Kieran Mullan MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Electronic 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
Original Parliament recordRenters' Rights BillMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the (a) justice impact test and (b) new burdens assessment her Department has undertaken on the Renters’ Rights Bill.
Answer: Justice Impact Tests are internal government documents which are not usually published by government. We will set out the funding we are making available to local authorities to meet new burdens arising from the Renters’ Rights Bill in due course.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Agency: CybercrimeMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to inform legal aid providers of the potential impact of the cyber attack on the Legal Aid Agency; and what assessment she has made of the cyber attack on the provision of lega
Answer: To reach as many potentially impacted individuals as possible, the Ministry of Justice published a notice at 08:15 on 19 May on GOV.UK. The statement provides information about the cyber-attack and directs concerned members of the public to the National C...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Agency: CybercrimeMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to inform members of the public affected by the cyber attack on the Legal Aid Agency.
Answer: To reach as many potentially impacted individuals as possible, the Ministry of Justice published a notice at 08:15 on 19 May on GOV.UK. The statement provides information about the cyber-attack and directs concerned members of the public to the National C...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrials: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of trials overran in 2024.
Answer: Official Statistics (Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly) show that in 2024, of the 31,158 trials in the Crown Courts, 665 trials were ineffective due to witness unavailability and 1,637 trials were ineffective due to defendant unavailability. These figur...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrials: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for which the number of cases that have been declared ineffective as a result of poor case preparation has increased since 2021; and what steps she is taking to help
Answer: Official Statistics (Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly) show that in 2024, of the 31,158 trials in the Crown Courts, 665 trials were ineffective due to witness unavailability and 1,637 trials were ineffective due to defendant unavailability. These figur...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrials: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the frequency of ineffective trials that occur as a result of (a) witness and (b) defendant unavailability.
Answer: Official Statistics (Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly) show that in 2024, of the 31,158 trials in the Crown Courts, 665 trials were ineffective due to witness unavailability and 1,637 trials were ineffective due to defendant unavailability. These figur...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrials: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials were deemed ineffective because of (a) witness and (b) defendant unavailability in 2024.
Answer: Official Statistics (Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly) show that in 2024, of the 31,158 trials in the Crown Courts, 665 trials were ineffective due to witness unavailability and 1,637 trials were ineffective due to defendant unavailability. These figur...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoner EscortsMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support prisoner transport services in ensuring prisoners are able to get to court in time for their trial.
Answer: The Prisoner Escort and Custody Service (PECS), which is part of His Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS), provides Ministers with regular updates on performance against delivery targets. Over the 12 months to February 2025, PECS contractual m...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Mobile PhonesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 903824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the impartiality of its review into the impact of smartphones on teenagers.
Answer: In December 2024, DSIT launched a feasibility study on methods and data to research the impact of smartphones and social media on children. DSIT awarded the contract through an impartial tender process, which required all bids to declare any conflicts of ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordClinical Psychologists: VacanciesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the shortfall in clinical psychologists; and whether he plans to provide additional funding for clinical psychology training places in the next fi
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service trusts. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective car...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of when the NHS will be able to meet the target of 92% of people waiting for elective mental health treatment waiting no longer than 18 weeks from referral to their firs
Answer: The overall elective waiting list stands at 7.48 million patient pathways, with over six million people waiting. We are committed to putting patients first, making sure that patients are seen on time and ensuring that people have the best possible experie...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2025 to Question 28573 on Brain: Tumours, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including grading in the national cancer plan to help improv
Answer: There are currently limited treatment options available for people who have been diagnosed with brain tumours, at any grade. The Government has invested in new lifesaving and life-improving research, supporting those diagnosed and living with brain tumour...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on allocations for the Bus Service Improvement Plan.
Answer: The government has allocated £670 million in Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) funding in the financial year 2025 to 2026. BSIP funding is allocated directly to local transport authorities in England.On 18 December 2024, the Ministry of Housing, Communi...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBrain: TumoursDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding measures of grading in brain tumour diagnosis on his targets for cancer diagnosis set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.
Answer: The target for earlier cancer diagnosis is to diagnose more cancers at stages 1 and 2, because when cancer is diagnosed earlier, there are more potential treatment options and the likelihood of successful treatment is higher. The grading of brain tumours ...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAttorney General: CorrespondenceAttorney GeneralTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26492More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has had discussions with the Prime Minister through (a) WhatsApp messages, (b) text messages, (c) email, (d) written correspondence and (e) verbal exchanges on (i) the potential impact of repealing the Northern Ir
Answer: Paragraph 21.27 of Erskine May states:“By long-standing convention, observed by successive Governments, the fact of, and substance of advice from, the law officers of the Crown is not disclosed outside government. This convention is referred to in paragra...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: CrimeMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many delays there have been in fitting sobriety tags longer than (a) one, (b) seven, (c) 14 and (d) 28 days in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: The table below illustrates the proportional duration of fitting alcohol orders by month of order start date, from November 2023 to October 2024. This includes both AAMR tag and AML tag.Up until May 2024, the electronic monitoring service was delivered by...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice National ComputerHome OfficeTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the police national computer retains nominal records for non-resident people.
Answer: Non-resident individuals may have nominal records created on the Police National Computer where information suggests that they may pose a risk to UK residents.Changes to the residency status of a person are not routinely considered as a factor in the ongo...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice National ComputerHome OfficeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 19427 on the Police National Computer, what proportion of PNC records relate to dead people.
Answer: The data could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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