Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
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.
Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
a) Applications for new full licences, normal variations and substantial variations:
| 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | Total |
Total | 206 | 320 | 311 | 682 | 1260 | 425 | 483 | 243 | 265 | 219 | 4475 |
b) Of those applications, granted licences below:
| 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 | Total |
Total | 64 | 254 | 280 | 288 | 406 | 553 | 495 | 556 | 318 | 146 | 3370 |
Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
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.
Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Financial Year | Number of water abstraction licences that were not renewed because no renewal application was received, the application was withdrawn or rejected as incomplete | Number of water abstraction licences that were not renewed because the application was refused |
2016-2017 | 145 | 0 |
2017-2018 | 191 | 7 |
2018-2019 | 47 | 1 |
2019-2020 | 39 | 0 |
2020-2021 | 40 | 0 |
2021-2022 | 71 | 1 |
2022-2023 | 43 | 0 |
2023-2024 | 102 | 2 |
Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
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.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The following table lists the answer:
Qty Rejected | Value Rejected | Qty Granted | Value Granted | |
2017/18 | 0 | £ - | 2 | £215,974.42 |
2018/19 | 11 | £1,708,260.72 | 121 | £8,912,028.96 |
2019/20 | 14 | £20,762.30 | 179 | £ 311,127.36 |
2020/21 | 5 | £5,374.00 | 201 | £ 203,902.00 |
2021/22 | 0 | £ - | 0 | £ - |
2022/23 | 103 | £3,287,841.96 | 381 | £2,698,059.35 |
2023/24 | 19 | £2,047,450.67 | 423 | £6,811,257.63 |
2024/25 | 7 | £393,871.55 | 329 | £1,673,697.22 |
Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
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.
Answered by Emma Hardy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
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 year | No. of water abstraction licences |
1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 | 18234 |
1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 | 18027 |
1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 | 17765 |
1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 | 17249 |
1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 | 17100 |
1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 | 16940 |
1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 | 17184 |
1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 | 17386 |
1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 | 17814 |
1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 | 17779 |
Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the employee turnover rate in (a) young offenders institutions and (b) Category (i) A, (ii) B, (iii) C and (iv) D estates was in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Data relating to the leaving rates in prisons, broken down by the financial years and prison categories requested, has been provided in table 1 (below).
Table 1: Underlying leaving rate of permanent staff, by prison category - financial years 2014/15 to 2023/24
Financial Year | Category A | Category B | Category C | Category D | YCS |
2014/15 | 6.0% | 8.8% | 8.4% | 7.8% | 11.1% |
2015/16 | 4.9% | 9.6% | 8.5% | 7.8% | 10.6% |
2016/17 | 6.1% | 10.5% | 9.6% | 7.0% | 11.0% |
2017/18 | 6.3% | 11.1% | 9.7% | 7.6% | 10.5% |
2018/19 | 7.5% | 12.0% | 11.5% | 6.7% | 9.4% |
2019/20 | 7.9% | 13.2% | 12.1% | 7.7% | 11.4% |
2020/21 | 7.7% | 9.9% | 9.7% | 7.6% | 7.8% |
2021/22 | 10.4% | 15.7% | 15.0% | 10.2% | 12.2% |
2022/23 | 11.9% | 15.5% | 14.2% | 10.5% | 17.0% |
2023/24 | 9.6% | 13.4% | 12.7% | 10.3% | 17.3% |
Notes
1. Movements due to machinery of Government changes or due to staff transferring to or from the private sector as a result of changes in the management of establishments are not included in these tables.
2. Permanent staff are those with a permanent contract of employment with HMPPS.
3. The leavers figures relate to those who have left HMPPS but do not include voluntary early departure or redundancy.
4. Prisons assigned to the category they were on 31 March 2024 or the category they were when they closed. Does not include prisons in the Women’s Estate.
5. Coverage is public sector prisons in England and Wales.
Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many heat pumps are installed on Government property.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
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.
Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will issue guidance to staff in young offenders institutes to ensure that the allocation of courses is based on the educational needs of young offenders.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
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 access to education and help these children to turn their lives around.
Following the Education Thematic Review recently published by Ofsted and H M Inspectorate of Prisons, education delivery in young offender institutions, as well as wider performance, is under review.
The Youth Custody Service (YCS) is committed to promoting the development of each child in its care by delivering a range of learning and enrichment activities that are individualised, responsive to children’s needs, and aligned with trauma-informed care. This is an integrated whole-systems approach involving various professionals. Education providers are working alongside subject-matter experts (Heads of Education, Skills and Work) and Governors to develop broad and balanced curriculums that facilitate the holistic development of all children in the YCS’s care. This includes access to vocational training and creative learning.
The Children and Young People’s Strategy that is being developed will provide greater detail about our long-term vision for the future of the youth estate, with education and wellbeing at its centre.
Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
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.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
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 access to education and help these children to turn their lives around.
Following the Education Thematic Review recently published by Ofsted and H M Inspectorate of Prisons, education delivery in young offender institutions, as well as wider performance, is under review.
The Youth Custody Service (YCS) is committed to promoting the development of each child in its care by delivering a range of learning and enrichment activities that are individualised, responsive to children’s needs, and aligned with trauma-informed care. This is an integrated whole-systems approach involving various professionals. Education providers are working alongside subject-matter experts (Heads of Education, Skills and Work) and Governors to develop broad and balanced curriculums that facilitate the holistic development of all children in the YCS’s care. This includes access to vocational training and creative learning.
The Children and Young People’s Strategy that is being developed will provide greater detail about our long-term vision for the future of the youth estate, with education and wellbeing at its centre.
Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
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.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
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 access to education and help these children to turn their lives around.
Following the Education Thematic Review recently published by Ofsted and H M Inspectorate of Prisons, education delivery in young offender institutions, as well as wider performance, is under review.
The Youth Custody Service (YCS) is committed to promoting the development of each child in its care by delivering a range of learning and enrichment activities that are individualised, responsive to children’s needs, and aligned with trauma-informed care. This is an integrated whole-systems approach involving various professionals. Education providers are working alongside subject-matter experts (Heads of Education, Skills and Work) and Governors to develop broad and balanced curriculums that facilitate the holistic development of all children in the YCS’s care. This includes access to vocational training and creative learning.
The Children and Young People’s Strategy that is being developed will provide greater detail about our long-term vision for the future of the youth estate, with education and wellbeing at its centre.
Asked by: Ben Goldsborough (Labour - South Norfolk)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children have been kept apart from one another on the way to and from classes in young offenders institutions in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
“Keep apart” alerts are recorded on individual young people’s records and are monitored to ensure that they are safely managed when moving between different activities and areas of their respective sites. The Youth Custody Service does not, however, collate information at the level of detail requested.