Grahame Morris MP: written questions 2025
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ProtestHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Crime and Policing Bill on the right to protest.
Answer: The right to peaceful protest is an important part of our democratic society. Measures in the Crime and Policing Bill strengthen the police's ability to manage disruptive and dangerous protests and prevent criminality.They will help prevent intimidation n...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the release of the investment reserve fund of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.
Answer: Discussions continue with a view to reaching agreement on an outcome that can be implemented later this year which will benefit scheme members.
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordProductivity: Alcoholic DrinksDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of potential implications for his policies on productivity of the report by the IPPR entitled Taking stock: Counting the economic costs of alcohol harm, published on 8 Octob
Answer: I welcome the IPPR's report and its contribution to understanding the economic and social impact of alcohol harm. Employers have a legal duty to protect employees' health, safety, and welfare.'Keep Britain Working' is bringing together the expertise of le...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: MisuseHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by the Drugs, Alcohol & Justice APPG entitled Action on Alcohol Harm – Priorities for Policymakers, publishe
Answer: The Home Office has noted the publication of the Drugs, Alcohol & Justice APPG report and with the Department for Health and Social Care will consider its findings. We are aware of the role alcohol can play in criminal behaviour and are working across...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: RehabilitationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of specialist residential drug and alcohol treatment in (a) England and (b) the North East.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for assessing local need for alcohol and drug prevention and treatment in their area, including residential treatment, and commissioning services to meet these needs. The Department set an ambition that 2% of the drug and...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: MisuseDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the report by the Drugs, Alcohol & Justice APPG entitled Action on Alcohol Harm – Priorities for Policymake
Answer: The Department has noted the publication of the Drugs, Alcohol & Justice APPG report, ‘Action on alcohol harm: prioritise for policymakers’.The Government is committed to taking action to prevent the harms caused by alcohol and illicit drugs, and work...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Equipment: DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department made of the potential barriers that prevent disabled people from accessing lifesaving medical equipment.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services to meet the health needs of their local population, and responsibility for providing medical equipment to disabled people typically falls to the National Health Service and local aut...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: InspectionsDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flag state inspections of commercial workboats for compliance with the Maritime Labour Convention have been carried out by organisations certified by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year sin
Answer: These inspections are delegated to the Certifying Authorities, and as such the Maritime and Coastguard Agency do not hold that data directly.
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordShipping: Working HoursDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out the statutory limits on seafarers’ hours of work and rest when employed on Workboats over 200 gross tonnage in UK territorial waters.
Answer: The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) Regulations 2018 apply to all sea-going commercially operated vessels, including workboats over 200 gross tonnage operating in UK territorial waters. These set the minimum hours of rest as...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordWind Power: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 27 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) sponsored and (b) non-sponsored workers had been granted permission to work on offshore wind projects in UK waters under the Immigration (Offshore Worker Notification and Exemption from C
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 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLicensing LawsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of his proposed licensing reforms on local authorities’ ability to refuse harmful alcohol licenses.
Answer: The Government is inviting views and evidence to inform the development of a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system. The Government is inviting views and evidence to inform the development of a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing sys...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLicensing LawsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of his proposed licensing reforms on rapid round-the-clock alcohol delivery.
Answer: The Government is inviting views and evidence to inform the development of a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system. A Call for Evidence is currently open until 6 November in order to gather views and evidence to inform proposals for reforms ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLicensing LawsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of his proposed licensing reforms on levels of alcohol-related (a) deaths and (b) h
Answer: The Government is inviting views and evidence to inform the development of a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system.A Call for Evidence is currently open until 6 November in order to gather views and evidence to inform proposals for reforms t...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLicensing LawsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of his proposed licensing reforms on (a) on trade and (b) off trade sales.
Answer: The Government is inviting views and evidence to inform the development of a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system, building on the work of the Licensing Taskforce earlier in the year. A Call for Evidence is currently open until 6 November i...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLicensing LawsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of his proposed licensing reforms on (a) community safety and (b) levels of anti-social behaviour.
Answer: The Government is inviting views and evidence to inform the development of a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system, building on the work of the Licensing Taskforce earlier in the year. A Call for Evidence is currently open until 6 November i...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Fleet Auxiliary: WarshipsMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operational (a) status and (b) readiness is of each Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship.
Answer: The Royal Fleet Auxiliary continues to meet its commitments in supporting the Royal Navy worldwide, including the Carrier Strike Groups current global deployment. The Royal Navy does not routinely disclose readiness data for individual vessels due to Oper...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the (a) proposed earned progression model and (b) consequential increase in tagging will operate for people released from prison without suitable accommodation.
Answer: The Sentencing Bill will introduce a new earned progression model which will see offenders enter a period of intensive supervision once they are released from custody. We are providing probation with wider powers to ensure they can continue to effectively...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: RehabilitationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that prison-based treatment and rehabilitation services are adequately resourced for the provisions of the Sentencing Bill.
Answer: We know that continued engagement with treatment is vital to addressing the underlying causes of offending. That is why we want to divert offenders with a substance misuse need away from custody and into community treatment where appropriate. For those wh...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: RehabilitationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed powers for probation to test offenders on licence on the (a) capacity and (b) resourcing of local drug and alcohol treatment services.
Answer: We know that continued engagement with treatment is vital to addressing the underlying causes of offending. That is why we want to divert offenders with a substance misuse need away from custody and into community treatment where appropriate. For those wh...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: RehabilitationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the funding required for community drug and alcohol treatment providers to support the additional cohort of offenders serving sentences in the community under the provisions of the Se
Answer: We know that continued engagement with treatment is vital to addressing the underlying causes of offending. That is why we want to divert offenders with a substance misuse need away from custody and into community treatment where appropriate. For those wh...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDfT Operator: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the funding arrangements are for the (a) Department for Transport Operator Limited and (b) transfer of staff from Rail Service, Rail Strategy and Reform and Corporate Delivery.
Answer: Department for Transport Operator Limited (formerly DfT OLR Holding Limited) is the government’s public sector rail owning group and is currently funded by charging its train operating company subsidiaries for services provided but also by dividends when ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDfT Operator: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish any impact assessment for the transfer of staff to the Department for Transport Operator Limited from Rail Service, Rail Strategy and Reform and Corporate Delivery.
Answer: The planned transfer of some staff from DfT to the DfT Operator will take place under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) Regulations 2006. Formal consultation is expected to commence later in the autumn, and we will continue to com...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDfT Operator: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her proposed timeline is for the transfer of staff to the Department for Transport Operator Limited from Rail Service, Rail Strategy and Reform and Corporate Delivery.
Answer: The proposed transfer of some staff from DfT to the DfT Operator is planned to take place for the beginning of the financial year 2026/27.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOasis Restore Secure School: VandalismMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost has been of repairs to the infrastructure at the Oasis Restore secure school due to vandalism since it opened.
Answer: To obtain the requested information, it would be necessary to undertake a detailed examination of all records relating to expenditure on repairs, in order to identify the element attributable to vandalism, and this could not be done without incurring disp...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOasis Restore Secure SchoolMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average age is of the children held at the Oasis Restore secure school at Medway since it opened.
Answer: The number of children at the secure school at the end of each month, to the end of July 2025, is shown in the table below. The average age was 16. Aug 2024Sep 2024Oct 2024Nov 2024Dec 2024Jan 2025Feb 2025Mar 2025Apr 2025May 2025Jun 2025Jul 2025Number of c...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
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