Nick Timothy MP: written questions
85 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Prisoners: Sexual OffencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held on Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences have been convicted of sexual offences.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes routine data on prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in custody, including information on their offence group, in the Offender Management Statistics publication.The latest figures are avail...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Personal NamesMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have changed their names while serving a prison sentence in the past three years.
Answer: Information about the number of prisoner names changes is not held centrally. It could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCriminal Justice BoardMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the Criminal Justice Board has not met since December 2025.
Answer: The Criminal Justice Board last met in December 2025. Cross-system engagement and oversight has continued through other senior governance arrangements, including the Criminal Justice Action Group (CJAG), which brings together senior leaders from across th...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: IslamMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will launch an investigation into forced conversion to Islam in prisons.
Answer: The Government does not tolerate intimidation, gang activity or faith-based coercion of any kind in prisons. Prisoners are free to practise, change or decline a religion or belief and any concerns that a prisoner may be changing their faith or belief unde...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Freedom of InformationMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Freedom of Information requests to which his Department has not yet provided a substantive answer were received a) 0-19, b) 20, c) 20-39, d) 40, e) 41 or more working days ago.
Answer: As of 3 September 2026, there were 771 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that have been received by the Ministry of Justice and had not yet been responded to. The table below notes the volumes of cases that were received per the time period categ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Freedom of InformationMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has, in the past 12 months, provided a response to within a) 0-19, b) exactly 20, c) 20-39, d) 40, e) 41 or more working days of the request's receipt.
Answer: From 3 September 2025 to 3 September 2026, the Ministry of Justice responded to 5,426 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. In 2025, the Ministry of Justice received the second highest volume of FOIA requests for a Government department. The Departm...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Transfers: Personal PropertyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of items of prisoner property that were lost in the course of transfers between prisons, and (b) how many prisoners have been affected by this, broken down
Answer: Information about the instances of lost property is not held centrally. It could not be obtained without incurring disproportionate cost.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Special AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26685More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Gordon Brown is still in post as the Prime Minister's Special Reviewer on Global Finance and Cooperation, and whether Baroness Harman is still in post as the Prime Minister's Adviser on Women and Girls.
Answer: The Special Reviewer on Global Finance and Cooperation will remain in their role. The Prime Minister has decided that responsibilities for women and girls policy is being led at Cabinet by the Minister for Women and Equalities. The role of the Prime Minis...
Answered 29 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBarristers: TrainingMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release by the Ministry of Justice entitled Millions to be invested in next generation of legal talent, published on 2 September 2026, what steps will chambers be expected to take to i
Answer: We are investing £1.5m to fund up to 100 additional pupillages and widen access to the legal profession. As set out in the guidance available on the Council of the Inns of Court’s website, chambers will be expected to incorporate the following measures in...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in the last three years, how many assaults on (a) prison officers and (b) prisoners, were committed by prisoners on Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.
Answer: The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (a) for what reason submissions to the Call for Evidence by the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition were deleted, (b) whether this was in breach of MHCLG
Answer: The Department manages information in accordance with its legal obligations and established information management policies, including UK GDPR requirements. Ministers were not involved in operational decisions about the handling or retention of informatio...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for West Suffolk of 21 July, 23 July, 4 August and 25 August 2026.
Answer: The Department recognises the importance of responding to correspondence from Honourable and Right Honourable Members in a timely manner. The Hon. Member's letters of 21 July, 23 July, 4 August and 25 August have been received and are being considered. I ...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordYoung Offenders: Crime PreventionMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to adopt the policies in the Cutting Youth Crime, Saving Young Lives white paper.
Answer: The new Government is committed to the goals and direction set out in the Youth Justice White Paper in May and is making progress on delivering the significant programme of reforms. As this work progresses, we will continue to develop and refine our appro...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: USAMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide the itinerary for the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Human Rights and Technology's trip to the USA in July 2026, including the organisations visited and topics discussed
Answer: This trip took place to support the once-in-a-generation reforms we are making to our youth justice system. In Missouri, as part of the delegation, I visited a family court and hosted a roundtable there on legal advocacy for child offenders. I also visite...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what legislation he plans to bring forward to give effect to the statement that the progression model will come into force on 1 October 2026; whether that legislation will amend or revoke the Sentencing Act 2026
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 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ReligionMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners converted to a new religion while in prison in the past three years, broken down (a) by the ethnicity of the prisoner, and (b) the religion they were converting to and from.
Answer: To provide the information requested, it would be necessary manually to examine individual prisoner records for the period in question, to ascertain whether any changes to data collected electronically related to instances of conversion, or were made for ...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims will be sent letters advising them their perpetrator will be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026 following the relevant offence exclusions.
Answer: The Sentencing Act 2026 contains provisions which change the proportion of a standard determinate sentence which must be served in prison before the offender serving such a sentence is released automatically on licence. Eligible victims who have opted int...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has undertaken any modelling on the projected adult prison population for each month from August 2026 to February 2028 under scenarios in which (a) the Sentencing Act 2026 is implemented as
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 deliver a more sustainable solution to the prison ca...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to change the content or timing of the ten tranches of prisoners to be released.
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 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: TrainingMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how working hours were spent by civil servants in the Ministry of Justice undertaking agreed staff network leadership roles or carrying out agreed activity requested by the Department in the past six months, and
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. Under the Ministry of Justice Staff Groups and Networks Policy 2026, staff network leaders may agree a time allocation, which should not generally exceed 10% of contracted hours (pro-rated).
Answered 30 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Black History Month and LGBT+ PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of the events held to celebrate Black History Month and Pride Month in prisons in the past year.
Answer: His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service does not hold this information centrally. Individual prisons may choose to mark occasions such as Black History Month and Pride Month through local activities or events, but there is no central requirement for es...
Answered 22 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ReligionMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of the religion of the prison population by ethnicity for each of the past four years.
Answer: The requested information is provided in the accompanying table.
Answered 23 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: InternetMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which influencers and content creators his Department has paid to support its campaigns.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice works with a range of influencers and content creators to help us reach audiences who are less likely to engage with traditional government channels. Wherever possible we do this on a low / no cost basis to secure maximum value to ...
Answered 30 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordRAF BarnhamHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum budget will be for appointing a contractor to manage the RAF Barnham site.
Answer: Due diligence and assurance work for all proposed large sites including Barnham is still ongoing. Once complete, approvals will be sought in the normal way and details published as appropriate for Government Major Programmes.No final decision has been mad...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on establishing a dedicated helpline to provide a new route for victims to request information through the Victims and Courts Act 2026, and when the helpline will open.
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering a new route for victims to request information about their offender as soon as practicable, and we are working with operational partners to ensure that implementation of the helpline is trauma-informed and effecti...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →