Lord Beecham

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of each of the first four allocations of Regional Growth Fund for the north-east has been spent.

To ask Her Majesty's Government why the deadline for full roll-out of liaison and diversion services for offenders with mental health needs or learning disabilities has been extended from 2014 until 2017; and how many offenders will be affected by the del...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether potential private sector providers were invited to submit bids on proposed secure colleges.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of reductions in funding to legal aid and advice, what steps they are taking to review the number of cases now being conducted by litigants in person.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps were taken by the Ministry of Justice to check with other departments what programmes for staffing, procurement and payroll services were already planned or in use before entering into a contract with Steria for ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what central oversight takes place to ensure the maximum efficiency in the procuring of information technology contracts for staffing, procurement and payroll services by separate government departments.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of the proposed extension of Crossrail to Reading.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many mandatory custodial sentences have been imposed under the provisions of section 142 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the East Coast rail line will continue to connect directly the north-east of England with Edinburgh and Scotland, with stops on some services in Northumberland.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lords Faulks on 18 June (WA 71), how much of the 2014–15 probation budget has been allocated to the provision of services to support the new operating model.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what system is in place between the Ministry of Justice and the National Offender Management Service to monitor progress in implementing improvements identified in reports of HM Inspector of Prisons.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to correct failings at HMP Winchester identified in reports from HM Inspectorate of Prisons.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the allegations of torture and mistreatment of prisoners at the Azouli prison reported in The Guardian on 23 June; and whether they will make representations to the government of Egypt in r...

To ask Her Majesty's Government in how many cases since the passage of the Justice and Security Act 2013 applications have been made for closed material procedures to be employed; and how many have been successful.

To ask Her Majesty's Government in how many cases since the passage of the Justice and Security Act 2013 the public interest immunity procedure has been invoked; and how much compensation has been paid as a result.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the changes in the eligibility of legal aid on the number of litigants in person and the consequential impact on the administration of justice.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the data published in court proceeding tables associated with their criminal justice statistics quarterly report of December 2013, whether they plan to institute an inquiry into the higher proportion of black an...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received, and from whom, about the proposal to establish a secure college for young offenders.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to review the arrangements for providing court interpreters in the light of recent criticism by the President of the Family Division.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of reports in The Guardian newspaper on 11 June, they intend to make representations to the government of Thailand about the exploitation and abuse of workers in that country's fishing industry and to ...