Grahame Morris MP: written questions
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Higher Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated through the Strategic Priorities Grant to (a) journalism, (b) media studies, (c) publishing and (d) information services courses in each of the last three years.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Easington to the answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 67279.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department will underwrite New Fair Deal for staff transferring from further education colleges to the private sector in t
Answer: The application process is managed by the supplier and so no such assurance can be provided by the Department. As the scheme employer, the Department works proactively with suppliers supporting early applications being made to obtain admitted body status ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243 on Prisons: Education, what guidance her Department has provided to private-sector providers of prison education on establishing contingency plans in the e
Answer: The Department works with the supplier to ensure migration plans and post migration plans have a confirmed process for maintaining the pension status until the supplier is fully admitted.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department has made any assurances to private-sector providers of prison education as to whether the admitting process to
Answer: The application process is managed by the supplier and so no such assurance can be provided by the Department. As the scheme employer, the Department works proactively with suppliers supporting early applications being made to obtain admitted body status ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether her Department has made any assurances to private-sector providers of prison education in the event that applications to relev
Answer: The Department has not made any such assurances to private-sector providers of prison education. Instead, as the scheme employer, the Department works collaboratively with suppliers to assist in the completion of their Admissions Agreement(s) to the appro...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether it is her expectation that private-sector providers of prison education will apply directly to relevant public-sector pension
Answer: It is the expectation that private-sector providers of prison education will apply directly to relevant public-sector pension schemes to seek admitted body status. The Department will collaborate with suppliers to achieve admittance to relevant pension sc...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, what guidance was given to her Department by (a) HM Treasury and (b) other Departments on the application of New Fair Deal to prison e
Answer: The Department followed guidance from His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT), at the time of tender publication, and included all the relevant details to bidders on the application of the New Fair Deal (NFD) in the Invitation to Tender documentation.Further informa...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether prison educators who transfer from further education colleges to the private sector as a result of new Prison Education Servic
Answer: I can confirm that staff transferring from further education colleges to the private sector will have access to (a) the Local Government Pension Scheme and (b) the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34243, Prisons: Education, whether New Fair Deal will apply to prison educators transferring from further education colleges to the private sector as a result of
Answer: I can confirm that the New Fair Deal will apply. The Department will honour the Government pension policy set by His Majesty’s Treasury.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 64014 on Food Supply, by what metrics his Department (a) measures and (b) forecasts annual domestic food production.
Answer: Defra produces a comprehensive set of metrics to measure annual domestic food production but does not produce forecasts of domestic food production. These statistics cover a wide range of indicators, including: Arable & Horticultural crop areasCrop yi...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the eligibility criteria for local authorities to qualify to be a pilot area for a financial allowance for kinship carers.
Answer: All local authorities are eligible to apply for the Kinship Allowance Pilot, except for those which have received a section 114 notice and/or already offer a regular financial allowance that matches the National Minimum Allowance (NMA) to kinship carers w...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: North SeaDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Building the North Sea’s energy future which closed on 30 April 2025.
Answer: DESNZ is currently analysing the responses received. We will publish a government response setting out our next steps in due course.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSelf-employed: Wood GroupDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will discuss the position of contractor employees at Wood Group with trade union signatories to the Energy Services Agreement.
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly engage with trade union representatives to discuss a variety of issues.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: Wood GroupDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the viability of the Wood Group’s North Sea oil and gas contracts.
Answer: Wood Group’s North Sea oil and gas contracts are a commercial matter for the company.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) strengthen national food security and (b) increase levels of domestic food production.
Answer: Food security is national security. We need a resilient and healthy food system, that works with nature and supports British farmers, fishers and food producers. The Government’s commitment to farming and food security remains steadfast which is why the g...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture and Business: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64013More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief on levels of food production.
Answer: The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advant...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will clarify whether people in receipt of legacy benefits who are migrated to Universal Credit through the managed migration process will be treated as new claimants for the purposes of the healt
Answer: The Department plans to complete migration of ESA claimants to UC by March 2026. As part of this ESA claimants will be migrated to the UC Health Element. To protect any claimants who have not migrated by April 2026 we intend to mirror as closely as possib...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that armed forces veterans with service-related health conditions are appropriately identified for additional support under the proposed changes to the Univ
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is carefully considering the implications for veterans and their families in the welfare Green Paper consultation, and is actively engaging with Armed Forces groups to ensure that veterans with service-related he...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Personal Independence Payment claimants are veterans with service-related health conditions in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The Department does not centrally hold data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claimants’ previous occupation, so we are not able to determine which claimants are veterans.
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOrgreaveHome 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 recordOxygen: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) divers and (b) other emergency patients in the North East have access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy within clinically recommended times after October 2025.
Answer: NHS England is committed to ensuring equitably accessible, high-quality services, for anyone who requires hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). This will be achieved through the commissioning of six geographically dispersed services across England. Three pref...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
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