Written questions by Timothy.

What the total number of special educational needs and disability appeals (a) registered and (b) disposed of in the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) was in each financial year from

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What the longest recorded waiting time from lodgement to disposal for special educational needs and disability appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) was in each financial

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What the total number of asylum and immigration appeal hearings listed in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was in each financial year from 2021-22 to the most recent financial year for whi

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Of asylum and immigration appeal hearings listed in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), what the number at which the Secretary of State for the Home Department did not appear and was not leg

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In how many asylum and immigration appeal hearings in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) at which the Secretary of State for the Home Department did not appear and was not legally represente

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What the total number of appeals disposed of in the First-tier Tribunal (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) was in each financial year from 2021-22 to the most recent financial year for which dat

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What the longest recorded waiting time from lodgement to disposal in the First-tier Tribunal (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) was in each financial year from 2021-22 to the most recent financi

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What the total number of appeals disposed of in the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) was in each financial year from 2021-22 to the most recent financial year for which data is held.

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Whether he plans to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years old following the Bar Council's recommendation.

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What the total number of asylum and immigration appeal hearings in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) that were adjourned before completion was in each financial year from 2021-22 to the mos

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What the number of individual cases adjourned on more than one occasion during the same appeal was in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in each financial year from 2021-22 to the most recen

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Of adjournments in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) where the initiating party is recorded, what the breakdown is by (a) appellant or appellant's representative, (b) Secretary of State for

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How many special educational needs and disability appeals were outstanding and awaiting a hearing in the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) in each month from July 2024 to the most re

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When the Women’s Justice Advisory Group was established and who currently sits on it.

We established the Women’s Justice Board (WJB) in 2024 to advise on reducing the number of women going to prison with more managed in the community. The WJB met formally three times in 2025 on 21 January, 29 April and 22 July – more information can be fou...

How many times the Advisory Board on Female Offenders met in the past two years.

We established the Women’s Justice Board (WJB) in 2024 to advise on reducing the number of women going to prison with more managed in the community. The WJB met formally three times in 2025 on 21 January, 29 April and 22 July – more information can be fou...

How many prisoners have successfully sued the Ministry of Justice and HMPPS over breaches of the Public Sector Equality Duty in the past year.

It is rare for Public Sector Equality Duty claims to be litigated in isolation: they tend to be submitted as part of a wider claim. Litigation databases record whether a claim has an equality dimension, rather than specific information relating to the Pub...

Whether prisoners convicted of being parts of grooming gangs will be released early under the Sentencing Act 2026.

The grooming gang scandal was one of the worst of our time, and this Government is determined to get to the truth behind years of systemic failure in the response to the appalling crimes which gang members committed. Prosecutions and convictions are now a...

What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the removal of transgender prisoners from women's prisons.

Prisons are devolved in Scotland and the laws governing them are different to those governing prisons in England and Wales. Issues around the allocation of transgender prisoners in Scottish prisons are, therefore, solely a matter for the Scottish Governme...

How many prisoners have been convicted of possessing, without authority, a mobile phone inside a prison in the past year.

The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of convictions of prisoners in possession, without authority, of a mobile phone inside a prison.Illicit mobile phones enable serious criminality and harm which impacts both prisons and the community...

Whether his Department holds data on how many people used sharia councils or tribunals in England and Wales in the past year.

There are no Sharia Councils or tribunals operated by the Government in the UK.