Ben Goldsborough MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Cancer: Terminal IllnessesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) alter and (b) mitigate the National Institute for Care and Excellence's downgrading of terminal cancer to moderately severe.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not classified terminal cancer as moderately severe. The NICE is an independent body and is responsible for developing the methods and processes it uses to evaluate whether new medicines sho...
Answered 29 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTrastuzumab DeruxtecanDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure Enhertu remains available on the NHS.
Answer: Decisions on whether new medicines should be routinely funded by the National Health Service in England are made on the basis of recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) following an evaluation of a treatment’s cos...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Products: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 80333 if she will take steps to help increase the audience reach of her Department's digital communications on risks of personal i
Answer: Biosecurity is a priority for this Government. To protect UK farmers and animals from serious diseases like Foot and Mouth Disease and African Swine Fever, we used the Christmas period as an opportunity to remind the public about the personal imports ban...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAfrican Swine Fever and Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 80333, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of funding public awareness campaigns, including advertisements at a
Answer: Biosecurity is a priority for this Government. To protect UK farmers and animals from serious diseases like Foot and Mouth Disease and African Swine Fever, we used the Christmas period as an opportunity to remind the public about the personal imports ban...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: LoansMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his department will work with the Department for Education to legislate to allow prisoners to obtain a student loan more than 6 years from their earliest release date.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice is committed to enabling prisoners to access higher education while in custody and, alongside HMPPS, works with partners such as the Prisoners Education Trust and the Open University to widen access to higher education for prisoner...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRemand in Custody: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration his department has given to making remand prisoners eligible for a) educational programmes and b) offender behaviour programmes.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring that individuals held on custody, including those on remand, have access to appropriate rehabilitative and educational support while in prison.Remand prisoners are eligible to access core education provisio...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: VisitsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his department will provide the average number of visitation days, per prisoner, for a) all prisoners and b) disabled prisoners.
Answer: This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.However, a report about Social Contact in Prison published 11 December provides information about visit frequencies. The report notes that in the 12 months prior to June 2024, almost two thi...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his department will provide the total number of prisoner days, aggregated across all prisoners, in which an individual prisoner with a disability received a) no time in open air and b) no time out of cell.
Answer: The information requested for adult prisoners is not held by the Ministry of Justice, as collecting data on time in and out of cell would require detailed monitoring of cell activity in each prison establishment.PSI 75/2011 (Residential Services), which i...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his department will provide the total number of prisoner days, aggregated across all prisoners, in which an individual prisoner received a) no time in open air and b) no time out of cell.
Answer: The information requested for adult prisoners is not held by the Ministry of Justice, as collecting data on time in and out of cell would require detailed monitoring of cell activity in each prison establishment.PSI 75/2011 (Residential Services), which i...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what action his department is taking to ensure prison estate maintenance providers are accountable for their performance.
Answer: The value and performance of the Department’s private-sector service providers is reviewed through routine contract and performance management and, in addition, ministers meet regularly with each provider’s Chief Executive Officers to hold them personally...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: E. coliMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of e-coli were reported in each individual prison in each of the last 10 calendar years.
Answer: Statistics on prisoners’ health are the responsibility of the NHS. I am informed that the figures that are collected do not indicate whether an illness or hospitalisation relates to unhygienic conditions or show the causes of illnesses linked to E-coli.Ar...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: HygieneMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many a) reported illnesses or b) hospitalisations of prisoners in each of the last 10 calendar years have been partially or wholly attributed to unhygienic prison conditions.
Answer: Statistics on prisoners’ health are the responsibility of the NHS. I am informed that the figures that are collected do not indicate whether an illness or hospitalisation relates to unhygienic conditions or show the causes of illnesses linked to E-coli.Ar...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison GovernorsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his department is taking to increase the autonomy of prison governors.
Answer: The Government recognises the value of autonomy for governors and the innovation this can drive, whilst also balancing this with the level of central control to achieve consistency between prisons.In 2023, HMPPS launched a framework for governor empowerme...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison Governors: Labour TurnoverMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his department will publish the average time-in-role for prison governors in each of the last 10 calendar years.
Answer: The latest published HMPPS workforce statistics covers the period up to 30 September 2025 so the latest calendar year available is for 2024. Figures showing the average length of time spent in post for public sector prison governors in England and Wales a...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison Governors: Labour TurnoverMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his department is taking to reduce turnover rates of prison governors.
Answer: The Enable Programme is a workforce transformation programme that aims to change how HMPPS trains, develops, leads, and supports its prison staff to ensure that they feel safe, supported, valued, and confident in their skills and ability to make a differe...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison Governors: TrainingMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his department is taking to improve or increase provision of training for newly appointed prison governors.
Answer: The Enable Programme is a workforce transformation programme that aims to change how HMPPS trains, develops, leads, and supports its prison staff to ensure that they feel safe, supported, valued, and confident in their skills and ability to make a differe...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his department has made of the potential impact of a) being a peer mentor, or b) having a peer mentor, on reoffending rates.
Answer: Reducing reoffending is a top priority for this Government. Our approach is led by evidence on what works to support offenders in turning away from crime, focusing on addressing the underlying needs linked to offending behaviour, including housing, employ...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have a) served as a peer mentor and b) had access to a peer mentor, in each of the last 10 calendar years.
Answer: Reducing reoffending is a top priority for this Government. Our approach is led by evidence on what works to support offenders in turning away from crime, focusing on addressing the underlying needs linked to offending behaviour, including housing, employ...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners on RemandMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Written Question 11190, what steps his department plans to take to reduce the remand population over the next calendar year.
Answer: We continue to work closely with partners from across the criminal justice system to manage the growth in the prison remand population. The Sentencing Bill, currently being considered before parliament, introduces a package of amendments to the Bail Act 1...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners on RemandMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 11190, what progress he has made on tackling remand numbers.
Answer: We continue to work closely with partners from across the criminal justice system to manage the growth in the prison remand population. The Sentencing Bill, currently being considered before parliament, introduces a package of amendments to the Bail Act 1...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support school condition allocations-funded schools with urgent school estate upgrades.
Answer: The department is investing almost £3 billion per year by 2034/35 in capital maintenance and renewal to improve the condition of the school and college estate, rising from £2.4 billion in 2025/26.The majority of capital funding for improving the school es...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVoluntary Schools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling voluntary controlled schools to apply for the condition improvement fund.
Answer: The department is investing almost £3 billion per year by 2034/35 in capital maintenance and renewal to improve the condition of the school and college estate, rising from £2.4 billion in 2025/26.The majority of capital funding for improving the school es...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVoluntary Schools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling voluntary controlled schools to apply for urgent capital support funding.
Answer: The department is investing almost £3 billion per year by 2034/35 in capital maintenance and renewal to improve the condition of the school and college estate, rising from £2.4 billion in 2025/26.The majority of capital funding for improving the school es...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHeating: Renewable FuelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is formally triggering Section 159(3) of the Energy Act 2023 with the launch of the consultation on alternative clean heating solutions which covers the Renewable Liquid Heating Fu
Answer: The consultation on alternative heating solutions seeks to gather evidence on the role that these technologies could play in ensuring that every household has a low-carbon option that is right for them. The government will consider the evidence before mak...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInland Border Facilities: AshfordHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) operating system and (b) version of that operating system is used at (i) Sevington inland border facility and (ii) other border control posts.
Answer: Our Border IT systems have a range of measures in place to ensure they can continue to run critical services in the event of any major service issues. This includes critical incident, crisis and business continuity plans depending on the nature of the iss...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
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