Grahame Morris MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
OrgreaveHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Northumbria Police sought (a) permission, (b) guidance, and (c) clearance from her Department prior to the destruction of (i) documents and (ii) records on 29 and 30 April 2024 relating to (A)
Answer: Police forces are independent of government and decisions concerning the management of their records are for them to make in accordance with their respective review, retention and disposal policies. However, the Government expects any such decisions to be...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOrgreaveHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's 2024 election manifesto's commitment to hold an investigation or inquiry into events at Orgreave on 18 June 1984, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to
Answer: Police forces are independent of government and decisions concerning the management of their records are for them to make in accordance with their respective review, retention and disposal policies. However, the Government expects any such decisions to be...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOrgreaveHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will investigate the destruction of documents by Northumbria Police on (a) 29 and (b) 30 April 2024 relating to the 1984 miners’ strike and Orgreave.
Answer: Police forces are independent of government and decisions concerning the management of their records are for them to make in accordance with their respective review, retention and disposal policies. However, the Government expects any such decisions to be...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForensic Science: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to process forensic evidence in criminal investigations.
Answer: Individual forces would hold data on fingerprint processing times.The Forensic Capability Network holds data on contractual compliance levels for DNA testing conducted on behalf of policing by the commercial sector.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForensic Science: Identification of CriminalsHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time is for forensic analysis of (a) fingerprints and (b) DNA testing in criminal investigations.
Answer: Individual forces would hold data on fingerprint processing times.The Forensic Capability Network holds data on contractual compliance levels for DNA testing conducted on behalf of policing by the commercial sector.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Renewable EnergyHome OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department monitors the number of (a) EEA and (b) non-EEA resident workers qualified in (i) construction, (ii) maintenance and (iii) seafaring roles who transit through the UK to work on o
Answer: The Frontier Worker Permit scheme implements our commitments under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 fo...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFrontier Workers: Work PermitsHome OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with a Frontier Worker Permit are (a) on UK employment contracts and (b) paid above the National Minimum Wage.
Answer: The Frontier Worker Permit scheme implements our commitment under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 for...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFrontier Workers: Work PermitsHome OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will monitor the number of Frontier Worker Permits held by non-resident workers in the offshore renewable energy sector; and what discussions officials in her Department have had with the Depar
Answer: The Frontier Worker Permit scheme implements our commitments under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 fo...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFrontier Workers: Work PermitsHome OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If she will take steps to monitor the number of Frontier Worker Permits held by non-resident workers in the offshore renewable energy sector; and what discussions her Department has had with the Depar
Answer: The Frontier Worker Permit scheme implements our commitments under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 fo...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFrontier Workers: Work PermitsHome OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people holding a Frontier Worker Permit have retained worker status.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFrontier Workers: Work PermitsHome OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Frontier Worker Permits were (a) issued and (b) valid in 2024-25.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type, including Frontier Worker Permits, in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the ‘detailed ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Frontier WorkersHome OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) staff headcount, (b) full-time equivalent number of staff and (c) departmental budget required to administer the Frontier Worker Visa scheme was in each year between 2021-22 and 2024-25.
Answer: The department operates a flexible staffing model to ensure that available resources are deployed effectively according to demand. As such, staff engaged on the Frontier Worker Visa scheme are also engaged in the administration of other high-volume routes...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Wind PowerHome OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK Visas and Immigration international (a) application points and (b) decision-making centres processed applications to work in (i) construction, (ii) maintenance and (iii) seafaring roles in th
Answer: Visa applications for the Offshore Wind Workers Concession Scheme were processed by the following Decision Making Centres (DMCs): Riyadh, Beijing, Manila, Bogota, Istanbul, Pretoria, Chennai, Warsaw, Abu Dhabi, Amman, New Delhi, Croydon, Liverpool and She...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57224 on Police: Pensions, if she will estimate the cost to the public purse of amending the 1987 Police Pension Scheme to allow surviving partners to
Answer: The Home Office does not hold data on the number of surviving partners currently receiving a survivor’s pension under the 1987 police pension scheme who might be affected by remarriage or cohabitation.The 1987 police pension scheme is a closed scheme and ...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57224 on Police: Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of surviving partners currently in receipt of a survivor’s pension under the 198
Answer: The Home Office does not hold data on the number of surviving partners currently receiving a survivor’s pension under the 1987 police pension scheme who might be affected by remarriage or cohabitation.The 1987 police pension scheme is a closed scheme and ...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the 1987 Police Pension Scheme to allow widowers of police officers to retain their survivor’s pension entitlement if they remarry or cohabit.
Answer: The 1987 police pension scheme provides a pension for the widow, widower or civil partner of a police officer who dies. In common with most other public service pension schemes of that time, these benefits cease to be payable where the widow, widower or c...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) recording and (b) reporting in the Annual statistics of scientific procedures on living animals the number of animals bred for scientific pr
Answer: The Home Office is presently reviewing the collection and publication of additional statistics on animals that were bred for, but not used in, scientific procedures.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Negotiating Board and Police Remuneration Review BodyHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent comparative assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Police Negotiating Board and binding arbitration mechanism used in Scotland and (b) the Police Remuneration R
Answer: The Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) and Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) make recommendations to the Government on the appropriate level of pay and allowances for police officers.The pay review bodies gather and invite parties to submit evidence ...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Remuneration Review BodyHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the letter of remit and (b) the requirement for her approval of recommendations on the perceived independence of the Police Remuneration R
Answer: The Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) and Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) make recommendations to the Government on the appropriate level of pay and allowances for police officers.The pay review bodies gather and invite parties to submit evidence ...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Conditions of EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessmentof the potential merits of introducing (a) a formal right of appeal and (b) binding arbitration for police officers in relation to pay and conditions decisions.
Answer: The Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) and Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB) make recommendations to the Government on the appropriate level of pay and allowances for police officers.The pay review bodies gather and invite parties to submit evidence ...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOrgreaveHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 45575 on Orgreave, what her planned timeline is for announcing an investigation or inquiry into the events at Orgreave.
Answer: The Home Secretary and the Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention have been meeting with a number of stakeholders to discuss the delivery of the Government’s manifesto commitment on Orgreave.Next steps will be announced in the normal way in d...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPoliceHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the cumulative number of years of experience of police officers by force.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the length of service of police officers in post, as at 31 March each year, in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/p...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOrgreaveHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for launching an inquiry into the events at Orgreave during the miners' strike.
Answer: The Home Secretary and the Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime have already met with the Orgreave and Truth and Justice Campaign and the National Union of Mineworkers to discuss the Government’s manifesto commitment of holding an investigation ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOrgreaveHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet representatives of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign to discuss the potential merits of launching an inquiry into the events at Orgreave during the miners' strike.
Answer: The Home Secretary and the Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime have already met with the Orgreave and Truth and Justice Campaign and the National Union of Mineworkers to discuss the Government’s manifesto commitment of holding an investigation ...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office and Police: ResignationsHome OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) workers in her Department submitted their resignation in each of the past five years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officers leaving the police service, including resignations, in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/gove...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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