The Secretary of State Was Asked

– in the House of Commons on 7 March 2017.

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  • Reoffending Rates (14 speeches)

    What recent assessment she has made of the potential (a) financial and (b) social benefits of reducing reoffending rates.

  • Youth Justice System (14 speeches)

    What progress her Department has made on reforming the youth justice system.

  • Insurance Premiums (6 speeches)

    What assessment the Government have made of the effect of recent changes in the discount rate for compensation for accident victims on the level of insurance premiums.

  • Whiplash Claims (17 speeches)

    What progress has been made on ensuring that only legitimate whiplash claims are successful.

  • Personal Independence Payments: Inverclyde (10 speeches)

    What proportion of appeals against personal independence payment awards in Inverclyde were successful in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.

  • Mental Health Problems: Prisoners (10 speeches)

    What steps she is taking to ensure that prisoners receive appropriate treatment for mental health problems.

  • Legal Advice (13 speeches)

    What progress has been made on making access to affordable or pro bono legal advice more widely available.

  • Court Proceedings: Media Reports (6 speeches)

    What recent assessment she has made of the extent to which local media report on court proceedings.

  • Prison Officers: Recruitment and Retention (16 speeches)

    What steps she is taking to increase recruitment and retention of prison officers.

  • Court System (6 speeches)

    What progress the Government have made on modernising the court system.

  • Prison Service Pay Award (4 speeches)

    Which organisations she consulted on the prison service pay award announced by her Department on 19 February 2017.

  • Imprisonment for Public Protection: Sentences (4 speeches)

    How many people are serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection which have lasted for more than twice the length of their original sentence.

  • Prison Work (6 speeches)

    What steps the Government are taking to ensure that prisoners work and earn while they serve their sentences.

  • Concerted Indiscipline: Prison Response (4 speeches)

    What steps she is taking to review the capability of (a) HM Prison Service and (b) contracted-out prisons to respond to incidents of concerted indiscipline.

  • Prison Safety and Security (8 speeches)

    What steps the Government are taking to make prisons safer and more secure.

  • Foreign National Offenders: Legal Aid (4 speeches)

    What proportion of legal aid is allocated to cases of foreign nationals convicted in the UK who are appealing against deportation.

  • Prison Estate: Isle of Wight (6 speeches)

    What her plans are for unused land on the prison estate on the Isle of Wight.

  • Leaving the UK: Human Rights (4 speeches)

    What her policy is on the protection of human rights after the UK leaves the EU.

  • Topical Questions (58 speeches)

    If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Secretary of State

Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.