usual practice, detailed impact assessments will be provided alongside the necessary legislation for these reforms. The Government will bring forward this legislation when parliamentary time allows.
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordTrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has information on the median age of cases that have yet to elect mode of trial.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes information about cases in the open caseload at both the magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court. This includes breakdowns of volumes and durations as part of the Crown Court open caseload published as part of Criminal...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: TrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the percentage of the current Crown Court backlog would be sent for judge alone trials under the government’s proposed court reforms.
Answer: As is usual practice, detailed impact assessments will be provided alongside the necessary legislation for these reforms. The Government will bring forward this legislation when parliamentary time allows.
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: TrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the proportion of cases in the backlog are still pending the decision of the defendant to elect mode of trial.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes information about cases in the open caseload at both the magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court. This includes breakdowns of volumes and durations as part of the Crown Court open caseload published as part of Criminal...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: JuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the percentage of cases in the overall Crown Court backlog are either way cases that would be no longer eligible for jury trial under the government’s proposed reforms.
Answer: As is usual practice, detailed impact assessments will be provided alongside the necessary legislation for these reforms. The Government will bring forward this legislation when parliamentary time allows.
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCrown Court: TrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the current number of either-way cases in the present Crown Court backlog that have yet to elect mode of trial.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes information about cases in the open caseload at both the magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court. This includes breakdowns of volumes and durations as part of the Crown Court open caseload published as part of Criminal...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Proceedings: Legal CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to bring forward legislation to reverse the PACCAR judgement within the current Parliament.
Answer: We intend to introduce legislation to mitigate the effect of the PACCAR judgment as soon as parliamentary time allows. The new legislation will clarify that Litigation Funding Agreements are not Damages Based Agreements. The Government recognises the crit...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMental CapacityMinistry of JusticeTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the criteria for parental involvement in decision-making for young people who lack mental capacity after becoming 18 years of age.
Answer: Anyone who wishes to make decisions for a person who lacks the mental capacity to do so for themselves must have the legal authority to act. The provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 reflect that principle and provide safeguards to protect the intere...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProbateMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it her policy to seek an agreement with the US Government on measures to minimise delays in UK probate cases where the deceased held assets in the US.
Answer: Applications for probate for the estate of an individual who died domiciled in England and Wales will normally be dealt with by reference to domestic laws.Where an estate involves foreign assets, the onus is on personal representatives to assess which law...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTheft: JuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to bring the financial threshold for electing for trial by jury for theft in line with that for charges of criminal damage.
Answer: In Part I of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, published July 9, Sir Brian Leveson recommends reclassifying certain triable either-way offences, including theft offences. We will set out our response to this and other aspects of his report in...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVictims: MenMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the levels of (a) protection and (b) support for male victims of (i) domestic violence, (ii) harassment and (iii) intimidation through the criminal justice sy
Answer: We recognise that men and boys experience crimes associated with domestic abuse, such as stalking, harassment, and sexual violence. That is why we are committed to ensuring male victims and survivors get the support they need. We are working tirelessly ac...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCoronersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department provides to bereaved families awaiting coroner's inquests.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting an inquest process which is swift as possible and puts the bereaved at the heart of the process. We recognise the impact of delays on bereaved families and wider systems. However, as coroner services are locally f...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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