Kieran Mullan MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Prisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders (broken down by type of offence) will be released at each of the scheduled early releases as part of the earned progression model as laid out by The Sentencing Act 2026 (Commencement No. 4) Reg
Answer: This Government inherited a prisons system days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe. Our landmark Sentencing Act 2026 will now deliver a more sustainable solution to the pris...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims have been sent letters advising them their perpetrator may be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026.
Answer: This Government inherited a prison system on the brink of collapse, and we are fixing this crisis. Through the introduction of the landmark Sentencing Act, we are ensuring that courts retain the ability to impose custodial sentences on serious and dangero...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners in custody serving standard determinate sentences, both in total, and broken down by offence, on the latest date on which the data is available.
Answer: Data on prisoners serving determinate and indeterminate sentences are published regularly in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly, which includes information on offenders by main custody type and offence group: https://www.gov.uk/government/collec...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to publish how many times court lists containing home addresses and dates of birth of individuals have been provided to organisations and individuals, by HM Courts & Tribunals Service, either centrally or via ind
Answer: Home addresses and dates of birth of individuals are not included in Crown Court, County Court, Family Court, High Court, lists of hearings, nor in lists of hearings in the Tribunals.Standard lists produced by the Magistrates’ Courts do contain the home a...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data protection safeguards are in place in relation to court lists containing home addresses and dates of birth of individuals, being provided to individuals and organisations by HM Courts & Tribunals Servic
Answer: Home addresses and dates of birth of individuals are not included in Crown Court, County Court, Family Court, High Court, lists of hearings, nor in lists of hearings in the Tribunals.Standard Lists produced by the Magistrates Court do contain the home add...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to provide a list of organisations and individuals that are provided court lists containing home addresses and dates of birth of individuals, by HM Courts & Tribunals Service, either centrally or via individual c
Answer: Home addresses and dates of birth of individuals are not included in Crown Court, County Court, Family Court, High Court, lists of hearings, nor in lists of hearings in the Tribunals.Standard lists of hearings produced by the Magistrates Court do contain ...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCourtsdesk: Data ProtectionMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to maintain the CourtsDesk database of court records.
Answer: Courtsdesk does not have a database of, or access to, court records. Criminal court case records are held in a variety of places including at individual courts, at The National Archives and by the Ministry of Justice. Neither the Ministry of Justice nor H...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ConstructionMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of new prisons places that will result from the building of prisons that received planning approval since 5 July 2024; what his proposed timetable is for these prison place
Answer: As set out in the December 2024 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy, we are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031. Around 4,300 of these places have received planning permission since 5 July 2024. This includes f...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Transgender PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who are biologically (a) male and (b) female are housed in prisons designated for the opposite sex.
Answer: As of 1 February 2026, there were seven prisoners on E Wing, the separate unit for transgender women at HMP Downview.The information requested cannot be provided for the general female or male prison estates without breaching our legal obligations under d...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordProbation Officers: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers have been recruited since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Between 5 July 2024 and 30 September 2025, 55 qualified Band 4 probation officers joined HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). This figure reflects only those who already held the required qualification at the point of appointment.The majority of Band ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrison Officers: RecruitmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers have been recruited since 5 July 2024.
Answer: There have been 2,623 Band 3–5 prison officers who joined HMPPS between 5 July 2024 and 30 September 2025.This data only covers Public Sector Prison establishments in England and does not include Private Sector Prison establishments.
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ConstructionMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to build new female prisons during this Parliament.
Answer: We are committed to delivering an additional 14,000 prison places and aim to do so by 2031; we have already delivered more than 2,900 of these places since taking office.The 10-Year Prison Capacity Strategy set out our ambition to establish a pipeline of ...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the modelling, estimates or projections for the numbers of offenders that will be immediately eligible for release post the introduction of the changes to the automatic release points as part o
Answer: As set out in the Sentencing Bill Impact Assessment, the Bill will ensure that the country has sufficient prison places by reducing demand by 7,500 places in 2028. The Bill will help ensure that the Criminal Justice System can continue to function with ar...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of current prisoners would be included in the earned progression model and eligible for release after completing (a) half of their sentence instead of two thirds and (b) one third of
Answer: Around 17,000 prisoners are entirely excluded from the release point changes being brought forward in the Sentencing Bill. We are working across agencies to prepare and plan for implementation of the changes, and this Government is committed to ensuring t...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87889 on Prisoners' Release, how many of the current prisoner population would be (a) excluded from the earned progression model earlier release points, (b) inc
Answer: Around 17,000 prisoners are entirely excluded from the release point changes being brought forward in the Sentencing Bill. We are working across agencies to prepare and plan for implementation of the changes, and this Government is committed to ensuring t...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the additional number of offenders will be entitled to release from prison on each day of the 28 days and then each month of the subsequent 11 months following the day of enactment of
Answer: Around 17,000 prisoners are entirely excluded from the release point changes being brought forward in the Sentencing Bill. We are working across agencies to prepare and plan for implementation of the changes, and this Government is committed to ensuring t...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisonersMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide the prison population figures by (a) offence type and (b) sentence length in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answer: Detailed statistics on offenders in custody (including offence groups and sentence lengths) are published quarterly at Offender management statistics quarterly - GOV.UK.Answers to the specific questions asked here can be found on Table 1.A.17 of the “Annu...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review of the Criminal CourtsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any Ministers in her Department met with Sir Brian Leveson in relation to the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts.
Answer: This Government has maintained open dialogue and a constructive relationship with Sir Brian Leveson and Ministers have met with him in his capacity as Chair of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts (IRCC), as is the usual convention when Governmen...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with Serco on electronic tagging.
Answer: Lord Timpson, Minister of State for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, has met regularly with senior representatives from Serco. The most recent of these meetings took place on Tuesday 22 July 2025. At that meeting, the Minister welcomed the imp...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of legal aid was spent on foreign nationals appealing deportation decisions in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 so far.
Answer: This information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: ImmigrationMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason she has increased legal aid for immigration cases.
Answer: Legal aid for immigration cases is important to maintaining an effective immigration and asylum system. Legal aid can play a vital role in ensuring the smooth running of the courts, by providing timely advice to the individuals concerned, reducing the lik...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals received legal aid in (a) 2024-2025 and (b) 2025-2026; and what the cost to the public purse was of the legal aid provided.
Answer: This information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordProbationMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been on probation without an electronic tag since 4 July 2024, broken down by the length of time.
Answer: Electronic Monitoring can be one part of robust licence conditions to support the management of offenders in the community. It is a mandatory requirement for those released under the Home Detention Curfew scheme and for those released onto the Acquisitive...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoner EscortsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what negotiations she has had with prisoner escort contractors on reducing the number of court trials that are cancelled as a result of contractors not bring the defendant to court on time.
Answer: The Prisoner Escort and Custody Service (PECS), which is part of HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS), provides Ministers with regular updates on performance of prisoner escort contractors against delivery targets.It is recognised that there are many...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: Working HoursMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to utilise all court sitting days made available by the Lady Chief Justice in the (a) 2026–27, (b) 2027–28 and (c) 2028–29 financial years.
Answer: The Lord Chancellor will begin the Concordat process with the judiciary in due course, and this is how sitting days will be allocated. The Lord Chancellor has been clear she is committed to tackling the outstanding caseload, but the number of sitting days...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
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