Ben Goldsborough

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Governors: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his department is taking to reduce turnover rates of prison governors.

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Governors: Training

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.

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

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.

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

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.

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners on Remand

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.

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners on Remand

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.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

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.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Voluntary Schools: Finance

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.

9 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Voluntary Schools: Finance

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.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Renewable Fuels

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

4 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Inland Border Facilities: Ashford

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.

4 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Inland Border Facilities: Ashford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the IT system at Sevington inland border facility was last updated.

4 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Inland Border Facilities: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure Border Control facilities have back-up plans in place in case of IT (a) systems failures and (b) service provider outages.

4 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Inland Border Facilities: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure Border Control IT systems operate with full functionality.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Dedicated Schools Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to allow (a) local authorities and (b) schools to change the dates on which they receive the Dedic

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Dedicated Schools Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered reforming allocation of the Dedicated Schools Grant to be in line with the academic year.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Dedicated Schools Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of aligning the Dedicated Schools Grant with the financial year has on schools' ability to plan budgets for the academic year.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, What steps his Department is taking to support businesses to create well-paid jobs.

21 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Metals: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of legislating to ensure that the (a) historic and (b) cultural value of heritage metal is considered in prosecutions for metal theft.

21 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Crime: World Heritage Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of legislating to ensure that all crimes committed (a) on and (b) against a designated heritage site are provided with a single heritage crim

21 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Metals: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making training on the theft of heritage metal a mandatory requirement for acquiring a scrap metal dealer licence.

16 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to produce a National Bluetongue Strategy.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was that staff had been employed in the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last 10 years.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff working days have been lost to sick leave in the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last 10 years.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new applications have been made to the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last ten years.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service cases were reviewed by the Independent Case Examiner in each of the last ten years.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dover Port Health Authority: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff have been employed by the Dover Port Health Authority in each of the last 20 years.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing levels of funding and (b) widening the responsibilities for the Border Force to include animal products origina

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Origin Marking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of transferring Products of Animal Origin enforcement (a) powers and (b) funding to port health authorities.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment with the Home Secretary of the potential merits of giving port health authorities stop, search and seize powers.