Ben Goldsborough MP: written questions
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Floods: NorfolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of flooding have been reported in (a) South Norfolk constituency and (b) Norfolk in the last five years.
Answer: Lead Local Flood Authorities undertake formal investigations after significant floods and produce Section 19 reports, which include the number of properties affected. Not all floods require a Section 19 investigation. Criteria for investigation include th...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: DisadvantagedDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the disparity in progress 8 attainment between students who (a) are and (b) are not eligible for free school meals (i) in South Norfolk constituency and (ii) n
Answer: Too many children are held back by their background, with gaps between disadvantaged children and their peers opening early and widening throughout their education. These gaps are not acceptable, which is why the Opportunity Mission will break the link be...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support children in foster care and (b) the work of foster carers (i) in South Norfolk constituency and (ii) nationally.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring that every child in care grows up with the love, care and support they need to achieve and thrive. All foster carers receive the National Minimum Allowance (NMA) to cover the costs of looking after the children in t...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: NorfolkDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding her Department has allocated for special educational needs provision by Norfolk County Council since the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.Following the Autu...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of single justice procedure convictions were for which recordable offences in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: There were no defendants dealt with for any recordable offences under single justice procedure in the 12 months between September 2023 and September 2024, which is the most recent year for which data is available. Therefore, we can assume there were no co...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLife ImprisonmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the people serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales on the 31 October 2024 (a) were serving a recall and (b) have never been released.
Answer: Information that would enable us to answer these questions 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 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLife ImprisonmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of the people serving life sentences for second listed offences in prisons in England and Wales on 31 October 2024 were sentenced (a) on or prior to 9 November 2000, (b) between 9 Nov
Answer: Information that would enable us to answer these questions 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 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLife ImprisonmentMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20327More
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 31 October 2024.
Answer: Information that would enable us to answer these questions 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 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of sentences handed out in open magistrates' courts were fines in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions at criminal courts in England and Wales between 2010 and June 2024 in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: C...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMagistrates' Courts: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of magistrates' court sentences were fines in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions at criminal courts in England and Wales between 2010 and June 2024 in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: C...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSentencing: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of all sentences under the Single Justice Procedure were fines in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions at criminal courts in England and Wales between 2010 and June 2024 in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: C...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPlanning Authorities: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to local authority planning departments in each of the last ten financial years.
Answer: The majority of funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement is unringfenced recognising that local leaders are best placed to identify local priorities.Local authorities routinely publish their spending information in Revenue Outturn data, which in...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 901596More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure value for money in public spending.
Answer: At Autumn Budget, we launched the Office for Value for Money to realise benefits from every pound of public spending. We set out plans for a Covid Corruption Commissioner to recover public funds and we have cancelled the migration partnership with Rwanda....
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Sustainable Farming Incentive payments were made (a) within and (b) after four months.
Answer: The Sustainable Farming Incentive has a rolling application window with the first payment normally issued four months after the start of the agreement and quarterly thereafter. As of 21 November 26,329, payments have been made within fourth months and 371...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: South NorfolkDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the bus fare cap on the average annual reduction in bus fares for people in South Norfolk constituency in each of the next three financial years.
Answer: In the Budget on 30 October, the government confirmed it will invest over £150 million to introduce a new £3 cap on single bus fares in England outside London from 1 January until 31 December 2025. Under the plans of the previous administration, the curre...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordTechnology: South NorfolkDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is adequate funding for (a) innovation and (b) development in technology in South Norfolk constituency.
Answer: In 2021/22, UKRI invested £478 million in East Anglia.For example, Innovate UK’s Launchpad programme is allocating up to £7.5 million to help SMEs in the East of England agri-tech and food technology cluster to grow. Norfolk County Council is one of the L...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFuel Poverty: NorfolkDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households that are in fuel poverty in (a) South Norfolk constituency and (b) Norfolk.
Answer: The latest statistics for the number of households in fuel poverty in 2022 in administrative areas and parliamentary constituencies in England can be found in the published sub-regional fuel poverty statistics, in Tables 2 and 4: https://www.gov.uk/govern...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: South NorfolkDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the number of jobs created via foreign direct investment in South Norfolk constituency in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) works closely with local authorities and investment partners to monitor and support the impact of foreign direct investment in the South Norfolk constituency. Foreign direct investment in the New Anglia Local En...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFood: NorfolkDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help support food producers from Norfolk to increase exports.
Answer: DBT provides a wide-ranging package of export support for food and drink businesses in Norfolk and across the whole of the UK. This includes educational support to upskill food producers via our Export Academy and one to one support from International Tra...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Abstraction: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 13929 on Water Abstraction: Licensing, what the regional breakdown of these water abstraction licences was in each of the last 10
Answer: The number of water abstraction licences (temporary, full and transfer) live for all or part of the financial year for each of the last ten financial years is shown in the tables below. This data is shown by former Environment Agency (EA) regions. This ha...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: WaterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what value of water resource management grants were (i) granted and (ii) rejected by the Rural Payments Agency in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answer: The following table lists the answer: Qty RejectedValue RejectedQty GrantedValue Granted2017/180£ -2£215,974.422018/1911£1,708,260.72121£8,912,028.962019/2014£20,762.30179£ 311,127.362020/215£5,374.00201£ 203,902.002021/220£ -0£ -2022/23103£3,287,841.9638...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Abstraction: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Water Abstraction License applications were (a) made and (b) granted in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answer: a) Applications for new full licences, normal variations and substantial variations: 2015-20162016-20172017-20182018-20192019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-20242024-2025TotalTotal20632031168212604254832432652194475 b) Of those applications, granted...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Abstraction: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Water Abstraction Licenses were not renewed in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answer: Financial YearNumber of water abstraction licences that were not renewed because no renewal application was received, the application was withdrawn or rejected as incompleteNumber of water abstraction licences that were not renewed because the application...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Abstraction: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Water Abstraction Licenses were operational in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answer: The table below shows the number of water abstraction licences (temporary, full and transfer) live for all or part of the financial year for each of the last ten financial years. Financial yearNo. of water abstraction licences1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordYoung Offender Institutions: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the attendance rate in education was at Young Offender Institute (a) Feltham, (b) Parc, (c) Werrington and (d) Wetherby in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answer: It is not possible to provide the information requested without incurring disproportionate cost.
Answered 18 Nov 2024
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