Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people charged with domestic abuse offences are on bail.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice does not hold data relating to the current remand or bail status of defendants in ongoing cases in the criminal courts - providing an estimate of these volumes would be of disproportionate cost.
However, the Ministry of Justice does publish remand status for open Crown Court cases on a case rather than a defendant basis and this is broken down by offence group. A case will be considered a remand case if any defendant on that case is on remand. This is available in the Crown Court open case tool which can be found via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics.
The Ministry of Justice also publishes data on the number of prisoners held on remand at specific points in time. This is available in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly by offence group, in the Prison Population tool (Table_1_Q_1) via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders charged with domestic abuse offences are currently on remand.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice does not hold data relating to the current remand or bail status of defendants in ongoing cases in the criminal courts - providing an estimate of these volumes would be of disproportionate cost.
However, the Ministry of Justice does publish remand status for open Crown Court cases on a case rather than a defendant basis and this is broken down by offence group. A case will be considered a remand case if any defendant on that case is on remand. This is available in the Crown Court open case tool which can be found via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics.
The Ministry of Justice also publishes data on the number of prisoners held on remand at specific points in time. This is available in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly by offence group, in the Prison Population tool (Table_1_Q_1) via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people charged with firearm offences are currently on remand.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice does not hold data relating to the current remand or bail status of defendants in ongoing cases in the criminal courts - providing an estimate of these volumes would be of disproportionate cost.
However, the Ministry of Justice does publish remand status for open Crown Court cases on a case rather than a defendant basis and this is broken down by offence group. A case will be considered a remand case if any defendant on that case is on remand. This is available in the Crown Court open case tool which can be found via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics.
The Ministry of Justice also publishes data on the number of prisoners held on remand at specific points in time. This is available in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly by offence group, in the Prison Population tool (Table_1_Q_1) via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people charged with firearm offences are currently on bail.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice does not hold data relating to the current remand or bail status of defendants in ongoing cases in the criminal courts - providing an estimate of these volumes would be of disproportionate cost.
However, the Ministry of Justice does publish remand status for open Crown Court cases on a case rather than a defendant basis and this is broken down by offence group. A case will be considered a remand case if any defendant on that case is on remand. This is available in the Crown Court open case tool which can be found via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics.
The Ministry of Justice also publishes data on the number of prisoners held on remand at specific points in time. This is available in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly by offence group, in the Prison Population tool (Table_1_Q_1) via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she intends to respond to Question 21817, submitted by the Member for Twickenham.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
I provided the Honourable Member with a response to Written Question UIN 21817 on 20 October. It can be viewed here.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any of her Department’s statistical publications other than the Serious Incident Notifications statistics annually report the number of (i) deaths and (ii) notified deaths of care leavers aged (a) 16 to 21 and (b) 22 to 24.
Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
As well as being reported in Serious Incident Notification statistics, information on the number of care leaver deaths for care leavers aged 17-21 is also published in the annual statistical release, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions/releases.
The latest information relating to the reporting year ending 31 March 2025 is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoptions#content-section-4-content-16.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many notifications of the death of a care leaver her Department received from local authorities in England between 1 April and 30 September 2026 by age (a) 16 to 21 and (b) 22 to 24.
Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
Information on notifications of the deaths of care leavers in the 2026/27 reporting year will be published in 2027.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of adding carcinogenic warnings to the packaging of processed meats, such as ham and bacon.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
It is the responsibility of the Food Standards Agency to assess the safety of food products, and we will continue to be guided by their recommendations. Separately, through our National Cancer Plan, we are working to ensure that the National Health Service remains at the cutting edge of global research into the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer, and the United Kingdom scientific bodies leading that work are constantly exploring new evidence to that end.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal cases in England and Wales are listed for their next substantive hearing in a) 2027, b) 2028, c) 2029 and d) 2030 or later.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
As at 30 September 2026 (the latest available data), the number of criminal cases in England and Wales listed for trial in 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 are as follows:
Future Trial Date | Number of Trials |
2027 | 26,999 |
2028 | 7,997 |
2029 | 2,736 |
2030 | 702 |
HMCTS Management Information – extracted Crown Operational Dashboard 15 October 2026
The Lord Chancellor has made clear his commitment to reduce the Crown Court backlog and enable victims to have their day in court faster – this is why we are acting on all fronts. We are investing heavily in Crown Court capacity, court infrastructure, uncapped sitting days, technology and legal aid. We are also driving greater efficiency in the courts through measures such as responsible AI innovation, case coordinators for every Crown Court centre, and close collaboration with the judiciary on their reforms to listing practices and virtual hearings guidance. The Government has also brought forward structural reforms through the Courts and Tribunals Bill – based on Lord Leveson’s recommendations in his Independent Review of the Criminal Courts – to ease pressure on the Crown Court, ensure proportionate allocation of resource, and redress the balance between victims and defendants.
Asked by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the latest date currently to a Crown Court trial as a result of court backlogs.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Government inherited a record and rising backlog. We know this means that thousands of victims, witnesses and defendants are waiting years for their day in court, and justice delayed is justice denied. As at 30 September 2026 (the latest available date), the furthest-listed Crown Court trial was scheduled for December 2030.