Ben Goldsborough MP: written questions
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Offenders: EmploymentMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners found work within six months of their release in each year since 2010.
Answer: We know that finding employment in the year after release makes offenders less likely to reoffend, by up to nine percentage points. Getting ex-offenders into work is critical to the Government’s work to break the cycle of reoffending. That is why in our m...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the press release entitled New Prison Education Service to cut crime, published on 29 September 2023, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of giving prison governo
Answer: Under the current Prison Education Framework, prison governors have the freedom to design and organise delivery of education, skills and work in their prisons. This is further enabled through the Dynamic Purchasing System, which allows for the commissioni...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: TrainingMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders have taken part in the Future Skills programme; and in which sectors they were trained.
Answer: The Future Skills Programme is live in 23 prisons, with training being delivered across a range of sectors including construction, warehousing, hospitality, and third sector case work. The programme will run until March 2025 and is being monitored and eva...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: NeurodiversityMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisons have neurodiversity support managers.
Answer: All public prisons have successfully recruited a Neurodiversity Support Manager. All private prisons have also recruited Neurodiversity Support Managers, unless they already held equivalent neurodiversity specialisms and expertise. Due to natural role att...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders (a) started and (b) completed Prison Education Service (i) catering and (ii) construction apprenticeships in 2023.
Answer: The ability of prisoners to undertake apprenticeships was introduced in October 2022.Apprenticeships for prisoners are primarily undertaken by prisoners eligible to be released on temporary licence, where they start their employment and training in the co...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Prison Education Service for (a) increasing literacy, (b) reducing reoffending and (c) increasing employment opportunities for ex-offenders.
Answer: There is good evidence relating to the positive impact of prison education and we continue to carry out evaluation and work to link data to better understand outcomes for prison learners. Literacy provision is a significant element of the current educatio...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support the use of buses in (a) South Norfolk constituency and (b) East Anglia.
Answer: Good local bus services are an essential part of prosperous and sustainable communities, and the government is committed to delivering better bus services and growing passenger numbers. Since the de-regulation of buses in England, passenger numbers have d...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: South NorfolkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of fly tipping there were in South Norfolk constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: Local authorities are required to report fly-tipping incidents and enforcement actions to Defra, which the department publishes annually, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england. Thi...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: South NorfolkHome OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of active police officers in the South Norfolk constituency.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-w...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice Stations: South NorfolkHome OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations were operational in the South Norfolk constituency in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent date for which data is available.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-w...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: MisconductHome OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to increase the number of people approved to sit on the Appeal Tribunal Chair list for police misconduct trials.
Answer: Police Appeal Tribunals (PATs) play a crucial role in ensuring that we have a fair and robust police discipline system.There was a recruitment exercise earlier this year to significantly increase numbers of PAT chairs, and decisions on appointments will b...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to amend the Seasonal Worker Visa Scheme.
Answer: The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) published a Review of the Seasonal Worker route on 16 July. The Government will carefully consider the MAC’s recommendations and will announce a detailed response in due course.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordFruit and Vegetables: HorticultureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has undertaken a review of the accessibility of the Fruit and Vegetable aid scheme.
Answer: The Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme is an EU legacy scheme and legislation is in place which will close it on the 31st of December 2025. The Government has committed to championing British farming, whilst protecting the environment, and is currently consid...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much her Department has spent on training relating to the single justice procedure for (a) magistrates and (b) legal advisers in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice is not responsible for judicial training, which is the responsibility of the Judicial College.
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing single justice procedure hearings to be observable by accredited journalists.
Answer: Single Justice Procedure (SJP) cases are decided by a single magistrate, with support of a legal adviser, in private rather than in a hearing in open court. This means that cases can be dealt with by courts anywhere in the country and are therefore not sc...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordTruancy: ProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many single justice procedure notices issued by local authorities for truancy relating to a child (a) with and (b) without special educational needs have been prosecuted in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions for truancy offences, however, information held centrally does not include whether the prosecution was processed through the Single Justice Procedure, or if the offence related to a chil...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: Public ConsultationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will (a) make an assessment of the adequacy of the regulatory framework for ensuring public consultation on energy transmission projects and (b) take steps to ensure that statutory cons
Answer: For England and Wales, the Planning Act 2008 sets out the consultation requirements that developers of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs), including electricity transmission projects, are required to follow. In April 2024, new guidance...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: Mental Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families of children (a) have applied, (b) are waiting and (c) have been issued with a neurodevelopmental services assessment in each local authority area in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information is not available in the format requested.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many families with a child with (a) special educational needs and (b) pathological demand avoidance have been issued with a (i) parenting order, (ii) education supervision order, (iii) school attendance ord
Answer: The information requested is not held by this department. The department collects aggregate data on the use of parenting orders, education supervision orders and penalty notices from local authorities in England through the annual parental responsibility ...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Cables: InfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing community benefit for electricity infrastructure projects in the local community of (a) £50,000 (b) £200,000 a
Answer: The previous government’s response to the consultation on community benefits for transmission network infrastructure was published in November 2023. This document outlines that, when combined with bill discounts and additional benefits for underground cab...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: ICTHome OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a standardised procedure for recording debriefing records onto police reporting and notebook organisers (PRONTOs).
Answer: Historically police forces and law enforcement organisations have made local commercial buying decisions through Chief Constables and PCCs for products such electronic notebook organisers. These organisers are used to increase efficiency whilst undertakin...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: ICTHome OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the police reporting and notebook organiser (PRONTO) system to ensure its effectiveness at recording questions that deviate from the list of pre-defined ones built into it.
Answer: Historically police forces and law enforcement organisations have made local commercial buying decisions through Chief Constables and PCCs for products such electronic notebook organisers. These organisers are used to increase efficiency whilst undertakin...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: ICTHome OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will review Border Force’s use of Police and Reporting Notebook Organiser.
Answer: Border Force is currently conducting a small-scale trial of electronic notebooks to better understand whether they will meet the future requirements of the organisation both operationally and legally as a simplified method of data capture and database che...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: StaffHome OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Border Force Operational Notification forms.
Answer: The Operation Notification Form (ONF) is used by Immigration, Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) teams outside the Metropolitan Police area Its purpose is to enable Immigration Enforcement (IE) to request local police assistance for an enforcement visit or ...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: StaffHome OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish standardised best practice guides for Border Force Operational Support Officers.
Answer: The Operation Notification Form (ONF) is used by Immigration, Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) teams outside the Metropolitan Police area Its purpose is to enable Immigration Enforcement (IE) to request local police assistance for an enforcement visit or ...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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