Richard Tice MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Prisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) violent offenders and (b) people convicted of grievous bodily harm resulting in life-changing injuries are not inappropriately released early under existing early release
Answer: This Government was left an unconscionable inheritance with the prison system days from collapse. To prevent the risk of gridlock across the Criminal Justice System, we had no choice but to take decisive actions to stop our prisons overflowing and keep th...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
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Ministry of Justice: Freedom of InformationMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in her Department are responsible for (a) processing and (b) responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of this work.
Answer: A team of 22.6 full time equivalent (FTE) staff are responsible for processing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests received by the Department. They do this alongside other duties including managing requests for personal data.Responses to FOIA reque...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
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Prison Accommodation and RehabilitationMinistry of JusticeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department plans to take to (a) increase prison capacity and (b) improve rehabilitation services for offenders.
Answer: On 22 October, the Lord Chancellor announced the further steps the Government will take to manage prison capacity including launching an independent review of sentencing to ensure that we are never again in a position where we have more prisoners than we ...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
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Prison SentencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that (a) violent and (b) repeat offenders receive longer sentences.
Answer: Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for our independent courts. When deciding what sentence to impose, courts must consider the circumstances of the case, including the culpability of the offender, the harm they caused or intended to cause, and any...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
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Department or topic	Published records
Department for Business and Trade	8
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	1
Department for Education	6
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	16
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	12
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	2
Department for Transport	4
Department for Work and Pensions	17
Department of Health and Social Care	22
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	3
Home Office	32
Leader of the House	1
Ministry of Defence	2
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	9
Ministry of Justice	4
Treasury	6

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