Ben Goldsborough MP: written questions
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Written questions
Young Offender Institutions: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to take steps to increase the number of hours that children in young offender institutions have access to education.
Answer: The Government has inherited a criminal justice system in crisis. This has placed an unacceptable strain on the Children and Young People Estate. We are determined to tackle the challenges – giving staff the support they need to reduce violence, increase ...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordYoung Offender InstitutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to improve young offenders institutions' grades for overall effectiveness under the education inspection framework.
Answer: The Government has inherited a criminal justice system in crisis. This has placed an unacceptable strain on the Children and Young People Estate. We are determined to tackle the challenges – giving staff the support they need to reduce violence, increase ...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHorticulture: Government AssistanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the horticulture sector.
Answer: The Government appreciates and values the vital work of the horticulture industry and, as part of our mission-driven government, we are committed to working with colleagues across Whitehall to support the sector. Underlining this commitment, the Seasonal ...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordInheritance Tax: South NorfolkTreasuryTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12841More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estates were subject to inheritance tax in South Norfolk constituency in the (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22 financial year.
Answer: The Government publishes the latest Inheritance Tax liabilities statistics at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/inheritance-tax-liabilities-statistics. Table 12.9 of the Inheritance Tax liabilities statistics has the estimated numbers of estates li...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLiving Wage and Minimum Wage: NorfolkDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of workers that will be affected by the increase to the (a) National Minimum Wage and (b) National Living Wage in Norfolk.
Answer: In total, over 3 million workers are expected to receive a pay rise due to increases to the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage in April 2025. We will also publish an Impact Assessment alongside the legislation that implements the increase to t...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLiving Wage and Minimum Wage: East of EnglandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of workers aged above 16 years old are paid within 50p of the (a) National Minimum Wage and (b) National Living Wage in (i) East Anglia and (ii) Norfolk.
Answer: The Low Pay Commission publishes a report that provides a coverage of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) each year, shortly before the rates are updated in April. The report provides a Local Authority and Regional breakdown of ...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Heat PumpsCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12838More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many heat pumps are installed on Government property.
Answer: Information on specific technologies such as heat pumps used across the Government estate is not held centrally. Across the office estate managed by Cabinet Office’s Government Property Agency, there are 2 buildings which are heated in part by heat pumps....
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDevolution: NorfolkMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a devolution deal for Norfolk on (a) local housing supply and (b) economic growth.
Answer: I met with the Leader of Norfolk County Council on 13 November to discuss next steps for devolution in the area. The Government is committed to transferring power out of Westminster and into local communities, with landmark legislation to expand devolutio...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: NorfolkMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of building a new settlement in Norfolk.
Answer: This government’s New Towns Programme will include large-scale new communities built on greenfield land and separated from other nearby settlements, but also a larger number of urban extensions and urban regeneration schemes that will work with the grain ...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: NorfolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding that will be allocated to NHS services in Norfolk in each of the n
Answer: At the Autumn Budget, the Government announced a £22.6 billion increase in day-to-day health spending and a £3.1 billion increase in the capital budget over this year and next. Phase 2 of the Spending Review will consider overall funding for subsequent ye...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people engaging in the Single Justice Procedure are aware of the HM Courts and Tribunal Service guidance which states that courts should not issue targets for th
Answer: Courts have been reminded that no targets have been set for the number of cases to be completed in a session.Listing is a judicial responsibility and function. Local Judicial Business Groups decide how much work is assigned to court hearings, including Si...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has had discussions with the Magistrates Association on reports of the use of targets for the number of Single Justice Procedures completed.
Answer: Magistrates are free to take as long as they need when making decisions on any criminal case, including those dealt with under the Single Justice Procedure (SJP). There is no set target for the number of cases decided in an SJP session and courts have bee...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners on RemandMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to address the increase in the remand population across the prison estate.
Answer: We are committed to working with partners across the criminal justice system to effectively manage the growth in the prison remand population, which currently sits at a record high.On 17 October 2024, we announced plans to allow magistrates’ courts to han...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPatients: HomelessnessDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people facing homelessness are discharged safely from hospital.
Answer: The Department is committed to promoting safe and timely discharge for people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness to appropriate accommodation. Every acute hospital has access to a care transfer hub to manage discharge for people with more complex n...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure defendants under the Single Justice Procedure are aware they have the option to elect for a court hearing.
Answer: This Government is determined to ensure the Single Justice Procedure (SJP) operates fairly and transparently. We are currently reviewing potential changes to the Procedure and will consider legislative reform if necessary. As it stands, there are multiple...
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of delivering Single Justice Procedure prosecution notices by (a) signed and (b) tracked post to ensure receipt.
Answer: The Single Justice Procedure (SJP) Notice is a prosecutor notice which is issued and served by the prosecutor.The rules governing service of SJP Notices is covered by Rule 4 of the Criminal Procedure Rules - The Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 (legislation....
Answered 24 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Single Justice Procedure prosecution notices went undelivered in 2023.
Answer: Single Justice Procedure Notices are served by the individual prosecutors and not the magistrates’ court. We therefore do not hold the data in relation to the number of notices that went undelivered in 2023.
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) people, (b) companies and (c) other organisations pursued prosecutions under the single justice procedure in 2023.
Answer: The attached table shows the number of people prosecuted under the Single Justice Procedure in 2023 by Prosecutor type.
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted under the single justice procedure by offence in each month of 2023; and what the plea rates were for offences charged under the single justice procedure in the same period.
Answer: The attached table shows the number of people prosecuted under the Single Justice Procedure by offence in each month of 2023 and the plea rates for offences charged in the same period.
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInfrastructureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will publish the findings of Lord Banner KC's review of national infrastructure projects.
Answer: We intend to publish the review in question in due course.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLife ImprisonmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the minimum tariff lengths were for people serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales on 30 June 2024 who were sentenced (a) on or before 9 November 2000, (b) between 9
Answer: Information that would enable us to answer this question robustly is not collated centrally and to obtain it would involve a manual interrogation of courts and prison records which would result in a disproportionate cost to the Department.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLife ImprisonmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales on 30 June 2024 (a) were serving a recall and (b) have never been released.
Answer: Information that would enable us to answer this question robustly is not collated centrally and to obtain it would involve a manual interrogation of courts and prison records which would result in a disproportionate cost to the Department.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLife ImprisonmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales on 30 June 2024 were sentenced (a) on or before 9 November 2000, (b) between 9 November 2000 and 4 April 2005 and
Answer: Information that would enable us to answer this question robustly is not collated centrally and to obtain it would involve a manual interrogation of courts and prison records which would result in a disproportionate cost to the Department.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLife ImprisonmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales on 30 June 2024.
Answer: Information that would enable us to answer this question robustly is not collated centrally and to obtain it would involve a manual interrogation of courts and prison records which would result in a disproportionate cost to the Department.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTemporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to work with local authorities to reduce the number of people in temporary accommodation.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high and too many families are living in temporary accommodation. We will take the action needed to tackle this issue and develop a long-term, cross-government strategy, through working with Mayors, councils and key stakeho...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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