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Written questions by Lam.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Katie Lam this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

Department:All (101)Treasury (12)Home Office (11)Church Commissioners (11)Department of Health and Social Care (8)Ministry of Defence (8)Ministry of Justice (7)Department for Business and Trade (6)Cabinet Office (5)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (5)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (4)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (4)Department for Education (4)

Showing 17 of 7 · Ministry of Justice

9 Jul 2026·Ministry of Justice·Pending
Asked

Why his Department's Crown Court Information data tool, which previously published receipts, disposals, guilty plea and trial effectiveness statistics broken down by individual Crown Court centre, has not been updated since December 2023, and whether he plans to update and make these statistics publicly available.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

9 Jul 2026·Ministry of Justice·Pending
Asked

How many court sitting days were sat in each individual Crown Court centre in England and Wales in each financial year from 2019–20 to 2024–25.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

9 Jul 2026·Ministry of Justice·Pending
Asked

What was the (a) average length of a trial and (b) average time taken for a case to reach completion following receipt at the Crown Court, broken down by individual Crown Court centre, for each financial year from 2019–20 to 2024–25.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

9 Jul 2026·Ministry of Justice·Pending
Asked

What proportion of Crown Court defendants entered an early guilty plea, broken down by individual Crown Court centre, for each financial year from 2019–20 to 2024–25.

Reply

Awaiting answer.

1 Sept 2025·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many and what proportion of her Department’s (a) ICT (b) stationery and (c) office furniture suppliers are (i) supplied by UK businesses and (ii) manufactured in the UK.

Reply

The Government is committed to supporting British business and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services.Cabinet Office is consulting on a package of further reforms to public procurement to support the Government’s Industrial Strategy.The Government maintains robust standards across a range of categories on spend and are set out by the Government Buying Standards.The Ministry of Justice holds one contract for stationary provisions, with the awarded supplier of Banner (UK based), and two contracts for furniture provision, with the awarded supplier of both contracts, Senator International Limited (UK Based).The Department has 181 unique suppliers of ICT services. 165 of these suppliers are registered as UK based.The information requested on what proportion is manufactured in the UK is not held centrally.

1 Sept 2025·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

From which countries her Department has sourced (a) pulp and (b) finished paper for (i) official stationery and (ii) other printed materials.

Reply

The Government is committed to supporting British businesses and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services.Cabinet Office is consulting on a package of further reforms to public procurement to support the Government’s Industrial Strategy.The Government maintains robust standards across a range of categories of spend, these are set out by the Government Buying Standards, including for paper & paper products. Furthermore, the Government has also implemented a Timber Procurement Policy to ensure that only timber and wood-derived products (including paper) originating from an independently verifiable Legal and Sustainable source will be used on the Government estate.

1 Sept 2025·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

What steps her Department is taking to encourage the procurement of British-made office products and stationery by (a) her Department and (b) its arms-length bodies.

Reply

The Government is committed to supporting British businesses and the products they produce, ensuring they have the best opportunities to win UK public contracts and deliver high-quality goods and services.Cabinet Office is consulting on a package of further reforms to public procurement to support the Government’s Industrial Strategy.The Government maintains robust standards across a range of categories of spend, these are set out by the Government Buying Standards, including for paper & paper products. Furthermore, the Government has also implemented a Timber Procurement Policy to ensure that only timber and wood-derived products (including paper) originating from an independently verifiable Legal and Sustainable source will be used on the Government estate.

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