Question follow-through · 28877
Legal Aid Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to provide the total monetary amount claimed in legal aid in each of the past three years, broken down by whether the person claiming it was (a) a British citizen, (b) a non-citizen with a breakdown per country o
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Prisoners' Release · 11 Sept 2026
- Members: Correspondence · 11 Sept 2026
- Shoplifting: Convictions · 14 Sept 2026
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- Written question 30058 · 15 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to provide the total monetary amount claimed in legal aid in each of the past three years, broken down by whether the person claiming it was (a) a British citizen, (b) a non-citizen with a breakdown per country o
15 Sept 2026
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15 Sept 2026
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Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
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Possible follow-up questions
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Prisoners' Release
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a list of the type of victims by offence group who are (a) eligible and (b) not eligible, to receive a letter informing them of changes made by the Sentencing Act 2026 that will impact them.
Members: Correspondence
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for West Suffolk of 26 June and 3 September 2026 regarding USAF Lakenheath.
Shoplifting: Convictions
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 116101, whether each offender in the table is counted once only in each calendar year; whether the previous-conviction band is measured at the offender’s l
Prisoners
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his letter to the hon. Member for West Suffolk, dated 10 September 2026, what the evidential basis is for the statement that there will be more people in prison than ever before by the end of th
Written question 30058
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in reference to Question 27585, on how many occasions, over the most recent available 12-month period, the recorded religion of a prisoner has been changed or added in Prison-NOMIS for any reason, broken down by
Written question 30093
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims have (a) been contacted to confirm that their perpetrator will be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026, and (b) been contacted to confirm that their perpetrator will not be released from prison early as a result of the changes made to the Sentencing Act 2026.
Written question 30097
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for each different surname held by at least one prisoner, how many individual prisoners hold that surname across the prison estate, and likewise for each different first name.
Written question 30100
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison places included in baseline Certified Normal Accommodation but excluded from in-use Certified Normal Accommodation, broken down by establishment and, where recorded, by section or wing thereof; with the recorded reason, date taken out of use, and expected date of return to use provided for each set of places for which these data are separately available.
Written question 30124
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cells, rooms or dormitories in the prison estate have a Certified Normal Accommodation of (a) one and a maximum capacity of one, (b) one and a maximum capacity of two, (c) two and a maximum capacity of t