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Question follow-through · 90451

Prisoners' Release: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Statement in the House on 11 November 2025, how many personnel from his Department will form the urgent warrant query unit.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
20 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Statement in the House on 11 November 2025, how many personnel from his Department will form the urgent warrant query unit.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Urgent Warrant Query Unit (UWQU) will be formed out of an existing national service centre which currently answers all calls to the Magistrates’ Courts in England and Wales. Its function will be to provide a reliable and accountable route of escalatio...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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