Ben Goldsborough MP: written questions
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Written questions
Public Libraries: Anti-social BehaviourDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle antisocial behaviour in libraries.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour and the harm it causes is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission. The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities, and other local agencie...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of young people classed as NEET in South Norfolk constituency.
Answer: Local authorities have statutory duties to support young people into education and training, including identifying and helping those who are currently not in education, employment or training (NEET).Under the September Guarantee, local authorities are req...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: StaffHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force staff have been allocated to fast parcels in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answer: As an intelligence-informed organisation, Border Force do not disclose specific details regarding the deployment of resources to individual border threats. This is to ensure the integrity of our operations, and avoid compromising the effectiveness of our ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: GrantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered increasing funding for the Capital Grants scheme, in the context of levels of demand.
Answer: As of 1 August, strong demand for the Government’s £150 million Capital Grant offer means that all available funds for this round have now been allocated. We plan to make further improvements to the offer for future rounds. We expect to open a new round f...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordReoffenders: NorfolkMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps her Department has taken to help reduce levels of reoffending in (a) South Norfolk constituency and (b) Norfolk.
Answer: All individuals are assessed for their risk of harm and factors that pertain to re-offending as part of recommending the appropriate sentence and interventions. These deliver a combination of individual supervision and group programmes to assist people on...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordOffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Criminals to face football, travel, club and pub bans, published on 23 August 2025, what impact her Department estimates these measures will have on (a) r
Answer: Through the Sentencing Bill we will introduce new powers available to the courts when imposing a community or suspended sentence. This will provide courts with greater flexibility than ever before to tailor punishments to offenders and ensure sentences se...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung Offender Institutions: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many assaults on (a) children and (b) staff have occurred in Young Offenders Institutions in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: For the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2025, the requested information can be found in table 1.2.2 of Safety in the Children and Young People Secure Estate: Update to March 2025 - GOV.UK.As the counting rules for assaults in young offender institutions c...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Custody: Sick LeaveMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much staff time, in hours, was lost to sick leave in (a) the open estate, (b) the secure estate and (c) Young Offenders Institutions in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: Sickness is measured across the Civil Service in working days lost rather than the number of hours lost.The number of working days lost to sickness is published in the HM Prison and Probation Service workforce quarterly publication which is available here...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Custody: NeurodiversityMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many neurodiversity support staff have been employed on the open and secure estate in each of the last 10 calendar years.
Answer: The concept of dedicated neurodiversity support staff was introduced in 2021, with four in post. National rollout commenced during 2022 and was phased in over two years. In 2023, there were 51 staff in post. Implementation was completed in 2024, with 123 ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EmploymentMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing inmates to apply for jobs in prison while on remand.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice acknowledges the importance of purposeful activity including employment in custody for convicted prisoners and for those on remand.Under Section 31 of the Prison Rules 1999, un-convicted prisoners are already permitted to take up p...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Custody: PsychologyMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many psychologists have been employed on (a) the secure estate, (b) the open estate and (c) young offenders’ institutions in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answer: The requested information is published in Table 15 of the HM Prison & Probation Service Workforce Statistics, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hm-prison-probation-service-workforce-statistics.Psychologists in HM Prison ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWomen's Prisons: Sanitary ProductsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will make an assessment of the proportion of inmates on the women’s estate who have immediate access to menstrual products in their cells.
Answer: All women in prison have access to menstrual products, which are typically stored in locations that allow women to collect items themselves as needed. They are then able to store them in their cells. In circumstances – such as overnight – where a woman is...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: NorfolkMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will initiate an external assurance review following Norfolk County Council's application for Exceptional Financial Support.
Answer: Any support agreed through the Exceptional Financial Support framework is usually agreed in-principle and may be subject to conditions, including ensuring there is appropriate assurance around the circumstances of the request. My department is continuing ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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