Every parliamentary written question tabled by Nick Timothy this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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With reference to the HMPPS Action Plan for HMP Winchester dated 19 June 2026, which underrepresented groups will be given focus under Point 11 regarding personal development opportunities.
The HMPPS Action Plan was published on 19 June 2026 in response to HM Inspectorate of Prisons findings from its unannounced inspection of HMP Winchester between 9 and 19 February 2026. HMIP found that personal development opportunities did not reach enoug...
How many prison officer applicants failed security vetting in the past two years.
Personnel Security Vetting is the first line of defence in the screening of people working for or on behalf of HMPPS, with the objective of preventing those unsuitable from entering the organisation.From 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2026, a total of 16,425 priso...
How much his Department has spent on the open-source AI model Qwen in the past two years.
As Qwen is free and open source, any individual or organisation can copy, edit, and use it without any payment to the author of the model.Qwen has been used within the Ministry of Justice for targeted analytical and research activities. Whilst use of the ...
How many appeals heard by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) in the last year were brought by sex offenders.
The information requested is not held centrally.
How many prisoners held at HMP Belmarsh or HMP Manchester have sued the Ministry of Justice or HMPPS over alleged breaches of the Public Sector Equality Duty in the past year.
Since 1 June 2025, no claims submitted by prisoners against HMP Manchester or HMP Belmarsh have referred to a breach of the Public Sector Equality Duty.
How many members of the Muslim Brotherhood are held in prisons in England and Wales.
Information about prisoners’ membership of specific organisations is not routinely recorded.
How much has been paid in compensation payments to prisoners convicted of terrorism offences in the past two years, broken down by each payment and the reason for it.
While we are aware that compensation payments have been made in the past two years to more than one prisoner convicted of terrorism offences, information of this nature is not collected as a discrete dataset. Details of compensation payments and offence d...
Which prisons currently have underfloor heating in prisoner cells; and whether any under construction prison places will have underfloor heating in prisoner cells.
Underfloor heating is cheaper to run and safer in prisons because it operates at lower temperatures than traditional radiators, reducing energy costs, working efficiently with low-carbon heat pumps, distributing heat more evenly to minimise heat loss, and...
Whether there are sharia councils in (a) England and (b) Wales.
There are no Sharia Courts in England or Wales.
Whether his Department holds data on how many people used sharia courts in England and Wales in the past year.
There are no Sharia courts in the UK.
In respect of prisoners making international calls from prisons in the past six months, a) which countries were called and b) how many times was each country called.
In the past six months, a total of 900,960 international call attempts were made from prisoners to over 150 different countries. Any telephone calls made by prisoners, including international calls, are paid for by the prisoner themselves. All calls are l...
How many and what proportion of prisoners released under the Standard Determinate Sentence 40% Scheme were a) in settled accommodation within three months of their release, and b) in full-time employment within s
Information on accommodation and employment outcomes for offenders in the Standard Determinate Sentences 40% (SDS40) scheme is not collected as a discrete dataset and therefore cannot be provided. Data relating to type of release is recorded on the Prison...
How many and what proportion of prisoners were in settled accommodation within three months of their release in each year since 2021.
The information requested is published as part of the Offender Accommodation Outcome Statistics series. The most recent release was published on 31 July 2025 and covered the period to March 2025. The series can be accessed via the following link: https://...
Whether convicted child sex offenders can be housed in open prisons.
Determinate sentence prisoners, including those convicted of sex offences, are eligible to be considered for a move to open prisons when within five years of their earliest release date. Before they can transfer, however, their risk must be assessed as lo...
What design features of HMP Millsike are intended to support or address, a) biodiversity, b) social value, c) climate change, and d) the natural environment.
HMP Millsike opened in Spring 2025 as part of our commitment to deliver an additional 14,000 prisons places, aiming to do so by 2031.It is the UK’s first all-electric prison with over 1,800 roof-mounted solar PV panels and 130 Air Source Heat Pumps. HMP M...
How many and what proportion of prisoners were in full-time employment within six months of their release in each year since 2021.
We know that finding employment after release reduces the chance of re-offending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. Key employment roles are in place across every resettlement prison to prepare prisoners for work on release, match them to job...
Whether he plans to make it a legal requirement for Muslim couples to civilly register their marriage before, or at the same time as, their Islamic ceremony.
For a marriage to be legally binding, it must comply with the relevant statutory framework, principally the Marriage Act 1949. The Act allows couples, including Muslim couples, to have a civil marriage or a religious marriage by marrying in their register...
How many courtrooms in Crown courts were not sitting on each day in the last year.
The Crown Court operates from 84 buildings across England and Wales, with a core estate of over 500 courtrooms. The summary table below sets out the average number of courtrooms allocated for primary use by the Crown Court that were not sitting each month...
How many seizures have been made from HMP Belmarsh of material that promotes or supports acts of terrorism, extremism or radicalisation within the past six months.
No seizures have been made from HMP Belmarsh of material that promotes or supports acts of terrorism, extremism or radicalisation within the past six months.
What issues are prison staff taught about in Faith Awareness Training regarding Islam.
His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) recognises the importance of faith and belief in the lives of many people in custody and the role it can play in supporting rehabilitation, wellbeing and orderly regimes. Staff are therefore expected to d...