Neil O'Brien MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Midland Main Line: ElectrificationDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will have discussions with Network Rail on options to avoid the closure of Spion Kop Bridge in Wigston during the next phase of electrification work on the midland mainline.
Answer: My officials have been in discussion with Network Rail and will continue to do so regarding the works for Spion Kop bridge at Blaby Road.The work is necessary to renew aging assets and enable the electrification of the railway. Network Rail are working wi...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP (a) practices and (b) premises there were in each current ICB area in each month since January 2010.
Answer: A table showing the number if general practices and premises in each current integrated care board (ICB) area in England, each month since January 2014, is attached. Data is not available before 2014. Open and close dates for both practices and branches w...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: Special Educational NeedsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the press release from the Association of Optometrists entitled Life-changing service for children with special educati
Answer: NHS England has committed to investing up to £12.7 million annually from 2024/25 on the provision of sight tests and associated optical vouchers in special educational settings. This represents an approximately 87% increase compared to previous levels of ...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic Services: Special Educational NeedsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the fee per child to deliver the Special Schools Eyecare service.
Answer: NHS England has committed to investing up to £12.7 million annually from 2024/25 on the provision of sight tests and associated optical vouchers in special educational settings. This represents an approximately 87% increase compared to previous levels of ...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordMidland Main Line: ElectrificationDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail on options to avoid the closure of Spion Kop bridge on Blaby Road Wigston during the next phase of electrification work on the midland mainline.
Answer: My Officials have been in discussion with Network Rail regarding the necessary works for Spion Kop bridge at Blaby Road.The work is necessary to renew aging assets and enable the electrification of the railway. Network Rail are working with the local auth...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were convicted of a violent offence and did not receive a custodial sentence had (a) zero, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f
Answer: The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data, covering the period 2007 – 2023, on the number of offenders convicted of a ‘violence against the person’ crime but did not receive a custodial senten...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in each police force area who were convicted but not sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence in each year since 2007 had (a) 26 to 50, (b) 51 to 75, (c) 76 to 100 and (d) over 100 previous
Answer: The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These tables include data covering the period 2007 – 2023, on the number of offenders in each Police Force area with a specified number of previous convictions and cautions who...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who previously had (a) no and (b) between (i) one and four, (ii) five and nine, (iii) 10 and 15, (iv) 16 and 25, (v) 26 and 50, (vi) 51 and 75, (vii) 76 and 100 and (viii) 101 or more convictions
Answer: The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. The table includes data covering the period 2007 to 2023, on the number of offenders convicted but did not receive an immediate custodial sentence by number of previous convicti...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who were convicted in each year since 2007 who previously had (a) no and (b) between (i) one and four, (ii) five and nine, (iii) 10 and 15, (iv) 16 and 25, (v) 26 and 50, (v
Answer: The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. The table includes data covering the period 2007 to 2023 on the proportion of offenders with a specified number of previous convictions by specified sentence type. This data is ...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length was in months for people who received an immediate custodial sentence and who had (a) no and (b) between (i) one and four, (ii) five and nine, (iii) 10 and 15, (iv) 16 and 25, (v)
Answer: The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. The table includes data covering the period 2014 – 2023, on the average sentence length in months for people who received an immediate custodial sentence who were convicted of s...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted of violent offences who previously had (a) none, (b) one to four, (c) five to nine, (d) 10-15, (e) 16-25, (f) 26-50, (g) 51-75, (h) 76-100 and (i) 101 or more conv
Answer: The information requested is provided in the tables attached with this answer. These table include data covering the period 2007 – 2023, on:The number of occasions on which an offender was convicted of a violence against the person offence with a specifie...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences was that a convicted person committed for that same offence before receiving a sentence other than an immediate non-custodial sentence for offences relating to (a) pos
Answer: Information on the highest number of previous cautions and convictions an offender had for a specified offence type before receiving a custodial sentence, covering the period 2021 to 2023, can be viewed in the attached table.This data is not regularly pub...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024WithdrawnUIN 1355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for the first time in each year since 2007 for (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive weapon, (c) common assault, (d) assau
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024WithdrawnUIN 1354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for the first time for (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive weapon, (c) common assault, (d) assaulting a police officer,
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for the first time for (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive weapon, (c) common assault, (d) assaulting a police officer,
Answer: The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. The table includes data covering the period 2007 – 2023, on the number of people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for the first time for a specified offence and an i...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of previous (a) cautions and (b) convictions was for offenders who were sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for (i) possession of a blade or point, (ii) possession of an offensive
Answer: The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. The table includes data covering the period 2007 – 2023, on the average number of a) previous convictions and b) previous cautions of offenders who were given an immediate custo...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence for (a) possession of a blade or point, (b) possession of an offensive weapon, (c) common assault, (d) assaulting a police officer, (e) sexual assault,
Answer: The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. This table includes data, covering the period 2007 – 2023, on the number of offenders with a specified number of previous cautions and convictions who were sentenced to immediat...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordAssaults on Police and Prison Officers: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received a (a) custodial and (b) non-custodial sentence for assault on a (i) police and (ii) prison officer in each year since 2007; and what the average custodial sentence for those offences was
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of offenders sentenced for offences relating to assaults on police officers and prison officers, from 2010 to 2023, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2023, using the following HO off...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders sentenced to immediate custody had (a) zero, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16 and 25, (f) between 26 and 50 and
Answer: The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. The table includes data covering the period 2007 – 2023, on:The number of offenders with a specified number of previous community sentences who were sentenced to immediate custo...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous community orders issued to an offender sentenced to immediate custody was in each year since 2007.
Answer: Information on the highest number of previous community sentences received by an offender sentenced to immediate custody, covering the period 2007 – 2023, can be viewed in the attached table.It is worth noting that the same individuals may appear in more ...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024WithdrawnUIN 1347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were given an immediate custodial sentence of a year or less had (a) no, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three, (e) four, (f) five, (g) six, (h) seven, (i) eight, (j) nine, (k) 10 to 19, (l) 20 to 29, (
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1346More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were given an immediate custodial sentence of a year or less had (a) no, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three, (e) four, (f) five, (g) six, (h) seven, (i) eight, (j) nine, (k) 10 to 19, (l) 20 to 29, (
Answer: The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. This table includes data, covering the period 2007 – 2023, on the number of offenders with a specified number of previous cautions and convictions who were sentenced to immediat...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence length in months was for people who received an immediate custodial sentence and had (a) zero, (b) between one and four, (c) between five and nine, (d) between 10 and 15, (e) between 16
Answer: The information requested is provided in the table attached with this answer. These tables include data covering 2007 to 2023, on the average custodial sentence length of offenders with a specified number of previous convictions who were sentenced to imme...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
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