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Written questions by Cadbury.

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

Department:All (169)Department for Transport (28)Department of Health and Social Care (23)Cabinet Office (19)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (17)Home Office (14)Department for Work and Pensions (13)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (12)Treasury (11)Ministry of Justice (10)Department for Education (9)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (4)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (4)

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23 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

What assessment has he made of the adequacy of the length of waiting times for applications to the criminal injuries compensation authority.

Reply

Figures up to 31 March 2025 are available in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) Annual Report and Accounts. The figures for the financial year 2025-26 will be available in the CICA Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 which is due to be pub...

23 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many outstanding applications for compensation are there with the criminal injuries compensation authority as of the 1st June 2026.

Reply

Figures up to 31 March 2025 are available in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) Annual Report and Accounts. The figures for the financial year 2025-26 will be available in the CICA Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 which is due to be pub...

23 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many applications for compensation were submitted to the criminal injuries compensation authority in a) 2023, b) 2024, c) 2025 and d) 2026.

Reply

Figures up to 31 March 2025 are available in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) Annual Report and Accounts. The figures for the financial year 2025-26 will be available in the CICA Annual Report and Accounts 2025-26 which is due to be pub...

19 Jan 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

What assessment has he made of the financial cost to parents of attendance at child contact centres.

Reply

The Government values the vital role that child contact centres play in supporting safe, positive relationships between children and their parents, particularly at times of family difficulty. The Government is not responsible for setting the fees charged by child contact centres. Child contact centres operate independently and are responsible for setting their own pricing structures, which may vary according to the type of contact provided, the centre’s funding arrangements, staffing requirements and geographical location. As such, the Ministry of Justice has not made an assessment of the financial cost to parents of attending a child contact centre.

7 Oct 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

How many appeals against SEND decisions by people in each Greater London Borough were heard at tribunals in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of those cases were won by parents.

Reply

The information requested is not available for each individual Greater London Borough and could only be obtained with further data engineering work which would be disproportionate cost.Information about Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) appe...

30 Jul 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

What estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of pest control at HMP Wandsworth in the last 12 months.

Reply

HMP Wandsworth pays £16,238 per annum for a contracted weekly pest control service. The cost of additional pest control work during the last 12 months totals £99,900.92. This work is being carried out as part of our wider efforts to improve living conditions at the prison, which also includes additional specialist staff, to ensure immediate action is being taken.

30 Jul 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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With reference to the Answer of 14 March 2024 to Question 17970 on Wandsworth Prison: Health Services, when she expects the new healthcare unit to open.

Reply

The new healthcare unit is expected to open in mid-September 2024.

30 Jul 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

What her planned timetable is for the production of the action plan for HMP Wandsworth.

Reply

His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons’ findings at HMP Wandsworth are deeply concerning. The Lord Chancellor and the Minister of State for Prisons are determined to drive improvement at the prison and we published our response to the Urgent Notification on 6 August 2024.We also published HMP Wandsworth’s full action plan on 29 August 2024. This action plan addresses the key concerns made by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) during the inspection.Lord Timpson, Minister of State for Prisons, visited HMP Wandsworth on 2 September, accompanied by Lord Ponsonby and will continue to take an active interest in progress at the prison until we are persuaded that sustainable improvement has been delivered.

22 Jul 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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How many and what proportion of prisoners released between October 2023 and June 2024 under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme were subsequently recalled to prison.

Reply

We are constantly monitoring the use of End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) and its impact. ECSL was implemented in October 2023. Since its operation, the number of ECSL releases between 17 October 2023 and 30 June 2024 was 10,083. The information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost, because it would require the linkage and reconciliation of multiple administrative datasets.

17 Jul 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
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How many prisoners released between October 2023 and June 2024 under the End of Custody Supervised License scheme had been imprisoned for an offence relating to domestic violence.

Reply

End of Custody Supervised Licence (ECSL) began in October 2023. The number of ECSL releases that took place between 17 October 2023 and 30 June 2024 was 10,083.The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.

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